Species Melobasis cupricollis Kerremans, 1898
- Melobasis cupricollis Kerremans, C. 1898. Buprestides nouveaux de l'Australie et des régiones voisines. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 42: 113-182 [121].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♀, Australia (as Australie). - Melobasis abigailae Turner, J.R & Hawkeswood, T.J. 2009. Melobasis abigailae sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), a new jewel beetle from Australia, with observations on its larval host plant and biology. Giornale Italiano di Entomologia 12: 205-212 [206].
Type data:
Holotype no number ♂ (in primary authors private collection), near Sofala, New South Wales.
Paratype(s) ♀, same data as holotype.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)
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]
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 [51, Figs 78, 83, 87, 94, 95, 103, 104]
Obenberger, J. 1930. Buprestidae 2. pp. 213-568 in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 111. [429]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16-Jun-2022 | BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 | 10-Sep-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 28-Jan-2014 | BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 | 01-May-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr Federica Turco (QM) |
| 10-Oct-2012 | 10-Oct-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |