Melobasis nobilitata Thomson, 1879
subfamily Buprestinae » tribe Melobasini » subtribe Melobasina
Melobasis species group: nobilitata
Melobasis nobilitata Adult images
Measurements (mm)
| male | female |
L1 | 10.9 | 9.55 – 11.8 | n = 5 | 12.1 | 10.7 – 13.75 | n = 5 |
L2 | 10.8 | 10.55 – 10.9 | n = 3 | 11.7 | 10.3 – 13.3 | n = 4 |
W | 3.7 | 3.25 – 4.05 | n = 5 | 4.0 | 3.6 – 4.5 | n = 5 |
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
NW, LE, GT, FR, EP, MU
Australian States: WA, SA, VIC, NSW
South Australia distribution
Legend | | P.J.Lang collection vouchered records |
| other private collection or museum specimens, or sightings |
Adult activity records for Melobasis nobilitata (total of 76 beetles)
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Legend | | live emerged adults, count > median value of 14 per quarter month |
| live emerged adults, count <= median value of 14 |
| live non-emerged adults only, for that quarter month |
12 | number of active beetles for that quarter month |
Adult host plants
Acacia euthycarpa | 25 | 7 | EP | F |
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Acacia rigens | 12 | 4 | EP, MU | F |
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Acacia sp. | 11 | 4 | EP, MU | F |
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Acacia ancistrophylla var. lissophylla | 5 | 2 | EP | F |
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Acacia papyrocarpa | 5 | 3 | EP | F |
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Acacia ligulata | 4 | 3 | EP, MU | F |
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Acacia victoriae ssp. victoriae | 4 | 3 | FR | F |
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Acacia burkittii | 1 | 1 | EP | F |
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Acacia calamifolia | 1 | 1 | FR | F |
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Acacia victoriae | 1 | 1 | LE | F |
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Senna sp. | 1 | 1 | EP | F |
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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
Position on adult host
on flower(s) | | 6 | 4 |
on flowering plant | | 23 | 12 |
on foliage or non-flowering plant | | 20 | 10 |
on plant (unspecified) | | 20 | 7 |
other |
on stems | | 1 | 1 |
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. |