Unidentified Melobasis jewel Beetle at Holt, ACT
Identification history
| Melobasis sp. (genus) | 10 Apr 2023 | KimberiRP | ||
| Melobasis thoracica | 28 Aug 2021 | MattFox |
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User's notes
Apologies for the poor angle, I didn’t want to knock the poor fella off
3 comments
Harrisi
wrote:
28 Aug 2021
Probably not enough info from these two pic to take it to sp. level Matt. What was your basis for M. thoracica?
MarkH
wrote:
10 Apr 2023
I agree Stuart, the photos aren’t good enough to determine to species level. I also note the date of observation would be very early in the season for M. thoracica and an unlikely occurrence.
entom2
wrote:
11 Apr 2023
There is just enough shape and colour showing in this photo for me to say this is Melobasis thoracica. Note the classic blue, suffusing to purple apically, on the elytra, and the bicolorous pronotum. Its body shape also fits. This species does emerge very early, having found adults myself just as early and even earlier in the season, on 22nd August 1982, 24 August 1982, and on 1st September 1983. Cheers, Allen M. Sundholm.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.083175-35.271569
- Altitude 601.2m
- Maps Aranda Bushland
- Places Holt, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 27 Aug 2021 03:01 PM Recorded on
- MattFox Recorded by
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Insects Jewel beetles (Buprestidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) MattFox Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Species information
- Melobasis sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Unidentified Melobasis jewel Beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1447.3m Recorded at altitude
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