Subspecies Melobasis regalis regalis Carter, 1923

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• Melobasis regalis 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 [97].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂, Albany, WA.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Coolgardie (COO), Jarrah Forest (JF), Murchison (MUR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: diurnal, herbivore (associated flora: Mirbelia seorsifolia (F.Muell.) C.A.Gardner [FABACEAE]), volant.

Larva: wood-borer.

Extra Ecological Information

Levey (2012) recorded adults as occurring on foliage of Mirbelia seorsifolia (F. Muell.), [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] (Mirbelia seorsifolia)

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 [64] (Mirbelia seorsifolia)

General References

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] (redescribed)

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