Actual
size¹:
size¹:
4.9 mm
×
2.0 mm
×
2.0 mm
| male | female | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L1 | 4.5 | 3.8 – 5.25 | n = 3 | 6.0 | n = 1 | |
| L2 | 4.5 | 3.75 – 5.1 | n = 3 | 5.8 | n = 1 | |
| W | 1.9 | 1.65 – 2.1 | n = 3 | 2.2 | 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 |
Distinguished from other SA Meliboeithon species by the acute basal angles of the pronotum which project outwards below a lateral constriction in the sides of the pronotum.
Known in SA by a specimen labelled simply as 'S.Aust.' according to the revision of the genus by Bellamy 1988. Since then I have determined several other SA Museum collections as this species, and there are also four recent collections from the Murray Mallee region made by M.A.Hura using a flight intercept trap.
| Legend | P.J.Lang collection vouchered records | |
| other private collection or museum specimens, or sightings |
| 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. |