Actual
size¹:
size¹:
13.0 mm
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4.5 mm
×
4.5 mm
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| L1 | 12.9 | n = 1 | ||||
| L2 | 12.8 | n = 1 | ||||
| W | 4.5 | n = 1 | ||||
| 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 with their pattern dominated by the longitudinal sutural mark.
Barker 2006a notes that this species is found in low rainfall areas and has been collected on Leptospermum and Melaleuca flowers. Most of the SA collections are from areas of sandy soils where the Mallee Tea-tree Leptospermum coriaceum occurs.
| 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 |
| Legend | live emerged adults, count > median value of 3 per quarter month | |
| live emerged adults, count <= median value of 3 | ||
| 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 | 12 | 6 | EP, MU | M | ||||
| Acacia euthycarpa | 2 | 1 | EP | F | ||||
| Acacia sp. | 2 | 1 | MU | F |
| 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 | 12 | 75% | 1 |
| F | Fabaceae | 4 | 25% | 1 |
| position | beetles | sites | |
| on flower(s) | 5 | 3 | |
| on flowering plant | 1 | 1 | |
| on plant (unspecified) | 10 | 4 |
| 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. |