Species Melobasis imitator Levey, 2023

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• Melobasis imitator 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 [77, Figs 113, 126, 140, 141, 164, 165].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM ♂, Cape Naturaliste, WA.
  Paratype(s) BLC 1♂, 1♀, Cape Naturaliste, WA; SAMA 1♀, Pt. Peron, WA; SAMA 1♀, Monument Hill, WA.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Murchison (MUR), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

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

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