, for photo, SE, A1_x468.jpg "Neocuris dichroa, PL3819B, female, on Eutaxia microphylla (PJL 3117), for photo, SE, 5.5 × 2.4 mm")
, for photo, SE, A2_x468.jpg "Neocuris dichroa, PL3819B, female, on Eutaxia microphylla (PJL 3117), for photo, SE, 5.5 × 2.4 mm")
, for photo, SE, A3_x468.jpg "Neocuris dichroa, PL3819A, female, on Eutaxia microphylla (PJL 3117), for photo, SE, 5.9 × 2.5 mm")
, for photo, SE, A5_x300.jpg "Neocuris dichroa, PL3819B, female, on Eutaxia microphylla (PJL 3117), for photo, SE, 5.5 × 2.4 mm")
Actual
size¹:
size¹:
5.7 mm
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2.5 mm
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2.5 mm
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| L1 | 5.7 | 4.5 – 6.8 | n = 51 | 6.1 | 5.5 – 6.8 | n = 4 |
| L2 | 5.7 | 4.5 – 6.75 | n = 50 | 5.7 | 5.35 – 6.05 | n = 3 |
| W | 2.5 | 1.95 – 2.95 | n = 51 | 2.6 | 2.4 – 2.9 | n = 4 |
| 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 |
Two-tone colouration: the elytra variable in colour from brownish-red to purple or blackish-purple, sometimes with golden iridescence; the head, pronotum and ventral side generally green with some blue iridescence, or sometimes blue.
A common and widespread species. The adults have been found on a variety of plants and collected from nectar-rich Myrtaceae flowers. The discovery of their larval host came as a surprise.
| Legend | P.J.Lang collection vouchered records | |
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| 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 | MU | F | ||
| Beyeria lechenaultii | 1 | 1 | MU | E | ||
| Eucalyptus leptophylla | 1 | 1 | EP | M | ||
| Eucalyptus phenax ssp. phenax | 1 | 1 | EP | M | ||
| Eucalyptus rugosa | 1 | 1 | KI | M | ||
| Melaleuca lanceolata | 1 | 1 | KI | M | ||
| Olearia decurrens | 1 | 1 | EP | A |
| 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 | |
| M | Myrtaceae | 4 | 57% | 4 |
| A | Asteraceae | 1 | 14% | 1 |
| E | Euphorbiaceae | 1 | 14% | 1 |
| F | Fabaceae | 1 | 14% | 1 |
| position | beetles | sites | |
| on flowering plant | 4 | 3 | |
| on foliage or non-flowering plant | 3 | 3 |
| colour | beetles | sites | SA regions¹ | |
| bright green | 261 | 3 | EP, SE | |
| blue | 99 | 6 | EP, MU, SE | |
| yellow | 3 | 2 | SE | |
| white | 2 | 1 | SE | |
| orange | 1 | 1 | SE |
 stem, MU, L1_x300.jpg "Neocuris dichroa, PL3926, larva, in Eutaxia diffusa x E. microphylla (PJL 3192) stem, MU, 12.0 × 2.4 mm")
 stem base, SE, dorsal & ventral, L3_x300.jpg "Neocuris dichroa, PL3821A, larva, from Eutaxia microphylla (PJL 3119) stem base, dorsal & ventral, SE, 13.6 × 2.4 mm")
 stem base, SE, dorsal & ventral, L4_x300.jpg "Neocuris dichroa, PL3821A, larva, from Eutaxia microphylla (PJL 3119) stem base, dorsal & ventral, SE, 13.6 × 2.4 mm")
 stem base, MU, N1_x300.jpg "Neocuris dichroa, PL4797, prepupa, from Eutaxia diffusa (PJL 3502) stem base, MU, 8.8 × 2.9 mm")
 stem base, MU, P1_x300.jpg "Neocuris dichroa, PL4796Ax, male, pupa, from Eutaxia diffusa (PJL 3502) stem base, MU, 8.1 × 3.3 mm")
 stem base, MU, P2_x300.jpg "Neocuris dichroa, PL4796B, pupa, from Eutaxia diffusa (PJL 3502) stem base, MU, 6.9 × 2.8 mm")
, SE, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, U1_x300.jpg "Neocuris dichroa, PL3819A, female, non-emerged adult, in Eutaxia microphylla (PJL 3117), SE, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, 5.9 × 2.5 mm")
 stem, SE, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, U2_x300.jpg "Neocuris dichroa, PL4129, male, non-emerged adult, in Eutaxia microphylla (PL3297) stem, SE, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, 6.1 × 2.6 mm")
 stem base, SE, D1Q_x300.jpg "Neocuris dichroa, PL3818, female, dead non-emerged adult, from Eutaxia microphylla (PJL 3117) stem base, SE")
