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L1 | 4.9 | 3.7 – 6.2 | n = 25 | 5.3 | 3.8 – 6.5 | n = 15 |
L2 | 4.6 | 3.6 – 5.7 | n = 19 | 5.1 | 3.55 – 6.25 | n = 13 |
W | 2.1 | 1.6 – 2.75 | n = 25 | 2.3 | 1.6 – 2.9 | n = 15 |
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 |
The female has an exceptionally long ovipositor (relative to the body length).
Legend | P.J.Lang collection vouchered records | |
other private collection or museum specimens, or sightings |
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Legend | live emerged adults, count > median value of 8 per quarter month | |
live emerged adults, count <= median value of 8 | ||
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 | ||
Melaleuca uncinata | 44 | 4 | EP | M | ||
Callitris gracilis | 1 | 1 | MU | C | ||
Eucalyptus sp. | 1 | 1 | EP | M | ||
unknown | 1 | 1 | EP |
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) |
Code | beetles | % | host plant taxa | |
M | Myrtaceae | 45 | 98% | 2 |
C | Cupressaceae | 1 | 2% | 1 |
position | beetles | sites | |
on flowering plant | 1 | 1 | |
on foliage or non-flowering plant | 45 | 4 | |
on plant (unspecified) | 1 | 1 |
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. |