Species Melobasis macleayana Obenberger, 1930
- Melobasis macleayana Obenberger, J. 1930. Buprestidae 2. pp. 213-568 in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 111. [432] [nom. nov. for macleayi Carter, 1923].
- Melobasis macleayi 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 [89] [junior homonym of macleayi Kerremans, 1892].
Type data:
Holotype AM K32166 sex unknown, Duaringa, QLD [23° 42' 52" S 149° 40' 14" E].
Paratype(s) AM K91911 ♂, ♀; AM K91910 sex unknown; NMV T12041 ♂; NMV T12040 ♂; NMV T12042 ♀; NMV T3224 sex unknown; NMV T12043 sex unknown; NMV T12044 sex unknown; ANIC(MMUS) 2 specimens, sex unknown, Port Darwin, NT.
Distribution
States
Queensland
IBRA
Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
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] [285] (macleayi)
History of changes
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10-Oct-2012 | 10-Oct-2012 | MOVED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |