Species Melobasis adusta Levey, 2023

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• Melobasis adusta Levey, B. 2023. A revision of the Australian species of the genus Melobasis Laporte & Gory 1837 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), Part 3 (Revision of the azureipennis, cupricollis, iridicolor and melanura species groups). Zootaxa 5302: 001-100 [7, Figs 12–16, 28–30, 33, 34, 54–57, 76, 77].

  Type data:

   Holotype MVMA ♂, Yunta, SA.
  Paratype(s) MVMA 2♀, Yunta, SA; several specimens, SA, NT & WA.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, South Australia, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, SA, WA: Flinders Lofty Block (FLB)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: diurnal, herbivore (associated flora: [FABACEAE] Acacia).

Larva: wood-borer (associated flora: Acacia victoriae [FABACEAE]; Acacia saligna [FABACEAE]).

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