Actual
size¹:
size¹:
3.7 mm
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1.5 mm
×
1.5 mm
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| L1 | 3.6 | n = 1 | ||||
| L2 | 3.5 | n = 1 | ||||
| W | 1.5 | 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 |
Head and pronotum red-coppery (with green reflections/iridescence); elytra straight-sided, dark blue; ventral side coppery-and purplish.
Described by Carter 1937 based on three specimens from Wurarga in the arid zone of western WA. The SA occurrence is based on two specimens matching Carter's description that were collected near Oodnadatta in 1996 from Eucalyptus flowers.
| 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 | ||
| Eucalyptus sp. | 2 | 1 | LE | M |
| 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) |
| Code | beetles | % | host plant taxa | |
| M | Myrtaceae | 2 | 100% | 1 |
| position | beetles | sites | |
| on plant (unspecified) | 2 | 1 |
| 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. |