Species Melobasis inflammabilis Thomson, 1879

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Regional Maps

• Melobasis inflammabilis Thomson, J. 1879. Typi Buprestidarum Musaei Thomsoniani, Appendix 1a. Paris : E. Deyrolle 87 pp. [19] [revised status].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP sex unknown, Australia.
• Melobasis terminata Kerremans, C. 1898. Buprestides nouveaux de l'Australie et des régiones voisines. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 42: 113-182 [127] [removed from synonymy with M. vittata by Levey (2012: 18)].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH sex unknown, Melbourne, VIC.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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 [18]

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: diurnal, herbivore (associated flora: Acacia rostellifera Benth. [FABACEAE] Summer-scented Wattle), volant.

Larva: wood-borer.

Extra Ecological Information

Adults collected on Acacia rostellifera Benth. (Fabaceae).

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 [62] (Acacia rostellifera)

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 [19] (Acacia rostellifera)

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