Actual
size¹:
size¹:
8.0 mm
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2.9 mm
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2.9 mm
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| L1 | 7.5 | 6.85 – 8.15 | n = 10 | 9.0 | 7.55 – 9.8 | n = 5 |
| L2 | 7.4 | 6.7 – 8.05 | n = 5 | 8.7 | 7.4 – 9.55 | n = 3 |
| W | 2.7 | 2.4 – 3.05 | n = 10 | 3.2 | 2.8 – 3.4 | 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 |
A species extending from Western Australia and which reaches is eastern limit in SA. More common in coastal areas and on southern Kangaroo Island.
| 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 2 per quarter month | |
| live emerged adults, count <= median value of 2 | ||
| 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 uncifolia | 26 | 5 | SL, KI | F | ||||
| Acacia sp. | 16 | 6 | EP, SL, KI | F | ||||
| Acacia pycnantha | 9 | 3 | SL, KI | F | ||||
| Acacia provincialis | 4 | 2 | KI | F | ||||
| Acacia longifolia ssp. sophorae | 3 | 2 | SL, SE | F | ||||
| Acacia paradoxa | 3 | 2 | SL, KI | F | ||||
| Callitris gracilis | 3 | 1 | KI | C | ||||
| Acacia leiophylla | 2 | 1 | KI | F | ||||
| Acacia euthycarpa | 1 | 1 | SL | F | ||||
| Acacia myrtifolia | 1 | 1 | SL | F | ||||
| Acacia triquetra | 1 | 1 | KI | F | ||||
| Choretrum glomeratum | 1 | 1 | KI | S1 | ||||
| Hakea cycloptera | 1 | 1 | EP | P | ||||
| Leucopogon parviflorus | 1 | 1 | KI | E | ||||
| Leucopogon sp. | 1 | 1 | YP | E | ||||
| Melaleuca lanceolata | 1 | 1 | KI | M | ||||
| Melaleuca sp. | 1 | 1 | YP | M | ||||
| Myoporum insulare | 1 | 1 | SL | S2 |
| 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 | 66 | 87% | 9 |
| C | Cupressaceae | 3 | 4% | 1 |
| E | Ericaceae | 2 | 3% | 1 |
| M | Myrtaceae | 2 | 3% | 1 |
| P | Proteaceae | 1 | 1% | 1 |
| S1 | Santalaceae | 1 | 1% | 1 |
| S2 | Scrophulariaceae | 1 | 1% | 1 |
| position | beetles | sites | |
| on flower(s) | 6 | 2 | |
| on flowering plant | 24 | 10 | |
| on foliage or non-flowering plant | 22 | 7 | |
| on plant (unspecified) | 24 | 11 |
| colour | beetles | sites | SA regions¹ | |
| red | 1 | 1 | SL |
| records | sites | SA regions¹ | family | adult dead | |
| *Acacia notabilis | 1 | 1 | SL | 1 |
| Legend | records | count of breeding adults, pupae and larvae |
| sites | count of major sites (unique 10 km grid cells +/- some distinct approximate localities) | |
| * | indicates alien (non-native) plant occurrences, either wild or planted (the species may be alien in SA, or native in parts of its SA range) | |
| adult | live = extracted alive; dead = extracted dead as intact or fragmentary remains; ex billet = reared and emerged from stored sections of host; ex pupa = reared from sampled pupa | |
| pupa | extracted pupa; pupa ex larva = reared pupa from larva | |
| larva | extracted larva (any stage including prepupa) | |
| gall (only) | hatched or unhatched gall identified by form and position rather than contents | |
| Plant names in green are hyperlinked to a matching host species page with plant photos. | ||
| Code | records | % | host plant taxa |
| position | records | sites | adult dead | |
| dead stem | 1 | 1 | 1 |
I extracted the remains of a dead adult (PL3023) from a dead branch on a senescent cultivated shrub of Notable Wattle Acacia notabilis at Urrbrae.
| 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. |