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L1 | 3.8 | 3 – 6.4 | n = 42 | 4.0 | 3.35 – 5.35 | n = 13 |
L2 | 3.9 | 2.95 – 6.3 | n = 24 | 3.9 | 3.25 – 5.25 | n = 8 |
W | 1.6 | 1.25 – 2.35 | n = 42 | 1.6 | 1.35 – 2.3 | n = 13 |
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 |
Small size; pronotum with an impressed midline and lateral margins strongly contracted towards the posterior; relatively dull colouration with areas of white mealiness.
This name is applied here in a very broad sense and most likely covers a number of different (unnamed) species.
Notographus uniformis was first described (as Anthaxia) by MacLeay 1888 based on type material from the NW of WA. It was described as brassy-brown, whereas most SA specimens attributed to this species are charcoal grey. They display much variation in size, shape and aedeagus structure and the group is very much in need of taxonomic revision.
There are numerous SA Museum specimens attributed to this species that have not yet had their data captured.
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 | 30 | 9 | NU, GT, EP, MU | F | |||
Senna artemisioides ssp. petiolaris | 14 | 8 | GT, FR, EP, MU | F | |||
Acacia ligulata | 9 | 6 | LE, EP, NL, MU | F | |||
Senna artemisioides ssp. x coriacea | 4 | 1 | EP | F | |||
Acacia pycnantha | 4 | 1 | MU | F | |||
Acacia papyrocarpa | 3 | 2 | GT, EP | F | |||
Acacia burkittii | 2 | 2 | GT | F | |||
Acacia ramulosa var. ramulosa | 2 | 1 | GT | F | |||
Acacia wattsiana | 2 | 1 | FR | F | |||
Acacia calamifolia | 1 | 1 | FR | F | |||
Acacia oswaldii | 1 | 1 | GT | F | |||
Acacia salicina | 1 | 1 | LE | F | |||
Acacia wilhelmiana | 1 | 1 | MU | F | |||
Dodonaea viscosa ssp. angustissima | 1 | 1 | EP | S | |||
Eucalyptus odorata | 1 | 1 | EP | M | |||
Senna artemisioides ssp. quadrifolia | 1 | 1 | FR | 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 | 71 | 97% | 13 |
M | Myrtaceae | 1 | 1% | 1 |
S | Sapindaceae | 1 | 1% | 1 |
position | beetles | sites | |
on flowering plant | 1 | 1 | |
on foliage or non-flowering plant | 46 | 25 | |
on dead foliage | 23 | 7 | |
on plant (unspecified) | 7 | 3 |
colour | beetles | sites | SA regions¹ | |
blue | 12 | 3 | GT, MU | |
light violet | 3 | 1 | GT | |
red | 1 | 1 | GT | |
yellow | 1 | 1 | MU |
records | sites | SA regions¹ | family | adult live | adult dead | adult ex billet | adult ex pupa | pupa | larva | |
Acacia notabilis | 21 | 1 | EP | F | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
Acacia spilleriana | 2 | 1 | MU | F | 1 | 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 | 23 | 100% | 2 |
position | records | sites | adult live | adult dead | adult ex billet | adult ex pupa | pupa | larva | |
dead stem | 23 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
Adults have mostly been found on Legumes (family Fabaceae), and specifically on species of Acacia and Senna. There is also evidence of an association with dead foliage of Wattles (Acacia species). In 2017, I extracted a dead adult from the base of a dead stem of Acacia spilleriana and reared another from associated sections of stem retained as billets. These appear to be the first reported larval host records for the species and genus.
Alex Stolarski and I found breeding stages in a second Acacia species, A. notabilis in November 2022. Given its wide distribution and the variety of Acacias on which adults have been found, N. uniformis probably uses a wide range of Acacia species as larval host plants.
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. |