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L1 | 4.7 | 4.4 – 4.9 | n = 2 | |||
L2 | 4.6 | 4.4 – 4.75 | n = 2 | |||
W | 2.0 | 1.94 – 2.05 | 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 |
Readily distinguishable from N. cf. viridimicans in its squarer overall body shape, more bluish coloration with gold-coppery reflections below and on the frons, and its aedeagus morphology.
This species differs markedly from the species treated in these pages as Neocuris cf. viridimicans in its overall body shape, aedeagus morphology, colouration, earlier emergence and preference for Daisy family (Asteraceae) hosts. The collections cited in the following note by Carter 1928 (p. 281) are probably conspecific with this taxon: 'N. viridimicans Fairm - W.Aust. (in Geraldton district, Mrs. G.A. Waterhouse found this in several instances inside an 'everlasting' flower, Helichrysum sp.)'.
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9 | number of active beetles, actually recorded in that quarter-month | |
actual count > 1 (mean) | ||
actual count <= 1 (mean) |
beetles | sites | SA regions¹ | family | position on host plant | ||
Polycalymma stuartii | 2 | 2 | GT | A |
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 | |
A | Asteraceae | 2 | 100% | 1 |
position | beetles | sites | |
on flower(s) | 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. |