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L1 | 13.4 | 12.55 – 14.2 | n = 2 | 16.5 | 16.2 – 16.8 | n = 2 |
L2 | 12.4 | n = 1 | 16.6 | n = 1 | ||
W | 4.8 | 4.8 – 4.8 | n = 2 | 6.2 | 6 – 6.4 | n = 2 |
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 2 per quarter month | |
live emerged adults, count <= median value of 2 | ||
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 rigens | 1 | 1 | EP | F | ||
Dodonaea viscosa ssp. angustissima | 1 | 1 | EP | S1 | ||
Eremophila scoparia | 1 | 1 | EP | S2 | ||
Melaleuca lanceolata | 1 | 1 | MU | M | ||
Melaleuca pauperiflora ssp. mutica | 1 | 1 | EP | M | ||
Senna artemisioides | 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 | 2 | 33% | 2 |
M | Myrtaceae | 2 | 33% | 2 |
S1 | Sapindaceae | 1 | 17% | 1 |
S2 | Scrophulariaceae | 1 | 17% | 1 |
position | beetles | sites | ||
on foliage or non-flowering plant | 3 | 3 | ||
other | ||||
on branch | 2 | 2 | ||
on stems | 1 | 1 |
The host plants for the three other species of Neobubastes found in WA are from family Myrtaceae (Michael Powell, 2020, pers.comm.), so this is a strong possibility for N. aureocincta 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. |