Host Acacia rigens for Buprestidae of South Australia
( Jewel beetles )
by Peter J. Lang
Host plant Acacia rigens  (Nealie)
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Acacia rigens p DEM8911 Hiltaba Acacia rigens f DEM8911 Hiltaba Melobasis aurocyanea, PL1488, adult host plant, Acacia rigens, EP, 10.7 km SE Mt Sturt summit, Gawler Ranges NP, 27 Sep 2010 Melobasis aurocyanea, PL1481, adult host plant, Acacia rigens, EP, 3.1 km WSW Carradoo Tanks, Lake Gilles CP, 26 Sep 2010 Melobasis nobilitata, PL1480, adult host plant, Acacia rigens, EP, 3.1 km WSW Carradoo Tanks, Lake Gilles CP, 26 Sep 2010
Larval host: Buprestidae species recorded breeding in Acacia rigens, displayed in reverse count order
Chrysobothris saundersii, MAH 03401, female, from Acacia victoriae ssp. victoriae, FR, 27 km N Quorn, Middle Gorge, 5 Feb 2001
Chrysobothris saundersii (2)
Chrysobothris saundersii, MAH 11009, male, from Acacia rigens, MU, c. 30 km E Swan Reach, 12 Dec 2016
Adult host: Buprestidae species recorded as adults on Acacia rigens, displayed in reverse count order
Notographus uniformis, PL5663M, female, from Acacia notabilis dead stem, EP, 4.9 km ENE Carradoo Tanks, Lake Gilles CP, 13 Nov 2022. , 3.5 x 1.45 mm
Notographus uniformis (30)
Notographus uniformis, PL1766A, on dead Acacia rigens, MU, 19.6 km WSW Waikerie, 14 Jan 2011
shown on dead Acacia rigens
Melobasis nobilitata, PL2574, male, from Acacia euthycarpa, EP, 0.4 km WSW Carradoo Tanks, road res., adj. Lake Gilles CP, 3 Oct 2013
Melobasis nobilitata (11)
Melobasis nobilitata, PL0792A, female, on Acacia euthycarpa, EP, 3.1 km WSW Carradoo Tanks, Lake Gilles CP, 26 Oct 2009
shown on Acacia euthycarpa
Melobasis angustecostata angustecostata, PL3957, male, EP, 10.8 km ENE Secret Rocks, 13 Oct 2017
Melobasis angustecostata angustecostata (10)
Melobasis angustecostata angustecostata, PL0794, male, on Acacia rigens, EP, 3.2 km WSW Carradoo Tanks, Lake Gilles CP, 26 Oct 2009
shown on Acacia rigens
Melobasis obscurella, PL2322A, male, from Acacia spilleriana, MU, 10.8 km NNW Robertstown, 3 Oct 2012
Melobasis obscurella (7)
Melobasis obscurella, PL0722, female, on Exocarpos cupressiformis, NL, Niblet Gap, 4 Oct 2009
shown on Exocarpos cupressiformis
Melobasis aurocyanea, PL0022, female, from Acacia wilhelmiana, EP, 6.2 km SW Coolanie, Middlecamp Hills CP, 4 Oct 2002
Melobasis aurocyanea (6)
Melobasis aurocyanea, PL1481, female, on Acacia rigens, EP, 3.1 km WSW Carradoo Tanks, Lake Gilles CP, 26 Sep 2010
shown on Acacia rigens
Chrysobothris saundersii, MAH 03401, female, from Acacia victoriae ssp. victoriae, FR, 27 km N Quorn, Middle Gorge, 5 Feb 2001
Chrysobothris saundersii (3)
Chrysobothris saundersii, MAH 11009, male, from Acacia rigens, MU, c. 30 km E Swan Reach, 12 Dec 2016
Diphucrania nubeculosa, PL3150, PL0349B, male and female
Diphucrania nubeculosa (1)
Diphucrania nubeculosa, PL0349B, PL0349A, female and male, on Acacia argyrophylla, MU, 10.4 km NNE Sedan, 16 Dec 2007
shown on Acacia argyrophylla
Melobasis speciosa, PL0331, female, from Acacia euthycarpa, MU, 4.8 km S Monarto South, Monarto CP, 5 Dec 2007
Melobasis speciosa (1)
Melobasis speciosa, PL2744, on Acacia calamifolia, EP, 2.3 km SSW Woolshed Flat, 30 Oct 2013
shown on Acacia calamifolia
Neobubastes aureocincta, PL2706, male, EP, 2.9 km SSE Pine Hill HS, Munyaroo CP, 27 Oct 2013
Neobubastes aureocincta (1)
Neobubastes aureocincta, PL2706, male, on Acacia rigens, EP, 2.9 km SSE Pine Hill HS, Munyaroo CP, 27 Oct 2013
shown on Acacia rigens
Neocuris dichroa, PL1349, female, from Eucalyptus phenax ssp. phenax, EP, 5.9 km NE Pine Hill HS, 1 Feb 2010
Neocuris dichroa (1)
Neocuris dichroa, PL3819B, female, on Eutaxia microphylla (PJL 3117), for photo, SE, 8.9 km SE Malinong, 9 Feb 2017
shown on Eutaxia microphylla (PJL 3117), for photo