Species Melobasis suturalis Thomson, 1879

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• Melobasis suturalis Thomson, J. 1879. Typi Buprestidarum Musaei Thomsoniani, Appendix 1a. Paris : E. Deyrolle 87 pp. [17].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MNHP ♂, Sydney, NSW.
  Paralectotype(s) MNHP 1♀, Sydney, NSW.
• Melobasis macleayana Obenberger, J. 1930. Buprestidae 2. pp. 213-568 in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 111. [432] [nom. nov. for macleayi Carter, 1923].
• Melobasis macleayi 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 [89] [junior homonym of macleayi Kerremans, 1892].

  Type data:

   Lectotype AM K32166 sex unknown, Duaringa, QLD [23° 42' 52" S 149° 40' 14" E].
  Paralectotype(s) AM K45056 1♂, Point Denison, NSW; AM K32166 1♂, Duaringa, QLD.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Levey, B. 2023. A revision of the Australian species of the genus Melobasis Laporte & Gory 1837 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), Part 3 (Revision of the azureipennis, cupricollis, iridicolor and melanura species groups). Zootaxa 5302: 001-100 [87, Figs 115, 128, 143, 144, 166, 167].

  Secondary source:

   Britton, E.B. & Stanbury, P.J. 1981. Type specimens in the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney. VIII. Insects: Beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 105(4): 241-293 [269].
• Melobasis viridiobscura Thomson, J. 1879. Typi Buprestidarum Musaei Thomsoniani, Appendix 1a. Paris : E. Deyrolle 87 pp. [19].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP ♀, Australia.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Levey, B. 2023. A revision of the Australian species of the genus Melobasis Laporte & Gory 1837 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), Part 3 (Revision of the azureipennis, cupricollis, iridicolor and melanura species groups). Zootaxa 5302: 001-100 [87, Figs 115, 128, 143, 144, 166, 167]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Sydney Basin (SB)

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