, PL4114, on Beyeria lechenaultii, EP, A1_x468.jpg "Melobasis splendida (Grey form), PL4114, on Beyeria lechenaultii, EP, 11.3 × 4.1 mm")
, PL4114, female, on Beyeria lechenaultii, EP, A2_x468.jpg "Melobasis splendida (Grey form), PL4114, female, on Beyeria lechenaultii, EP, 11.3 × 4.1 mm")
, PL3571, male, on Beyeria lechenaultii, EP, A3_x468.jpg "Melobasis splendida (Grey form), PL3571, male, on Beyeria lechenaultii, EP, 8.2 × 3.3 mm")
, PL3571, male, on Beyeria lechenaultii, EP, A4_x468.jpg "Melobasis splendida (Grey form), PL3571, male, on Beyeria lechenaultii, EP, 8.2 × 3.3 mm")
, PL3571, male, from Beyeria lechenaultii, EP, A5_x468.jpg "Melobasis splendida (Grey form), PL3571, male, from Beyeria lechenaultii, EP, 8.2 × 3.3 mm")
, PL4114, female, from Beyeria lechenaultii, EP, A6.2_x468.jpg "Melobasis splendida (Grey form), PL4114, female, from Beyeria lechenaultii, EP, 11.3 × 4.1 mm")
, PL4114, female, on Beyeria lechenaultii, EP, A6.5_x468.jpg "Melobasis splendida (Grey form), PL4114, female, on Beyeria lechenaultii, EP, 11.3 × 4.1 mm")
, PL4114, female, on Beyeria lechenaultii, EP, A7_x300.jpg "Melobasis splendida (Grey form), PL4114, female, on Beyeria lechenaultii, EP, 11.3 × 4.1 mm")
, PL3571, male, on Beyeria lechenaultii, EP, A8_x300.jpg "Melobasis splendida (Grey form), PL3571, male, on Beyeria lechenaultii, EP, 8.2 × 3.3 mm")
, PL3571, male, from Beyeria lechenaultii, EP, A9_x300.jpg "Melobasis splendida (Grey form), PL3571, male, from Beyeria lechenaultii, EP, 8.2 × 3.3 mm")
Actual
size¹:
size¹:
9.8 mm
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3.7 mm
×
3.7 mm
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| L1 | 8.2 | n = 1 | 11.3 | n = 1 | ||
| L2 | 8.1 | n = 1 | 11.0 | n = 1 | ||
| W | 3.2 | n = 1 | 4.0 | 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 |
Like M. splendida, but ventral side and pronotum silver-grey instead of green; and elytra blue in areas that are normally green.
This is most likely just a colour variant of Melobasis splendida. No difference in aedeagus morphology is apparent and it has been collected amongst normally coloured M. splendida. It is being here recorded here as a separate entity to track its distribution and host plant associations.
| Legend | P.J.Lang collection vouchered records | |
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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 | ||
| Beyeria lechenaultii | 2 | 2 | EP | E |
| 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 | |
| E | Euphorbiaceae | 2 | 100% | 1 |
| position | beetles | sites | |
| on foliage or non-flowering plant | 2 | 2 |
| 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. |