Actual
size¹:
size¹:
7.1 mm
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2.5 mm
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2.5 mm
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| L1 | 6.9 | 5.95 – 7.8 | n = 14 | 8.9 | 8.4 – 9.4 | n = 2 |
| L2 | 6.7 | 5.9 – 7.7 | n = 13 | 8.7 | 8.25 – 9.2 | n = 2 |
| W | 2.4 | 2.05 – 2.7 | n = 14 | 3.2 | 3 – 3.4 | n = 2 |
| 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 |
| 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 > 2 (median) | ||
| actual count <= 2 (median) | ||
| beetles | sites | SA regions¹ | family | position on host plant | |||
| Allocasuarina muelleriana ssp. muelleriana | 6 | 1 | SE | C | |||
| Allocasuarina sp. | 5 | 1 | KI | C | |||
| Allocasuarina verticillata | 3 | 2 | MU, SL | C |
| 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 | |
| C | Casuarinaceae | 14 | 100% | 2 |
| position | beetles | sites | ||
| on foliage or non-flowering plant | 8 | 3 | ||
| on plant (unspecified) | 5 | 1 | ||
| other | ||||
| stem | 1 | 1 | ||
| colour | beetles | sites | SA regions¹ | |
| blue | 4 | 1 | SE | |
| light violet | 2 | 2 | SE | |
| bright green | 1 | 1 | SE |
 stem base exit hole, SE, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, D1_x300.jpg "Dinocephalia thoracica, PL4185, dead non-emerged adult, in Allocasuarina muelleriana ssp. muelleriana (PJL 3310) stem base exit hole, SE, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski")
 root crown, SE, D2_x300.jpg "Dinocephalia thoracica, PL4269A, dead non-emerged adult, from Allocasuarina muelleriana ssp. muelleriana (PJL 3359) root crown, SE")
, D3_x300.jpg "Dinocephalia thoracica, PL4269A, dead non-emerged adult, associated leg remains (dorsal & ventral views), SE")
, D4_x300.jpg "Dinocephalia thoracica, PL4269A, dead non-emerged adult, after cleaning (with 3 views of head & pronotum), SE")
| records | sites | SA regions¹ | family | adult dead | |
| Allocasuarina muelleriana ssp. muelleriana | 5 | 2 | SE | C | 5 |
| 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 | |
| C | Casuarinaceae | 5 | 100% | 1 |
| position | records | sites | adult dead | |
| root crown | 4 | 1 | 4 | |
| stem base | 1 | 1 | 1 |
A.M.P. Stolarski is the discoverer of the breeding records for this species.
| 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. |