Actual
size¹:
size¹:
32.2 mm
×
13.5 mm
×
13.5 mm
| male | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L1 | 32.2 | n = 1 | ||||
| L2 | 31.7 | n = 1 | ||||
| W | 13.5 | 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 |
Straw-coloured to orange background colour with a longitudinal mark (vitta) medially on the pronotum, sometimes extending on to the upper elytra; elytra shape apically truncated, elytra marked by two dark horizontal bands (fasciae) with blue reflections, one post-medial, the other apical.
A rare species in SA, where it reaches the western limit of its distribution. Represented here by two records of dead specimens, one found in 1984 on the ground under Eucalyptus camaldulensis on Chowilla Station, the other in 2023 on a footpath in Renmark.
| Legend | P.J.Lang collection vouchered records | |
| other private collection or museum specimens, or sightings |
| beetles | sites | SA regions¹ | family | position on host plant | ||
| Eucalyptus camaldulensis ssp. camaldulensis | 1 | 1 | MU | 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) | |
| Plant names in green are hyperlinked to a matching host species page with plant photos. | ||
| Code | beetles | % | host plant taxa | |
| M | Myrtaceae | 1 | 100% | 1 |
| position | beetles | sites | ||
| other | ||||
| on ground under canopy | 1 | 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. |