Species Melanterius latipennis Lea, 1928

Museums

Regional Maps

• Melanterius latipennis Lea, A.M. 1928. Australian Curculionidae of the subfamily Haplonycides and Cryptorhynchides. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 52: 95-164, pls 7-9 [128].

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

SA, WA: Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Kanmantoo (KAN)

Ecological Descriptors

Acacia shrubs.

Extra Ecological Information

'The true host(s) of M. latipennis remain(s) unknown. Specimens in the ANIC were reared from seeds of Acacia cyclops and A. saligna … and specimens were also collected on A. cyclops at other localities in Western Australia, but these two species are typically the hosts of M. servulus and M. castaneus, respectively. We took a few specimens on A. cyclops and A. saligna too, as well as on Acacia decurrens, A.longifolia sophorae, A. mearnsii, A. microbotrya and A. pulchella, but most on A. myrtifolia and A. pentadenia in Western Australia and on A. iteaphylla and A. uncifolia in South Australia …The last four species are thus more likely to constitute proper hosts of M. latipennis …, but it is evident that the species is not narrowly host-specific.' (Pinzón-Navarro et al. 2017: 36)

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