Actual
size¹:
size¹:
4.6 mm
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1.8 mm
×
1.8 mm
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| L1 | 4.5 | 4 – 5.15 | n = 14 | 4.8 | 4.3 – 5.6 | n = 8 |
| L2 | 4.4 | 3.95 – 4.75 | n = 6 | 4.6 | 4.2 – 5 | n = 4 |
| W | 1.7 | 1.4 – 2 | n = 14 | 1.9 | 1.6 – 2.2 | n = 8 |
| 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 |
Small size, reasonably uniform dark bronze colouration, elytra with scattered whitish hair-scale patches and some gold reflections about the sutural margins posterior to the scutellum.
This species is seldom abundant but is widely distributed in SA.
| 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 5 per quarter month | |
| live emerged adults, count <= median value of 5 | ||
| 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 | |||
| Acacia pycnantha | 11 | 6 | NL, MU, SL, KI, SE | F | |||
| Acacia argyrophylla | 8 | 1 | MU | F | |||
| Acacia retinodes | 8 | 3 | NL, MU, SL | F | |||
| Acacia ligulata | 7 | 1 | MU | F | |||
| Acacia euthycarpa | 5 | 3 | EP, MU | F | |||
| Acacia sp. | 5 | 3 | EP, KI | F | |||
| Acacia myrtifolia | 4 | 2 | MU, SL | F | |||
| Eucalyptus sp. | 3 | 1 | SL | M | |||
| Acacia leiophylla | 3 | 1 | KI | F | |||
| Acacia provincialis | 3 | 2 | SL, KI | F | |||
| Acacia uncifolia | 1 | 1 | KI | F | |||
| Acacia victoriae ssp. victoriae | 1 | 1 | FR | F | |||
| Acacia wattsiana | 1 | 1 | NL | F | |||
| Leptospermum sp. | 1 | 1 | KI | M | |||
| Melaleuca sp. | 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 | |
| F | Fabaceae | 57 | 92% | 11 |
| M | Myrtaceae | 5 | 8% | 3 |
| position | beetles | sites | |
| on flowering plant | 5 | 4 | |
| on foliage or non-flowering plant | 47 | 17 | |
| on plant (unspecified) | 10 | 6 |
D. parva has been collected in SA from a diverse range of Acacia 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. |