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L1 | 8.3 | 7.1 – 9.75 | n = 15 | 9.4 | 8.5 – 9.9 | n = 3 |
L2 | 8.5 | 7.55 – 9.6 | n = 3 | 9.8 | n = 1 | |
W | 3.0 | 2.5 – 3.6 | n = 15 | 5.4 | 3.1 – 9.55 | n = 3 |
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 |
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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 > 2 (median) | ||
actual count <= 2 (median) |
beetles | sites | SA regions¹ | family | position on host plant | |||
Acacia pycnantha | 12 | 7 | FR, EP, MU, SL, KI | F | |||
Acacia retinodes | 9 | 5 | MU, SL | F | |||
Acacia uncifolia | 5 | 2 | SL, KI | F | |||
Exocarpos cupressiformis | 2 | 2 | SL | S | |||
Acacia anceps | 1 | 1 | EP | F | |||
Acacia leiophylla | 1 | 1 | KI | F | |||
Acacia sp. Winged (C.R.Alcock 4936) | 1 | 1 | YP | F | |||
Allocasuarina verticillata | 1 | 1 | SL | C | |||
Amyema miquelii | 1 | 1 | SL | L | |||
Bursaria spinosa ssp. spinosa | 1 | 1 | KI | P | |||
Santalum acuminatum | 1 | 1 | SL | S |
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 | 28 | 82% | 5 |
S | Santalaceae | 3 | 9% | 2 |
C | Casuarinaceae | 1 | 3% | 1 |
L | Loranthaceae | 1 | 3% | 1 |
P | Pittosporaceae | 1 | 3% | 1 |
position | beetles | sites | |
on flower(s) | 1 | 1 | |
on flowering plant | 4 | 3 | |
on foliage or non-flowering plant | 28 | 13 | |
on plant (unspecified) | 2 | 2 |
records | sites | SA regions¹ | family | adult ex billet | |
*Acacia notabilis | 1 | 1 | SL | F | 1 |
Acacia retinodes | 1 | 1 | MU | F | 1 |
Legend | records | count of breeding adults, pupae and larvae |
sites | count of major sites (unique 10 km grid cells +/- some distinct approximate localities) | |
* | indicates alien (non-native) plant occurrences, either wild or planted (the species may be alien in SA, or native in parts of its SA range) | |
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 | |
F | Fabaceae | 2 | 100% | 2 |
position | records | sites | adult ex billet | |
dead stem | 2 | 2 | 2 |
I have reared adults of M. vittata from billets cut from dead Acacia branches: one individual from A. retinodes near Rockleigh, and one from a cultivated shrub of Notable Wattle Acacia notabilis at Urrbrae. Turner 2001a reported the first breeding record of this species, with extraction of specimens from a dead shrub of A. chalkeri in NSW. Given its wide distribution and range of adult hosts, it is likely to breed in Golden Wattle A. pycnantha and a range of other Acacia species also.
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. |