Actual
size¹:
size¹:
12.7 mm
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4.5 mm
×
4.5 mm
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| L1 | 12.7 | 9.8 – 14 | n = 6 | |||
| L2 | 12.6 | 12.45 – 12.85 | n = 2 | |||
| W | 4.5 | 3.3 – 5 | n = 6 | |||
| 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 |
Readily distinguished from the superficially similar Melobasis sordida by the medial pronotum having simple puncta (rather than transversely elongated ones).
| 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 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 |
| beetles | sites | SA regions¹ | family | position on host plant | ||
| Senna artemisioides ssp. filifolia | 3 | 2 | MU | F | ||
| Senna artemisioides ssp. petiolaris | 2 | 2 | EP, MU | F | ||
| Dodonaea viscosa ssp. angustissima | 1 | 1 | NL | S |
| 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) |
| Code | beetles | % | host plant taxa | |
| F | Fabaceae | 5 | 83% | 2 |
| S | Sapindaceae | 1 | 17% | 1 |
| position | beetles | sites | |
| on foliage or non-flowering plant | 5 | 3 | |
| on plant (unspecified) | 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. |