3464
Author
Levey, Brian
text
Zootaxa
2012
2012-09-07
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journal article
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Key to the
thoracica
species-group
1 Male
and female colour dimorphic; upperside of male golden-green, the lateral margins and apices of the elytra more or less copper or purple (
Fig. 85
); upperside of female yellow-bronze to brown-bronze, more or less suffused with copper or purple (
Fig. 86
); serrations of lateral margins of elytra well defined and acute (
Fig. 94
); aedeagus less strongly widening from the basal piece to the widest point; apex of median lobe produced with the tip pointed (
Fig. 159
); S.W.
Australia
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M
.
duplexicolor
sp. n
.
- Male and female not colour dimorphic; upperside largely reddish-violet, bluish-green or blackish-green (E. & S.
Australia
) (
Fig. 83
) or yellow-bronze to brown-bronze (S.W.
Australia
) (
Fig. 84
); serrations of lateral margins of elytra often less well defined and obtuse (
Fig. 95
); aedeagus more strongly widening from the basal piece to the widest point; apex of median lobe produced with the tip rounded (
Fig. 158
); (female
M. thoracica
usually have the lateral margins of the pronotum more weakly convergent to the anterior and posterior angles than in
M. duplexicolor
, however, this character shows some variation); peripheral areas of E., S. and S.W.
Australia
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M
.
thoracica
Blackburn