Melobasis sp. (genus)
Unidentified Melobasis jewel Beetle at Weetangera, ACT
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| Melobasis sp. (genus) | KimberiRP | 13 Mar 2023 | |
| Melobasis sp. (genus) | MarkH | 25 Feb 2023 | |
| Melobasis sordida | AlisonMilton | 25 Feb 2023 | |
| Diphucrania cupripennis | AlisonMilton | 24 Feb 2023 |
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Found hanging on a thread of spider web.
8 comments
24 Feb 2023
@KimberiRP Kim, Do you want this for the collection? Since it was deceased I brought it home.
24 Feb 2023
This is a Melobasis species, most likely M. sordida looking at the ventral surface.
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
25 Feb 2023
Thanks Mark. I have the specimen so perhaps Kim Pullen will be able to collect it to examine more closely.
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?
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
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.
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
- Acacia Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Deceased Animal health
Collections
- AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Melobasis sp. (genus) Jewel beetles (Buprestidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
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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