Buprestidae of South Australia
( Jewel beetles )
by Peter J. Lang
Melobasis andersoni   Blackburn, 1887
subfamily  Buprestinae » tribe  Melobasini » subtribe  Melobasina
Melobasis  species group: andersoni
Melobasis andersoni   Adult images
Melobasis andersoni, SAMA 25-50483, coll. Tepper in 1871, MU, photo by Peter Lang for SA Museum, 16.5 × 6.1 mm Melobasis andersoni, SAMA 25-50482, coll. Tepper in 1871, MU, photo by Peter Lang for SA Museum, 13.7 × 5.2 mm Melobasis andersoni, SAMA 25-50482, coll. Tepper in 1871, MU, photo by Peter Lang for SA Museum, 13.7 × 5.2 mm Melobasis andersoni, SAMA 25-50483, coll. Tepper in 1871, MU, photo by Peter Lang for SA Museum, 16.5 × 6.1 mm Melobasis andersoni, SAMA 25-50483, coll. Tepper in 1871, MU, photo by Peter Lang for SA Museum, 16.5 × 6.1 mm
Melobasis andersoni  Distinctive features

Very broad body shape (head, pronotum and elytra), widest at the posterior 2/3rds of the elytra; bronze colouration; elytra with many (6 on each side) evenly and closely spaced, shallow, rounded costae grading to a broad, non-costate margin with an even cover of small dense puncta.

Notes

Rarely collected in SA and mainly represented by old collections.

Distribution
SA Regions¹:  FR,  EP,  MU,  YP
Australian States:  WA,  SA,  VIC
Southern South Australian occurrences
LegendP.J.Lang collection vouchered records
other private collection or museum specimens, or sightings
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Host plant notes

Reported to be associated with Eucalyptus.

¹ LegendregionsSA 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