Species Melobasis viridiceps Saunders, 1876
- Melobasis viridiceps Saunders, E. 1876. Descriptions of nine new species of Buprestidae. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 13: 155-158 [157].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH sex unknown, NSW. - Melobasis semistriata Blackburn, T. 1887. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 10: 177-287 [235].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA sex unknown, none given. - Melobasis victoriae Obenberger, J. 1942. De generis Melobasis Cast. et Gory speciebus novis (Col. Bupr.). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 20: 99-106 [102].
Type data:
Syntype(s) NMPC 22012-3 2 specimens, sex unknown, Geelong, VIC.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Victoria
IBRA
NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales
- Victoria: SE coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: diurnal, herbivore, volant.
Larva: wood-borer.
General References
Burns, G.G. & Burns, A.J. 1992. The distribution of Victorian jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) - an ENTRECS project. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Victoria 5: 1-53 [8] (Map 54)
Carter, H.J. 1929. A check list of the Australian Buprestidae. With tables and keys to sub-families, tribes, and genera (by A. Théry). The Australian Zoologist 5(4): 265-304 [Date published 24 Mar 1929] [286]
Levey, B. 2018. A revision of the Australian species of the genus Melobasis Laporte & Gory 1837 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), Part 2 (Revision of the nervosa species group). Zootaxa 4528(1): 1-79 [48, Figs 38, 65–66, 129–130, 163, 174, 187]
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] (2695)
Obenberger, J. 1930. Buprestidae 2. pp. 213-568 in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 111. [436]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Mar-2019 | BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 | 30-Dec-2018 | MODIFIED | |
| 10-Oct-2012 | 10-Oct-2012 | MOVED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |