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L1 | 7.3 | n = 1 | ||||
W | 2.8 | 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 |
Head, pronotum and scutellum copper or gold, the pronotum with strongly impressed dimple-like foveae; elytra blackish with conspicuous dense, white, scale-hair spots. The body shape is more elongate and not as thick and broad in the anterior as in D. cupreola.
This species was described by Hope 1846a as Ethon cupreicolle with the type (Holotype) from 'Moriatta', referring to Morialta in the Adelaide hills escarpment/foot hills. It is also represented by three collections from Adelaide that Hope described as Ethon aenicolle, now considered synonymous with Diphucrania cupreicollis. Subsequently it has been collected only rarely in SA. The occurrence in MU region is on the eastern edge of the Mt Lofty Ranges.
Legend | P.J.Lang collection vouchered records | |
other private collection or museum specimens, or sightings |
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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 ligulata | 1 | 1 | MU | F |
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 | |
F | Fabaceae | 1 | 100% | 1 |
position | beetles | sites | |
on foliage or non-flowering plant | 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. |