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L1 | 6.3 | 4.35 – 7.15 | n = 42 | 6.4 | 5.3 – 7.5 | n = 24 |
L2 | 5.8 | 4.25 – 6.95 | n = 19 | 6.2 | 5.2 – 7.05 | n = 11 |
W | 2.3 | 1.6 – 2.65 | n = 42 | 2.5 | 2 – 3.45 | n = 24 |
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 |
Red-brown to grey-brown, elongated pronotum contracted in the posterior part above the base and usually with it maximum width above the middle. On the ventral side of males, between the metacoxae, the intercoxal process forms a blackish boss with micro-puncturations and a matt sheen. It is obtusely angled at its anterior end, but somewhat diffuse at its posterior end which does not quite reach the first visible abdominal ventrite (v3) posterior margin. Similar to Anilara angusta (q.v.) which has differences in pronotum shape and boss.
A common and widely distributed species that is often found together with the smaller and shorter A. obscura on dead or dying twigs and foliage of fallen Eucalypt branches. It extends from woodlands in the high rainfall areas of the Mt Lofty Ranges to mallee of the semi-arid zone.
Legend | P.J.Lang collection vouchered records | |
other private collection or museum specimens, or sightings |
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Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
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9 | number of active beetles, actually recorded in that quarter-month | |
actual count > 3 (median) | ||
actual count <= 3 (median) |
beetles | sites | SA regions¹ | family | position on host plant | ||
Eucalyptus microcarpa | 76 | 5 | FR, NL, SL | M | ||
Eucalyptus oleosa | 13 | 7 | EP, MU | M | ||
*Eucalyptus cladocalyx | 11 | 3 | EP, NL, SL | M | ||
Eucalyptus gracilis | 8 | 5 | FR, EP, MU | M | ||
Eucalyptus phenax ssp. phenax | 5 | 2 | EP, MU | M | ||
Eucalyptus sp. | 5 | 4 | FR, EP, SL | M | ||
Eucalyptus porosa | 4 | 2 | EP, MU | M | ||
Eucalyptus incrassata | 2 | 2 | EP, MU | M | ||
Eucalyptus largiflorens | 2 | 1 | SL | M | ||
Eucalyptus obliqua | 2 | 1 | SL | M | ||
Acacia pycnantha | 1 | 1 | SL | F | ||
Allocasuarina muelleriana ssp. muelleriana | 1 | 1 | SL | C | ||
Allocasuarina verticillata | 1 | 1 | SL | C | ||
Eucalyptus brachycalyx | 1 | 1 | EP | M | ||
Eucalyptus camaldulensis ssp. camaldulensis | 1 | 1 | SL | M | ||
Eucalyptus diversifolia ssp. diversifolia | 1 | 1 | EP | M | ||
Eucalyptus leucoxylon ssp. leucoxylon | 1 | 1 | SL | M | ||
*Eucalyptus saligna | 1 | 1 | SL | M | ||
Eucalyptus viminalis ssp. cygnetensis | 1 | 1 | MU | 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) | |
Plant names in green are hyperlinked to a matching host species page with plant photos. |
Code | beetles | % | host plant taxa | |
M | Myrtaceae | 134 | 98% | 15 |
C | Casuarinaceae | 2 | 1% | 2 |
F | Fabaceae | 1 | 1% | 1 |
position | beetles | sites | |
on dead foliage | 137 | 32 |
records | sites | SA regions¹ | family | adult dead | adult ex billet | |
Eucalyptus microcarpa | 36 | 1 | SL | M | 2 | 34 |
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 | |
Plant names in green are hyperlinked to a matching host species page with plant photos. |
Code | records | % | host plant taxa | |
M | Myrtaceae | 36 | 100% | 1 |
position | records | sites | adult dead | adult ex billet | |
dead stem | 36 | 1 | 2 | 34 |
I have collected adults from the dead foliage of a wide range of Eucalyptus species, and reared them from billets cut from fallen branches of Grey Box E. microcarpa in Adelaide. I also extracted the dead remains of two individuals from dead fallen branches of E. microcarpa at a second nearby site.
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. |