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L1 | 4.8 | 4.35 – 5.4 | n = 5 | 5.2 | 4.8 – 5.6 | n = 3 |
L2 | 2.3 | n = 1 | 5.0 | n = 1 | ||
W | 2.7 | 1.95 – 5.2 | n = 5 | 2.3 | 2.15 – 2.45 | n = 3 |
Legend | L1 | length from clypeus/frons to elytral apex (mean, range, sample size) |
L2 | length from anterior of edge of eyes to elytral apex | |
W | maximum width with elytra fully closed |
Blackish grey to bronze with areas of strong purple coloration, dorsi-ventrally compressed. Relatively short pronotum, barely tapered laterally in its posterior half except for a slight constriction close to the base, flattened basally. Mealiness retained on declivities, lightly whitish above, densely white below. A distinctive lobed ovipositor. Aedeagus dilating distally before a terminal constriction with parameres strongly curved and bulging laterally.
The application of this name to SA specimens is somewhat uncertain, and similar specimens have been identified as A. blackburni. It is one of four Anilara species commonly found on the dead or dying foliage of fallen eucalypt branches in the Adelaide area (see also A. obscura, A. longicollis and A. angusta).
Legend | P.J.Lang collection vouchered records | |
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Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
Legend | live emerged adults, count > median value of 2 per quarter month | |
live emerged adults, count <= median value of 2 | ||
live non-emerged adults only, for that quarter month | ||
12 | number of active beetles for that quarter month |
beetles | sites | SA regions¹ | family | position on host plant | ||
Eucalyptus microcarpa | 7 | 3 | FR, NL, SL | M | ||
Eucalyptus camaldulensis | 3 | 1 | FR | M | ||
Eucalyptus camaldulensis ssp. camaldulensis | 3 | 1 | MU | M | ||
*Eucalyptus cladocalyx | 1 | 1 | NL | M | ||
Eucalyptus gracilis | 1 | 1 | MU | M | ||
Eucalyptus odorata | 1 | 1 | MU | M | ||
Eucalyptus sp. | 1 | 1 | FR | M |
Legend | beetles | count of beetles collected from, or sighted on, host plant taxon |
sites | count of major sites (unique 10 km grid cells +/- some distinct approximate localities) | |
* | indicates alien (non-native) plant occurrences, either wild or planted (the species may be alien in SA, or native in parts of its SA range) |
Code | beetles | % | host plant taxa | |
M | Myrtaceae | 16 | 100% | 5 |
position | beetles | sites | |
on dead foliage | 17 | 7 |
records | sites | SA regions¹ | family | adult ex billet | |
Eucalyptus microcarpa | 1 | 1 | SL | M | 1 |
Legend | records | count of breeding adults, pupae and larvae |
sites | count of major sites (unique 10 km grid cells +/- some distinct approximate localities) | |
adult | live = extracted alive; dead = extracted dead as intact or fragmentary remains; ex billet = reared and emerged from stored sections of host; ex pupa = reared from sampled pupa | |
pupa | extracted pupa; pupa ex larva = reared pupa from larva | |
larva | extracted larva (any stage including prepupa) | |
gall (only) | hatched or unhatched gall identified by form and position rather than contents |
Code | records | % | host plant taxa | |
M | Myrtaceae | 1 | 100% | 1 |
position | records | sites | adult ex billet | |
dead stem | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Adults are found on dead foliage of fallen branches of Eucalyptus species in summer and breed in the dead stems. I reared a single individual from Grey Box Eucalyptus microcarpa billets cut from a fallen dead branch in Adelaide.
¹ Legend | regions | SA State Herbarium regions (map) EA: Eastern, EP: Eyre Peninsula, FR: Flinders Ranges, GT: Gairdner-Torrens, KI: Kangaroo Island, LE: Lake Eyre, MU: Murray, NL: Northern Lofty, NU: Nullarbor, NW: North-Western, SE: South-Eastern, SL: Southern Lofty, YP: Yorke Peninsula |
size | The ellipse is the correct size when printed, indicative on a desktop screen, and likely to be wrong on a mobile device. |