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L1 | 11.4 | 11 – 11.85 | n = 2 | 12.9 | n = 1 | |
L2 | 11.2 | 10.8 – 11.55 | n = 2 | 12.6 | n = 1 | |
W | 4.1 | 4.05 – 4.2 | n = 2 | 4.7 | 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 |
Generally dark grey and shiny appearance, each elytron with two prominent major ribs which are narrow and strongly raised, plus some other finer ones; outline strongly tapered in posterior towards elytral apex; distinctive aedeagus with the parameres mostly translucent and colourless in their posterior part..
Only known in SA by three specimens in the SA Museum collected from a site on the eastern side of the Adelaide Hills in 1967 and 1972.
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 | ||
Allocasuarina verticillata | 3 | 1 | SL | C |
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 | |
C | Casuarinaceae | 3 | 100% | 1 |
position | beetles | sites | |
on plant (unspecified) | 3 | 1 |
The three SA specimens mentioned above were collected from Drooping Sheoak (Allocasuarina verticillata) by Shelley Barker, as stated on the labels, and were taken from the foliage (S. Barker, 2011, pers. comm.).
From Moe, Victoria there is a larval host record for the same plant family, Casuarinaceae, based on three specimens in the Victorian Museum with the label stating 'bred ex Casuarina sticks' (C.G.L. Gooding, NMV T8666 to T8668).
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. |