Species Melobasis chrysomelina Théry, 1911
- Melobasis chrysomelina Théry, A. 1911. Buprestides nouveaux (Deuxième partie). Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 18: 1-58 [21].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown 3 specimens, sex unknown, Townsville, QLD.
Distribution
States
Queensland
IBRA
Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Queensland: NE coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: diurnal, herbivore, volant.
Larva: wood-borer.
General References
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] [284]
Obenberger, J. 1930. Buprestidae 2. pp. 213-568 in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 111. [428]
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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10-Oct-2012 | 10-Oct-2012 | MOVED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |