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L1 | 10.3 | 8.6 – 11 | n = 4 | |||
W | 3.6 | 3 – 3.85 | n = 4 |
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 |
Elytra (pale) yellow with brown-orange margins; underside pale yellow. It differs from Castiarina rediviva (as applied in SA) in having the elytral background colour predominantly yellow rather than orange, and from C. pallidiventris in having the elytral margin only slightly differentiated, being a pale dirty orange rather than red.
An endemic SA species from eastern and northern Eyre Peninsula. In the original description Barker 1990 regarded it as being closest to Castiarina elderi from central Australia. However it also appears very similar to C. rediviva and C. pallidiventris, and is known to co-occur with both. It possibly only represents intergrading forms between those two species.
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 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 | ||
Leptospermum coriaceum | 5 | 4 | EP | M | ||
Hysterobaeckea behrii | 4 | 1 | EP | M | ||
Homoranthus wilhelmii | 1 | 1 | EP | M | ||
Melaleuca pauperiflora ssp. mutica | 1 | 1 | EP | 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) | |
Plant names in green are hyperlinked to a matching host species page with plant photos. |
Code | beetles | % | host plant taxa | |
M | Myrtaceae | 11 | 100% | 4 |
position | beetles | sites | |
on flower(s) | 5 | 2 | |
on plant (unspecified) | 6 | 5 |
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. |