Species Melobasis rectipilosa Levey, 2012

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• Melobasis rectipilosa 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 [61].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV ♂, WA, Moora.
  Paratype(s) NMV 16 specimens (also in ANIC, SAMA, WAM, AM, and private colelction), various.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: diurnal, herbivore (associated flora: Chorizema sp. [FABACEAE] Eastern Flame Pea), volant.

Larva: wood-borer.

Extra Ecological Information

Adults occurring on foliage of Chorizema sp. [FABACEAE]

Associated Flora References

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 [64] (Chorizema sp.)

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 [62] (Chorizema sp.)

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