Melobasis monticola Blackburn, 1892
subfamily Buprestinae » tribe Melobasini » subtribe Melobasina
Melobasis species group: hypocrita
Melobasis monticola Adult images
Actual
size¹:
12.5 mm
×
4.6 mm
Measurements (mm)
| male | female |
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| L1 | 14.4 | | n = 1 | 10.6 | | n = 1 |
| L2 | | | | 10.4 | | n = 1 |
| W | 5.2 | | n = 1 | 3.9 | | 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 |
Distribution
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Australian States: SA, TAS, VIC
Southern South Australian occurrences
| Legend | | P.J.Lang collection vouchered records |
| other private collection or museum specimens, or sightings |
Adult activity records for Melobasis monticola (total actual records: 7 beetles)
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| number of active beetles, actually recorded in that quarter-month |
| actual count > 3.5 (mean) |
| actual count <= 3.5 (mean) |
Adult host plants
| 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. |
Plant family
Position on adult host
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| on plant (unspecified) | | 5 | 1 |
| other |
| on dead branch | | 1 | 1 |
Lure affinity
| 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. |