Dinocephalia transsecta (Carter, 1921)
subfamily Agrilinae » tribe Coraebini » subtribe unplaced
Dinocephalia transsecta Adult images
Measurements (mm)
| male | female |
L1 | 5.2 | 4.9 – 5.4 | n = 5 | 6.8 | 6.6 – 7.2 | n = 6 |
L2 | 5.4 | | n = 1 | 6.6 | 6.5 – 6.7 | n = 3 |
W | 1.6 | 1.5 – 1.75 | n = 5 | 2.2 | 2.1 – 2.3 | n = 6 |
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 |
Distribution
EP, NL, MU, YP, SL
Australian States: SA, VIC, ACT, QLD
Southern South Australia distribution
Legend | | P.J.Lang collection vouchered records |
| other private collection or museum specimens, or sightings |
Adult activity records for Dinocephalia transsecta (total of 42 beetles)
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Legend | | live emerged adults, count > median value of 6 per quarter month |
| live emerged adults, count <= median value of 6 |
| live non-emerged adults only, for that quarter month |
12 | number of active beetles for that quarter month |
Adult host plant
Allocasuarina verticillata | 42 | 10 | EP, NL, MU, YP, SL | C |
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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 family
C |
Casuarinaceae |
42 |
100% |
1 |
Position on adult host
on foliage or non-flowering plant | | 34 | 8 |
on plant (unspecified) | | 8 | 2 |
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. |