Unidentified Melobasis jewel Beetle at Weetangera, ACT
Identification history
| Melobasis sp. (genus) | 13 Mar 2023 | KimberiRP | ||
| Melobasis sp. (genus) | 25 Feb 2023 | MarkH | ||
| Melobasis sordida | 25 Feb 2023 | AlisonMilton | ||
| Diphucrania cupripennis | 24 Feb 2023 | AlisonMilton |
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Found hanging on a thread of spider web.
8 comments
AlisonMilton
wrote:
24 Feb 2023
@KimberiRP Kim, Do you want this for the collection? Since it was deceased I brought it home.
MarkH
wrote:
24 Feb 2023
This is a Melobasis species, most likely M. sordida looking at the ventral surface.
MarkH
wrote:
25 Feb 2023
Hi Alison, this specimen cannot be verified to species level without examination under a microscope. As I mentioned it is probably Melobasis sordida however the colour of the elytra is more golden/green rather than bronze which is what is normal. As such it must remain identified to genus level only
AlisonMilton
wrote:
25 Feb 2023
Thanks Mark. I have the specimen so perhaps Kim Pullen will be able to collect it to examine more closely.
entom2
wrote:
13 Mar 2023
I agree with MarkH that examination of the specimen is likely the only way to be definitive as to its species. Might it be Melobasis rothei?
MarkH
wrote:
13 Mar 2023
The green sheen to the elytra and pronotum excludes rothei imo as rothei is generally dark grey to black. Sordida is lighter colour than rothei but I feel the colour of this specimen is too pale for sordida
AlisonMilton
wrote:
13 Mar 2023
Hi, I should have stil had the specimen since it was deceased. I don't recall moving it or throwing it out but I now can't findit. Will continue to look.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.046393-35.258065
- Altitude 687.2m
- Maps The Pinnacle
- Places Weetangera, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 24 Feb 2023 09:46 AM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
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- Acacia Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Deceased Animal health
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- Melobasis sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Unidentified Melobasis jewel Beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 1447.3m Recorded at altitude
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