Species Meliboeithon vitticeps (Carter, 1924)
- Paracephala vitticeps Carter, H.J. 1924. Australian Coleoptera — notes and new species. No. iv. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 49: 521-544 [535].
Type data:
Lectotype NMV T8620 ♂, Perth, WA.
Paralectotype(s) AM 1 ♀, Perth, WA; AM K67303 ♀ (4.x.1902), South Perth, WA [31° 58' S 115° 51' E].
Distribution
States
Western Australia
IBRA
WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Western Australia: SW coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: diurnal, herbivore, volant.
Larva: root-feeder.
General References
Bellamy, C.L. 1988. The classification and phylogeny of the Australian Coroebini, Bedel, with a revision of the genera Paracephala, Meliboeithon and Dinocephalia (Coleoptera: Buprestridae: Agrilinae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 2: 413–453 [435]
Carter, H.J. 1929. A check list of the Australian Buprestidae. With tables and keys to sub-families, tribes, and genera (by A. Théry). The Australian Zoologist 5(4): 265-304 [Date published 24 Mar 1929] [297]
Obenberger, J. 1935. Buprestidae 4. pp. 785-934 in W. Junk & S. Schenkling (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. 's-Gravenhage : W. Junk Vol. 143. [789]
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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12-Feb-2010 | (import) |