 stem base, SE, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, D1.5_x300.jpg "Neocuris dichroa, PL3817, dead non-emerged adult, in Eutaxia microphylla (PJL 3117) stem base, SE, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski")
 stem base, SE, D2_x300.jpg "Neocuris dichroa, PL3817, dead non-emerged adult, in Eutaxia microphylla (PJL 3117) stem base, SE")
 stem base, SE, D3_x300.jpg "Neocuris dichroa, PL3817, dead non-emerged adult, in Eutaxia microphylla (PJL 3117) stem base, SE")
 stem base, MU, D4_x300.jpg "Neocuris dichroa, PL3928E, dead non-emerged adult, in Eutaxia diffusa x E. microphylla (PJL 3192) stem base, MU")
 stem base, MU, D5_x300.jpg "Neocuris dichroa, PL3928E, dead non-emerged adult, in Eutaxia diffusa x E. microphylla (PJL 3192) stem base, MU")
 stem, MU, D6_x300.jpg "Neocuris dichroa, PL4077A, dead non-emerged adult, in Eutaxia diffusa x E. microphylla (PJL 3192) stem, MU")
 stem, MU, D7_x300.jpg "Neocuris dichroa, PL4077A, dead non-emerged adult, in Eutaxia diffusa x E. microphylla (PJL 3192) stem, MU")
 stem, MU, D8_x300.jpg "Neocuris dichroa, PL4738A, dead non-emerged adult, in Eutaxia diffusa X E. microphylla (PJL 3192) stem, MU")
 stem, MU, D9_x300.jpg "Neocuris dichroa, PL4737A, dead non-emerged adult, from Eutaxia diffusa (PL3159) stem, MU")
 stem, MU, D10_x300.jpg "Neocuris dichroa, PL4737A, dead non-emerged adult, from Eutaxia diffusa (PL3159) stem, MU")
 stem base, MU, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, D12_x300.jpg "Neocuris dichroa, PL4543A, dead non-emerged adult, in Eutaxia diffusa (PJL 3400) stem base, MU, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski")
, SE, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, B1_x300.jpg "Neocuris dichroa, PL3821A, larval host plant, Eutaxia microphylla (PJL 3119), SE, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, 13.6 × 2.4 mm")
, SE, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, B2_x300.jpg "Neocuris dichroa, PL3821A, larval host plant, Eutaxia microphylla (PJL 3119), SE, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, 13.6 × 2.4 mm")
, MU, B4_x300.jpg "Neocuris dichroa, PL3926, larval host plant, Eutaxia diffusa X E. microphylla (PJL 3192), MU, 12.0 × 2.4 mm")
, MU, B5_x300.jpg "Neocuris dichroa, PL3926, larval host plant, Eutaxia diffusa X E. microphylla (PJL 3192), MU, 12.0 × 2.4 mm")
| records | sites | SA regions¹ | family | adult live | adult dead | adult ex pupa | pupa | larva | |
| Eutaxia microphylla | 35 | 11 | EP, MU, SE | F | 4 | 14 | 17 | ||
| Eutaxia diffusa X E. microphylla | 24 | 1 | MU | F | 15 | 9 | |||
| Eutaxia diffusa | 8 | 3 | MU | F | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Legend | records | count of breeding adults, pupae and larvae |
| sites | count of major sites (unique 10 km grid cells +/- some distinct approximate localities) | |
| 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 | 43 | 100% | 2 |
| position | records | sites | adult live | adult dead | adult ex pupa | pupa | larva | |
| root crown | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| stem base | 29 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 18 | |||
| stem | 25 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 5 | |||
| unknown | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Breeding records of this species were first discovered by A.M.P. Stolarski in the bases of Small-leaf Eutaxia Eutaxia microphylla plants. They have proved to be very common in this species over a wide area. They have now also been found in the only other Eutaxia species in SA, Long-leaf Eutaxia E. diffusa, as well as in a population of putative hybrids between the two species near Callington.
| 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. |