Species Melobasis jacquelinae Turner & Hawkeswood, 2003

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• Melobasis jacquelinae Turner, J.R. & Hawkeswood, T.J. 2003. Melobasis jacquelinae sp. nov. (Coleoptera, Buprestidae), a new jewel beetle from the Sydney Basin, New South Wales, Australia, with observations on its biology, larva and host plants. Calodema 1: 15-21 [16].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC, Upper Castlereagh, New South Wales [33°41’S, 150°39’E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW: Sydney Basin (SB)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: herbivore (associated flora: Jacksonia scoparia R.Br. ex Sm. [FABACEAE] Dogwood (on flowers); Acacia sp. [FABACEAE] Wattle).

Larvae: wood-borer (associated flora: Jacksonia scoparia R.Br. ex Sm. [FABACEAE] Dogwood).

General References

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 [52, Figs 82, 86, 91, 101, 102, 109, 110]

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