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Species Melobasis obscurella Thomson, 1879

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria


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

NSW, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales
    • South Australia
    • Tasmania
    • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: diurnal, herbivore (associated flora: Corymbia tessellaris (F.Muell.) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson [MYRTACEAE] Carbeen, Manna Gum, Moreton Bay Ash; Acacia linifolia (Vent.) Willd. [FABACEAE] Flax-leaved Wattle; Acacia longifolia (Andrews) Willd. [FABACEAE] Sydney Golden Wattle), volant.

Larva: wood-borer (associated flora: Acacia mucronata Willd. ex H.L.Wendl. [FABACEAE] Narrow-leaf Wattle).

Extra Ecological Information

Cowie (2001) recorded this species from Eucalyptus viminalis.

Associated Flora References

Bellamy, C.L. 2002. Coleoptera: Buprestoidea. In Houston, W.W.K. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 29.5. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia. pp. XII 491 +4 colour pls [158] (Corymbia tessellaris)

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 [63] (Corymbia tessellaris)

Cowie, D. 2001. Jewel Beetles of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Field Naturalists' Club Inc. 41 pp. [31] (Corymbia tessellaris)

Faithfull, I. 1997. Three Melobasis species (Buprestidae) reared from Acacia sophorae (Mimosaceae) from Saint Margaret Island, South Gippsland, Victoria. Victorian Entomologist 27(2): 23-26 [24] (Corymbia tessellaris)

Hawkeswood, T.J. 1986. Observations on some Buprestidae (Coleoptera) from the Blue Mountains, N.S.W. (Corrections). Contributions to Australian Biological Science 2: 1-2 [1] (Corymbia tessellaris)

Hawkeswood, T.J. 2011. Review of the biology and host plants for the Australian species of the genus Melobasis Laporte & Gory, 1837 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Calodema 183: 1-23 [14] (Corymbia tessellaris)

van den Berg, M.A. 1982. Coleoptera attacking Acacia dealbata Link., Acacia decurrens Willd., Acacia longifolia (Andr.) Willd., Acacia mearnsii De Wild. and Acacia melanoxylon R. Br. in Australia. Phytophylactica 14: 51-55 [51] (Corymbia tessellaris)

Webb, G.A. 1994. The insect fauna inhabiting the wood of some Acacia spp. in south-eastern Australia. Victorian Entomologist 24: 80-92 [85] (Corymbia tessellaris)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
03-Oct-2024 BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 03-Oct-2024 MODIFIED
16-Jun-2022 BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 10-Sep-2024 MODIFIED
04-Aug-2021 BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 03-Oct-2024 MODIFIED
24-Dec-2020 BUPRESTOIDEA 03-Oct-2024 MODIFIED
01-Jul-2020 POLYPHAGA 03-Oct-2024 MODIFIED Max Beatson
05-Mar-2019 BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 03-Oct-2024 MODIFIED
05-Mar-2019 Buprestinae Leach, 1815 03-Oct-2024 MODIFIED
05-Mar-2019 Buprestinae Leach, 1815 03-Oct-2024 MODIFIED
28-Jan-2014 BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 03-Oct-2024 MODIFIED Dr Federica Turco (QM)
10-Oct-2012 10-Oct-2012 MOVED
13-Nov-2012 03-Oct-2024 MODIFIED
03-Oct-2024 MODIFIED