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Key to Australian, Indomalayan and southwest Pacific species of
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Geoffroy
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Note: specimens of
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and
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are only reliably separated by careful examination of the genitalia, and some females of
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may not be distinguishable at all. Host plants and distribution may provide useful diagnostic information (
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1. Eyes relatively smaller (
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), EG &lt;7.5 (usually &lt;7), IE&gt;1.15 (usually&gt;1.25), HG &lt;16 (7.515.3); elytra (
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) without lateral ridges, or with short keel (usually weak) from humerus to middle; dorsum usually deep blue, less commonly bronze, purplish, dark green or with blue pronotum and green elytra; penis (
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,
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) shorter,
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, without ridges on venter; vaginal palpi (
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,
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) less elongate, length ≤1.5x width (elytra &amp; hypomeron not microreticulate).......................................................................... 2
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- Eyes relatively larger (
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), EG&gt;7 (usually&gt;8), IE &lt;1.25 (usually &lt;1.15), HG&gt;16 (1722.2); prominent longitudinal ridge (sometimes additional ridges in females), usually present on elytra (
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) from humerus to 2/3 length of elytron, rarely absent; dorsum usually bronze-green to greenish-blue, rarely purplish or dark blue; penis (
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,
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) longer,
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, strongly transversely or obliquely ridged on dorsum and venter; vaginal palpi (
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,
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) more elongate, length ≥1.5x width (first antennomere usually entirely dark; outer face of midtibiae flat; habitat in wetlands)..... 5
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2(1) External face of midtibia at midpoint convex, often with longitudinal keel as well; penis (
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,
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) usually longer,
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); tignum (
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) with prominent lateral arms (north &amp; east
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, New
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, south and
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, west and central Pacific)............................................................................... 3
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- External face of midtibia at midpoint flat with thin median ridge; penis (
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, more curved in lateral view, without transverse ridges on either face; tignum (
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; antennae black, rarely reddish at apex of first antennomere; male eyes relatively small, male EG 3.03.3, male HG 7.48.6; apex penis not kinked in lateral view; hostplants variable but including non-littoral genera; south-east
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)..............................................................................
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3(2) Eyes generally larger and more convex (
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), male IE 1.201.55, female IE 1.21.5, female EG 3.56.85, female NE 1.932.23 (small-eyed forms present in both sexes but infrequent); at least apical quarter of first antennomere orange to reddish-brown, or rarely dark brown (some NW Victorian specimens); anterior of clypeus generally smoother, edge less strongly raised; apicoventer of penis (
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) with short pair of depressions (0.20.25x penis length), apex of penis abruptly bent in lateral view (only slightly so in some New
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to 37°S, southeast Asia and west Pacific)..................................................................................................
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- Eyes generally smaller (
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), less convex, male IE 1.321.85, female 1.41.8, female EG 2.93.8, female NE 2.332.70; first antennomere variable, black or with orange apex; anterior of clypeus generally more rugose or strigose, edge more strongly raised; apicoventer of penis (
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and Pacific Islands)............................................................ 4
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4(3) Anterior of clypeus more rugose (
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), anterior edge usually sharply ridged; elytra (
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) without short keel behind humerus; apicoventral depressions of penis (
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) separated by a sharp ridge, usually also internally finely ridged; vaginal palpi (
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) short, almost ovate, with rounded to truncate apex and straight or convex inner margin; tignum (
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- Anterior of clypeus smoother (
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), anterior edge flatter; elytra (
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) usually with short keel behind humerus; apicoventral depressions of penis (
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) smooth, separated by broad flat ridge (ridge may be medially depressed at apex); vaginal palpi (
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) short, almost conical, with obliquely truncate apex and concave inner margin; tignum (
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) with thin acute base, narrower than stem of apex, and small triangular or thin lateral arms; host
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(length 5.0
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; wetlands, edge of rainforest, ditches; southeast Asia to Timor and New
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5(2) Elytra and prothoracic hypomeron duller, microreticulate (
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); penis (
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) slightly expanded from middle to apex, apicoventral grooves smooth-edged, lateral ventral ridges fewer, more oblique, subtending &lt;90° at midline; tignum (
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) with base broader than shaft and without lateral spurs; palpal apodeme (
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) broader, at least 1/3 width base of vaginal palp (length
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; usually entirely dark bronze-green; host
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, in wetlands;
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, except southwest).......................................................................................
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(Blackburn)
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- Elytra and hypomeron shining, without microsculpture (but often soiled) (
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); penis (
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) parallel-sided or broadest before apex, apicoventral depressions laterally sharp-edged, lateral ventral ridges more numerous, usually less oblique, subtending approximately 90° at midline; tignum (
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) with base as narrow or narrower than shaft, with or without short lateral spurs; palpal apodeme (
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) narrower, &lt;1/3 width base of palp (length 5.67.0mm; entirely dark blue [typical colour in
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], purplish, or dark green, or bicoloured [common in
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], with contrasting pronotum and elytra; host
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, in wetlands; north &amp; east
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to 29°S, southeast Asia to New
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)................
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