Propinqua jewel beetle at suppressed
Identification history
| Melobasis thoracica | 13 Dec 2024 | entom2 | ||
| Melobasis propinqua | 10 Dec 2024 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Melobasis propinqua | 9 Nov 2024 | clarehoneydove |
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7 comments
MarkH
wrote:
10 Dec 2024
The colour and size of the beetle would suggest it’s Melobasis thoracica (or it’s a tiny purple propinqua which sounds highly unusual)
entom2
wrote:
13 Dec 2024
If the ventral surface and legs are not covered in short coarse white setae (hairs) then this is definitely Melobasis thoracica.
clarehoneydove
wrote:
13 Dec 2024
From memory I put this up because it looked different to the proprinquas I had seen round at the same time.
entom2
wrote:
13 Dec 2024
It does! And so have the legs! Well well well! But still, its too tiny for typical Melobasis propinqua. Interesting! All I can suggest is try to collect it if you see another, and forward to MarkH for study / inclusion in the Melobasis revision work. Cheers! Allen
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 9 Nov 2024 05:49 PM Recorded on
- clarehoneydove Recorded by
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Jewel beetles (Buprestidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects clarehoneydove
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Melobasis propinqua Scientific name
- Propinqua jewel beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1473.6m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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