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L1 | 13.9 | 12.35 – 15.1 | n = 7 | 15.1 | 13.35 – 16.9 | n = 12 |
L2 | 13.4 | 12.35 – 14.4 | n = 3 | 14.5 | 13.25 – 15.65 | n = 8 |
W | 5.5 | 4.9 – 5.7 | n = 7 | 5.9 | 5.2 – 6.45 | n = 12 |
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 |
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 6 per quarter month | |
live emerged adults, count <= median value of 6 | ||
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 | ||||
Melaleuca uncinata | 22 | 8 | EP, YP, KI | M | ||||
Leptospermum coriaceum | 20 | 12 | EP, MU, SE | M | ||||
Eucalyptus diversifolia ssp. diversifolia | 13 | 4 | EP | M | ||||
Melaleuca gibbosa | 13 | 5 | EP, KI | M | ||||
Hysterobaeckea behrii | 12 | 5 | EP, MU | M | ||||
Leptospermum sp. | 10 | 5 | MU, KI | M | ||||
Calytrix tetragona | 7 | 2 | MU, KI | M | ||||
Eucalyptus socialis | 6 | 1 | MU | M | ||||
Leptospermum myrsinoides | 3 | 3 | KI, SE | M | ||||
Melaleuca decussata | 3 | 2 | EP | M | ||||
Eucalyptus sp. | 2 | 2 | EP | M | ||||
Eucalyptus socialis ssp. socialis | 1 | 1 | EP | M | ||||
Eucalyptus yumbarrana | 1 | 1 | EP | M | ||||
Melaleuca lanceolata | 1 | 1 | EP | M | ||||
Melaleuca sp. | 1 | 1 | EP | 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 | |
M | Myrtaceae | 115 | 100% | 12 |
position | beetles | sites | |
on flower(s) | 63 | 25 | |
on flowering plant | 22 | 12 | |
on foliage or non-flowering plant | 3 | 2 | |
on plant (unspecified) | 27 | 14 |
colour | beetles | sites | SA regions¹ | |
blue | 14 | 5 | EP, MU, SE | |
light violet | 1 | 1 | EP | |
white | 1 | 1 | SE |
records | sites | SA regions¹ | family | adult live | |
Leptospermum myrsinoides | 1 | 1 | SE | M | 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 | |
M | Myrtaceae | 1 | 100% | 1 |
position | records | sites | adult live | |
root | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Adults have a strong association with Melaleuca species, which suggests that this genus may also function as a larval host.
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. |