Unidentified Melobasis jewel Beetle at O'Connor, ACT
Identification history
| Melobasis sp. (genus) | 29 Jan 2026 | KimberiRP | ||
| Melobasis sp. (genus) | 16 Dec 2025 | entom2 | ||
| Unverified | 14 Dec 2025 | ConBoekel |
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entom2
wrote:
16 Dec 2025
A, interesting -looking species in the buprestid genus Melobasis, and if possible it and any others like it need to be donated to the ANIC in Canberra. Looks like it is in the Melobasis purpurescens species group for which a modern revision is awaited. Perhaps Mark H might be in a better position to ID this to a species. Cheers, Allen M. Sundholm.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.106390-35.260030
- Altitude 629.2m
- Maps Dryandra St Woodland
- Places O'Connor, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 11 Dec 2025 11:14 AM Recorded on
- ConBoekel Recorded by
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ConBoekel NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Jewel beetles (Buprestidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects Melobasis sp. (genus)
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
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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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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