Subspecies Melobasis propinqua propinqua (Laporte & Gory, 1837)
- Buprestis (Melobasis) propinqua Laporte de Castelnau, F.L. & Gory, H.L. 1837. Histoire Naturelle et Iconographie des Insectes Coléoptères. Monographie des Buprestides. Histoire naturelle de iconographie des insectes Coléoptères. Monographie des buprestides. Buprestis, Nascio, Acherusia, Asthraeus, Bulis, Acantha, Apatura. Paris : P. Duménil Vol. 1(12–16) 65-160 pp. [120].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP sex unknown, Australia (as Nouvelle-Hollande). - Melobasis cuprifera 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 [71, 78, 80].
- Buprestis propinqua Hope, F.W. 1836. Prodromus of the Buprestidae of New Holland. Privately published by author in London. [publication supressed by ICZN ruling 1945 (see Carter, H.J. 1945. Proposal that the pamphlet entitled "Buprestidae" privately and anonymously issued by Hope (F.W.) in 1836 should be suppressed for nomenclatural purposes. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 1: 117–118)] [nomen nudum].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
IBRA
NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Western Australia
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: diurnal, herbivore (associated flora: Bossiaea eriocarpa Benth. [FABACEAE] Common Brown Pea (on flowers and foliage); Jacksonia scoparia R.Br. ex Sm. [FABACEAE] Dogwood (on flowers and foliage); Pultenaea villosa Willd. [FABACEAE] Hairy Bush-Pea (on flowers and foliage); Phyllota phylicoides (Sieber ex DC.) Benth. [FABACEAE] Heath Phyllota (on flowers and foliage); Dillwynia retorta (J.C.Wendl.) Druce [FABACEAE] Heathy Parrot Pea (on flowers and foliage); Dillwynia retorta (J.C.Wendl.) Druce [FABACEAE] Heathy Parrot Pea (on flower petals); Daviesia latifolia R.Br. [FABACEAE] Hop Bitter-pea (on flowers and foliage); Daviesia leptophylla A.Cunn. ex G.Don [FABACEAE] Narrow-leaf Bitter-pea (on flower petals); Xanthorrhoea johnsonii A.T.Lee [XANTHORRHOEACEAE] Northern Forest Grasstree (on flowers and foliage); Dillwynia floribunda Sm. [FABACEAE] Parrot Pea (on flowers and foliage); Dillwynia sericea A.Cunn. [FABACEAE] Showy Parrot-pea (on flowers and foliage); Leptospermum sp. [MYRTACEAE] Tea-tree (on flowers and foliage); Pultenaea subternata H.B.Will. [FABACEAE] (on flowers and foliage); Pultenaea tuberculata Pers. [FABACEAE] (on flowers and foliage); Baeckea sp. [MYRTACEAE] (on flowers and foliage); Leptospermum brevipes F. Muell. [MYRTACEAE] (on flowers and foliage); Pultenaea subternata H.B.Will. [FABACEAE] (on flower petals); Gahnia erythrocarpa R.Br. [CYPERACEAE] (on flowers and foliage); Dillwynia brunioides Meisn. [FABACEAE] (on flowers and foliage)), volant.
Larva: wood-borer (associated flora: Pultenaea villosa Willd. [FABACEAE] Hairy Bush-Pea).
Extra Ecological Information
"Adults commonly collected on Jacksonia scoparia R. Br. (Fabaceae), Pultenaea spp. (Fabaceae) and Leptospermum spp. (Myrtaceae) with some records from Bossiaea eriocarpa Benth. (Fabaceae), Daviesia latifolia F.Cels (Fabaceae), Dillwynia sp. (Fabaceae), Phyllota phylicoides (Sieber ex DC.) Benth. (Fabaceae), Baeckea sp. (Myrtaceae), Pimelea linifolia Sm. (Thymelaeaceae), Cassinia arcuata R. Br. (Asteraceae) and Gahnia erythrocarpa R. Br. (Cyperaceae), Adults eat the flower petals of Pultenaea subternata H.B.Will., Dillwynia retorta (J.C.Wendl.) Druce, and Daviesia virgata A.Cunn. ex Hook. (Turner, 1984). Larval host Pultenaea villosa Willd. (Hawkeswood, 2011)" (Levey 2012: 58)
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 [160] (Pultenaea subternata)
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] (Pultenaea subternata)
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 [65] (Pultenaea subternata)
Hawkeswood, T.J. 1986. A list and notes on the Buprestidae (Coleoptera) collected during 1977-79 from the Armidale district, New South Wales. Contributions to Australian Biological Science 1: 1-12 (Pultenaea subternata)
Hawkeswood, T.J. 1987. Beetles of Australia. North Ryde, NSW : Angus & Robertson 248 pp. [64, plate 90] (Pultenaea subternata)
Hawkeswood, T. J. 1988. A review of larval host records for twelve Australian Buprestidae (Coleoptera). Giornale Italiano di Entomologia 4: 81-88 [83] (Pultenaea subternata)
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] (Pultenaea subternata)
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] (Pultenaea subternata)
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 [3] (Pultenaea subternata)
Levey, B. 2012. A Revision of the Australian species of the genus Melobasis Laporte & Gory 1837 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), Part 1 (Introductory material, key to species-groups and keys to species of the thoracica, pusilla, formosa, propinqua & gloriosa species-groups). Zootaxa 3464: 1-107 [58] (Pultenaea subternata)
Turner, J. & Hawkeswood, T.J. 1996. A note on the larval host plants and biology of Melobasis cupriceps (Kirby) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from Australia. Mauritiana (Altenburg) 16: 81-86 [84] (Pultenaea subternata)
Turner, J. & Hawkeswood, T.J. 1997. A new larval host plant for Melobasis apicalis MacLeay and M. cupriceps (Kirby) from Australia (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Giornale Italiano di Entomologia 7: 261-264 [262] (Pultenaea subternata)
Turner, J.R. 2001. Acacia chalkeri Maiden the first recorded larval host plant for Melobasis vittata Blackburn (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from Australia. Jewel Beetles 10: 58-62 [61] (Pultenaea subternata)
Williams, G.A. & Williams, T. 1983. A list of the Buprestidae (Coleoptera) of the Sydney basin, New South Wales, with adult food plant records and biological notes on food plant associations. Australian Entomological Magazine 9(6): 81-93 [86] (Pultenaea subternata)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 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 | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |