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Subspecies Melobasis gloriosa cruentata Thomson, 1879

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

South Australia (doubtful locality)


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: diurnal, herbivore (associated flora: Dillwynia floribunda Sm. [FABACEAE] Parrot Pea; Pultenaea subternata H.B.Will. [FABACEAE] (on flowering stems)), volant.

Larva: wood-borer.

Extra Ecological Information

"Adults found on stems of Pultenaea subternata H.B. Will.(Turner, 1984) and Dillwynia floribunda Sm. (Hawkeswood, 2011) and probably other Fabaceae, and Cassinia (Asteraceae) (Turner, 1984)." (Levey 2012: 73)

Associated Flora References

Bellamy, C.L., Williams, G.A., Hasenpusch, J. & Sundholm, A. 2013. A summary of the published data on host plants and morphology of immature stages of Australian jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), with additional new records. Insecta Mundi 0293: 1-172 [61] (Dillwynia floribunda)

Carter, H.J. 1923. A revision of the Australian species of the genus Melobasis (Fam. Buprestidae, Order Coleoptera), with notes on allied genera. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 1923(1–2): 64–105, pls I,II [65, 72] (Dillwynia floribunda)

Hawkeswood, T.J. 2011. Review of the biology and host plants for the Australian species of the genus Melobasis Laporte & Gory, 1837 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Calodema 183: 1-23 [3] (Dillwynia floribunda)

Levey, B. 2012. A Revision of the Australian species of the genus Melobasis Laporte & Gory 1837 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), Part 1 (Introductory material, key to species-groups and keys to species of the thoracica, pusilla, formosa, propinqua & gloriosa species-groups). Zootaxa 3464: 1-107 [73] (Dillwynia floribunda)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
03-Oct-2024 BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 03-Oct-2024 MODIFIED
16-Jun-2022 BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 10-Sep-2024 MODIFIED
04-Aug-2021 BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 03-Oct-2024 MODIFIED
24-Dec-2020 BUPRESTOIDEA 03-Oct-2024 MODIFIED
01-Jul-2020 POLYPHAGA 03-Oct-2024 MODIFIED Max Beatson
05-Mar-2019 BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 03-Oct-2024 MODIFIED
05-Mar-2019 Buprestinae Leach, 1815 03-Oct-2024 MODIFIED
05-Mar-2019 Buprestinae Leach, 1815 03-Oct-2024 MODIFIED
28-Jan-2014 BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 03-Oct-2024 MODIFIED Dr Federica Turco (QM)
16-Oct-2012 16-Oct-2012 MOVED
10-Oct-2012 10-Oct-2012 MOVED
12-Feb-2010 (import)