Actual
size¹:
size¹:
11.8 mm
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3.8 mm
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3.8 mm
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| L1 | 11.8 | n = 1 | ||||
| L2 | 11.5 | n = 1 | ||||
| W | 3.8 | 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 |
Recognisable as a member of the C. crocicolor group by the dense cover of scale-like, flattened, silvery setae on the ventral side; and the only SA species of that group with red-orange colouration.
An arid zone species found in SA for the first time by D.E. Murfet in 2014 in the Great Victoria Desert.
| 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 |
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9 | number of active beetles, actually recorded in that quarter-month | |
| actual count > 1 (median) | ||
| actual count <= 1 (median) | ||
| beetles | sites | SA regions¹ | family | position on host plant | ||
| Grevillea pterosperma | 1 | 1 | NW | P |
| 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 | |
| P | Proteaceae | 1 | 100% | 1 |
| position | beetles | sites | |
| on flower(s) | 1 | 1 |
| 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. |