Species Melobasis splendida (Donovan, 1805)

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• Buprestis splendida Donovan, E. 1805. An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of New Holland, New Zealand, New Guinea, Otaheite, and other Islands in the Indian, Southern, and Pacific Oceans: including Figures and Descriptions of One Hundred and Fifty-three Species of the more Splendid, Beautiful, and Interesting Insects, hitherto Discovered in those Countries, and which for the most Part have not appeared in the Works of any Preceding Author. London : Rivington iv + [167] pp. + [41] pls. [Date published January] [22].

  Type data:

   Holotype OUM COLE0945 sex unknown, Australia (as New Holland).

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Exact locality unknown.

Known only from type locality.

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: diurnal, herbivore (associated flora: Syzygium floribundum F.Muell. [MYRTACEAE] Weeping Satin Ash), volant.

Larva: wood-borer (associated flora: Eucalyptus punctata DC. [MYRTACEAE] Leather Jacket; Eucalyptus macrorhyncha F.Muell. ex Benth. [MYRTACEAE] Red Stringybark; Acacia longifolia (Andrews) Willd. [FABACEAE] Sydney Golden Wattle).

Extra Ecological Information

Williams (1995) recorded this species from Waterhousea floribunda [MYRTACEAE]

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 [165] (Acacia longifolia)

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] (Syzygium floribundum)

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] (Acacia longifolia)

Froggatt, W.W. 1907. Australian insects. Sydney : W. Brooks & Co xiv + 449 pp. [Date published 11 June] [163] (Acacia longifolia)

Froggatt, W.W. 1923. Forest Insects of Australia. Sydney : Alfred James Kent, Government Printer viii 171 pp. 2 colour pls. [107] (Acacia longifolia)

Goudie, J.C. 1920. Notes on the Coleoptera of north-western Victoria. Part VIII. Victorian Naturalist 37: 28-34 [30] (Acacia longifolia)

Gurney, W.B. 1911. A study of wattle trees (Acacia) and a list of insects of wattle trees. The Australian Zoologist 2: 56-59 [58] (Acacia longifolia)

Hadlington, P. 1951. Forest insects and wood-destroying insects of New South Wales, Part VI. Insects attacking the living and dying trees. Technical Notes, Division of Wood Technology, Forestry Commission of New South Wales 5(4): 7-9 [9] (Acacia longifolia)

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 [15] (Acacia longifolia)

Turner, J.R. & Hawkeswood, T.J. 2011. Eucalyptus macrorhyncha F. Muell. ex Benth. and Eucalyptus punctata DC. (Myrtaceae), the first recorded larval host plants for Melobasis spendida (Donovan, 1805) (Col: Buprestidae) from Australia. Giornale Italiano di Entomologia 12(56): 327-334 [328] (Acacia longifolia)

Williams, G.A. 1995. Pollination Ecology of Lowland Subtropical Rainforests in New South Wales. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of New South Wales, Kensington. (Acacia longifolia)

General References

Boisduval, J.A. 1835. Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826–1827–1828–1829, sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont d'Urville. Faune Entomologique de l'Océan Pacifique, avec l'illustration des insectes nouveaux recueillis pendant le voyage. 2me Partie. Coléoptères et autres Ordres. Paris : J. Tastu vii 716 pp. [Date published 27-III-1835] [86]

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 [75] (2691)

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] [14]

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