Melobasis thoracica Blackburn, 1887
subfamily Buprestinae » tribe Melobasini » subtribe Melobasina
Melobasis species group: thoracica
Melobasis thoracica Adult images
Measurements (mm)
| male | female |
L1 | 9.1 | 7.5 – 10.1 | n = 11 | 8.3 | 8 – 8.55 | n = 2 |
L2 | 8.9 | 7.5 – 9.55 | n = 5 | | | |
W | 3.2 | 2.7 – 3.55 | n = 11 | 3.0 | 2.9 – 3.1 | n = 2 |
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
FR, NL, SL, KI, SE
Australian States: WA, SA, VIC, NSW, QLD
Southern South Australia distribution
Legend | | P.J.Lang collection vouchered records |
| other private collection or museum specimens, or sightings |
Adult activity records for Melobasis thoracica (total of 50 beetles)
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Legend | | live emerged adults, count > median value of 3 per quarter month |
| live emerged adults, count <= median value of 3 |
| live non-emerged adults only, for that quarter month |
12 | number of active beetles for that quarter month |
Adult host plants
Acacia myrtifolia | 23 | 2 | SL | F |
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Acacia sp. | 5 | 1 | FR | F |
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Leptospermum myrsinoides | 5 | 1 | SL | M |
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Pultenaea daphnoides | 3 | 1 | SL | F |
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Acacia leiophylla | 2 | 1 | KI | F |
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Acacia pycnantha | 2 | 2 | KI | F |
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Leptospermum sp. | 2 | 2 | SL | M |
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Eucalyptus diversifolia ssp. diversifolia | 1 | 1 | SE | M |
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Exocarpos cupressiformis | 1 | 1 | SL | S |
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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
F |
Fabaceae |
35 |
80% |
4 |
M |
Myrtaceae |
8 |
18% |
2 |
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Santalaceae |
1 |
2% |
1 |
Position on adult host
on flower(s) | | 3 | 3 |
on flowering plant | | 7 | 1 |
on foliage or non-flowering plant | | 12 | 3 |
on plant (unspecified) | | 13 | 3 |
other |
on dead trunk | | 1 | 1 |
on stems | | 8 | 1 |
Lure affinity
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. |