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L1 | 17.4 | 16.5 – 18.7 | n = 8 | 18.6 | 17.1 – 20.85 | n = 3 |
L2 | 17.3 | 16.35 – 18.5 | n = 8 | 18.4 | 16.8 – 20.65 | n = 3 |
W | 6.5 | 6.1 – 7.3 | n = 8 | 7.2 | 6.7 – 8.2 | n = 3 |
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 |
A relatively small Temognatha with background colour varying from red to orange or yellow.
The type locality of this species is Gawler (about. 50 km N of Adelaide). The same author also described Stigmodera unicincta Saunders 1872, which is a synonym based on a Type specimen from Adelaide of the same species. The species is widely distributed but seldom collected.
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 | ||
Acacia cupularis | 1 | 1 | SE | F | ||
Allocasuarina verticillata | 1 | 1 | SL | C | ||
Hakea mitchellii | 1 | 1 | KI | P | ||
Melaleuca lanceolata | 1 | 1 | KI | M |
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 | 1 | 25% | 1 |
F | Fabaceae | 1 | 25% | 1 |
M | Myrtaceae | 1 | 25% | 1 |
P | Proteaceae | 1 | 25% | 1 |
position | beetles | sites | ||
on flower(s) | 1 | 1 | ||
on flowering plant | 1 | 1 | ||
on foliage or non-flowering plant | 1 | 1 | ||
other | ||||
on trunk | 1 | 1 |
colour | beetles | sites | SA regions¹ | |
red | 11 | 1 | SE | |
orange | 5 | 2 | SE | |
bright green | 1 | 1 | SE |
records | sites | SA regions¹ | family | adult dead | adult ex pupa | pupa ex larva | larva | |
Allocasuarina muelleriana ssp. muelleriana | 9 | 2 | SE | C | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
Allocasuarina verticillata | 1 | 1 | SL | C | 1 |
Legend | records | count of breeding adults, pupae and larvae |
sites | count of major sites (unique 10 km grid cells +/- some distinct approximate localities) | |
adult | live = extracted alive; dead = extracted dead as intact or fragmentary remains; ex billet = reared and emerged from stored sections of host; ex pupa = reared from sampled pupa | |
pupa | extracted pupa; pupa ex larva = reared pupa from larva | |
larva | extracted larva (any stage including prepupa) | |
gall (only) | hatched or unhatched gall identified by form and position rather than contents | |
Plant names in green are hyperlinked to a matching host species page with plant photos. |
Code | records | % | host plant taxa | |
C | Casuarinaceae | 10 | 100% | 2 |
position | records | sites | adult dead | adult ex pupa | pupa ex larva | larva | |
stem base | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
stem | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
dead stem | 1 | 1 | 1 |
A.M.P. Stolarski discovered the breeding records for this species in the upper South-Eastern region, with a reared adult and dead remains obtained from the stems of Slaty Oak-bushes (Allocasuarina muelleriana). An amazing record from suburban Adelaide was reported by Asimakis Patitsas on iNaturalist who discovered a recently emerged individual on the trunk of a Sheoak (see images above) with a nearby exit hole bearing fresh frass. The tree was a planted Drooping Sheoak (Allocasuarina verticillata) approximately 5 years old (Patitsas, 2020, pers. comm.).
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. |