Species Melobasis propinqua (Laporte & Gory, 1837)
Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement
- Cowie, D. 2001. Jewel Beetles of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Field Naturalists' Club Inc. 41 pp. [29]
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
IBRA
ACT, NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic, WA: South Eastern Highlands (SEH) ; ACT, Tas, Vic, WA: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP) ; NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Victorian Midlands (VM) ; SA, Vic: Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Kanmantoo (KAN) ; Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Northern Kimberley (NK), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), South East Corner (SEC), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Tasmania
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Western Australia
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: diurnal, herbivore, volant.
Larva: wood-borer.
Extra Ecological Information
Williams & Williams (1983) recorded this species from Daviesia latifolia, Dillwynia retorta, D. sericea, Jacksonia scoparia, Phyllota phylicoides, Pultenaea brunioides, P. elliptica (Fabaceae) and Leptospermum sp. (Myrtaceae); Hawkeswood (1988) recorded adults and larvae (as cuprifera) from Pultenaea villosa; Hawkeswood (1990) recorded Bossiaea eriocarpa (Fabaceae) and Leptospermum brevipes; Hawkeswood (1993) summarized the biology and hosts; LeBreton & Hawkeswood (1993) listed Gahnia erythrocarpa; Cowie (2001) recorded M. propinqua portei from Dillwynia spp. "and other bush peas".
General References
Bellamy, C.L. 1990. A new species of Maoraxia Obenberger from Mindanao, with a comments on its relationships within the Anthaxiini (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Elytron 3: 187-194 [191]
Blackburn, T. 1887. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 10: 177-287 [240]
Blackburn, T. 1890. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part VIII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 13: 121-160 [146] (prasina, verna)
Burns, G.G. & Burns, A.J. 1992. The distribution of Victorian jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) - an ENTRECS project. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Victoria 5: 1-53 [7] (Map 36)
Carter, H.J. 1921. Results of Dr. E. Mjöberg's Swedish scientific expeditions to Australia 1910–1913. 25. Buprestidae. Arkiv för Zoologi 13(22): 1-6 [2]
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] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement synonym of cuprifera)
Hawkeswood, T.J. 1987. Beetles of Australia. North Ryde, NSW : Angus & Robertson 248 pp. [64] (Plate 90 [colour] as cuprifera)
Hawkeswood, T.J. 1988. A review of larval host records for twelve Australian Buprestidae (Coleoptera). Giornale Italiano di Entomologia 4: 81-88 [83] (larval host plants)
Hawkeswood, T.J. 1990. Eine Übersicht zu Biologie und Wirtspflanzen des australischen Prachtkãfers Melobasis cuprifera Laporte & Gory (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Entomologische Zeitschrift 100: 340-342 [340] (biology)
Hawkeswood, T.J. 1993. A list and notes on some Buprestidae (Coleoptera) from the Armidale area, New South Wales, Australia. Giornale Italiano di Entomologia 6: 437-447 [439] (host notes)
Hope, F.W. 1846. Descriptions of new species of Buprestidae from New Holland, chiefly collected by D. E. Fortnum, Esq. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 4: 208-220 [Date published 2 Mar. 1846] [214, 215] (verna, porteri second description)
LeBreton, M. & Hawkeswood, T.J. 1993. Notes on some Coleoptera collected from the foliage of Gahnia erythrocarpa R. Br. (Cyperaceae) in north-eastern New South Wales. Sydney Basin Naturalist 2: 35-36 [36] (adult host note)
Masters, G. 1886. Catalogue of the described Coleoptera of Australia. Part III. Lucanidae and Scarabaeidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 1: 21-126 [74] (propinqua 2684, suaveola 2692, verna 2694)
Obenberger, J. 1930. Buprestidae 2. pp. 213-568 in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 111. [429, 430] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement cuprifera as senior synonym; propinqua, verna, prasina as varieties)
Saunders, E. 1868. A revision of the Australian Buprestidae described by the Rev. F. W. Hope. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 16: 1-67 [Date published April 1868] [17]
History of changes
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