Species Melanterius costipennis Lea, 1905

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Regional Maps

• Melanterius costipennis Lea, A.M. 1905. Descriptions of Australian Curculionidae, with notes on previously described species. Part III. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 29: 209-236 [223].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Tas, Vic: South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian South East (TSE)

Ecological Descriptors

Acacia shrubs (associated flora: Acacia [FABACEAE] ('The species is usually reared from galls incited by Uromycladium rust fungus on Acacia species, such as A.dealbata, A. implexa and A. salicina, and it has also been collected onA. decurrens (specimens in ANIC). Whether its larvae only develop in rust fungus galls or also in seeds appears unknown. We collected adults mainly on A.mearnsii …, but not specifically from rust galls or seeds.' (Pinzón-Navarro 2017: 16))).

Associated Flora References

Pinzón-Navarro, S.V., Jennings, D. & Oberprieler, R.G. 2017. Host associations of Melanterius Erichson (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Cleogonini), with a diagnosis and delimitation of the genus and description of five new species. Zootaxa 4298(1): 1–77 (Acacia)

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