Species Melobasis similis Levey, 2012

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• Melobasis similis 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 [75].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC ♂, Marloo Stn, Wurarga, W.A.
  Paratype(s) ANIC numerous (various collections including WAM, NMV, ZMHB, BMNH and private collections), various localities.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Coolgardie (COO), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: diurnal, herbivore (associated flora: Acacia oldfieldii F.Muell. [FABACEAE] (adults also occurring on foliage of other undetermined Acacia spp. [FABACEAE])), volant.

Larva: wood-borer.

Extra Ecological Information

"Adults collected from late August to early November on Acacia (Fabaceae) leaves."

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 [65] (Acacia oldfieldii)

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 [75] (Acacia oldfieldii)

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