| male | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L1 | 10.6 | 9.75 – 11.65 | n = 4 | |||
| L2 | 10.5 | 9.7 – 11.5 | n = 4 | |||
| W | 3.8 | 3.35 – 4.1 | n = 4 | |||
| 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 |
Upper side bright blue to green (only blue in females), pronotum with dense puncta almost coalescing, elytra with conspicuous, punctate, shallowly-raised, longitudinal striae that are closely and evenly spaced; ventral side red-copper in males and (golden-)green in females, lustrous, and with sparse fine pubescence.
I trapped seven individuals of this species east of Kingoonya between 24 Oct 2023 and 8 Jan 2024. These are the first reported SA records and a major disjunction from the species known distribution in the western half of WA.
| Legend | P.J.Lang collection vouchered records | |
| other private collection or museum specimens, or sightings |
| colour | beetles | sites | SA regions¹ | |
| blue | 7 | 1 | GT |
| 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. |