Actual
size¹:
size¹:
7.1 mm
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2.7 mm
×
2.7 mm
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| L1 | 7.1 | n = 1 | ||||
| L2 | 7.0 | n = 1 | ||||
| W | 2.6 | 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 |
Elongate body shape and grey-bronze with purplish to violet tints, pronotum with pair of large lateral indentations (shallow fovae) towards posterior, scutellum transverse and often reddish, pink or coppery, elytra with a somewhat irregular pattern of subdued silvery-white scale-hair patches and purplish red apices, on ventral side much of sternum and legs with light greenish colouration, aedeagus straight-sided and elongate.
Only known in SA from two early collections: a single SA Museum specimen labelled as Adelaide, January 1903; and one in the Victorian Museum labelled as Clarendon, 25 November 1903, and probably collected by Tepper.
| Legend | P.J.Lang collection vouchered records | |
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| Legend | live emerged adults, count > median value of 1 per quarter month | |
| live emerged adults, count <= median value of 1 | ||
| live non-emerged adults only, for that quarter month | ||
12 | number of active beetles for that quarter month |
| 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. |