Species Melobasis macleayi Kerremans, 1892

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Species Melobasis macleayi Kerremans, 1892

Melobasis (Diceropygus) macleayi Kerremans, C. 1892. Catalogue synonymique des Buprestides decrits de 1758 à 1890. Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 1: 1-304 [105] [nom. nov. for suturalis Macleay, 1886].
Melobasis suturalis Macleay, W.J. 1886. The insects of the Fly River, New Guinea, "Coleoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 1: 136-157, 183-204 [148] [junior homonym of suturalis Thomson, 1879].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown sex unknown, Fly River, New Guinea.

Distribution

States

Queensland

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

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. 1928. Revision of the Australian species of the genera Curis, Neocuris and Trachys, together with notes and descriptions of new species of other Coleoptera. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 53(3): 270-290 [272]

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] [286] (suturalis)

Carter, H.J. 1932. New Guinea and Australian Coleoptera. Notes and new species. No. 2. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 57(3-4): 101-115 [104]

Obenberger, J. 1930. Buprestidae 2. pp. 213-568 in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 111. [437]

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	Action Date	Action Type
10-Oct-2012	10-Oct-2012	MOVED
10-Oct-2012	10-Oct-2012	MOVED
	12-Feb-2010	(import)

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