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(
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, 99, 168, 199)
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.
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locality:
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W.
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, Wurarga, Marloo sheep station (
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).
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. Goerling
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/
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/
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/
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Carter Det. H.J. Carter.
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(
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/ Wurarga W.A. Goerling/
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<emphasis id="B939EA94FFAEFFAEFAF812D5C64F4C90" italics="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">M. marlooensis</emphasis>
Carter.
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(
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),
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.
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Other specimens examined.
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:
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,
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,
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<collectingDate id="EFB7E9AEFFAEFFAEFBA51293C3124CB3" box="[1056,1149,463,487]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" value="1935-04">iv. 1935</collectingDate>
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,
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examined from
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,
<collectionCode id="ED5CAE43FFAEFFAEFE1E12A8C6974F58" box="[411,504,500,524]" country="United Kingdom" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/e7dr-nxad" name="National Museum of Wales" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" type="Museum">NMWC</collectionCode>
,
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.
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<emphasis id="B939EA94FFAEFFAEFF42114BC62E4F64" bold="true" box="[199,321,535,560]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="44" pageNumber="45" reason="1">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
General diagnosis: length
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; brownish-bronze, however, the head and elytra sometimes has a green reflection; the sutural and lateral margins of the elytra near the apex are sometimes reddish-purple; lateral parts of underside moderately densely clothed with fairly long silvery pubescence.
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Head: densely punctured with small, fairly deep round punctures which partly coalesce to
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linear series orientated dorso-ventrally on the vertex; densely clothed with moderately long silvery pubescence; unpunctured areas shiny; clypeal excision shallow, U-shaped, with an unpunctured weakly microreticulate border, sometimes only developed in the centre of the excision; clypeal peaks slightly acutely angled; vertex flat, slightly less than half width of head across eyes when viewed from above; eyes weakly to moderately convex.
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Antenna: serrate from segment 410, the segments becoming progressively slightly smaller and less elongate; in
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the expanded part of all segments more or less quadrate in
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the expanded part of segment 4 more or less triangular, 510 more or less quadrate,.
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<paragraph id="8BF23686FFAEFFAEFF4210F8C6D34988" blockId="44.[151,1436,355,2036]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Pronotum: 1.471.64 times as wide at base as long in midline; anterior margin with a scarcely developed median lobe, sometimes not developed at all; posterior margin weakly bisinuate; widest behind or in front of midlength; lateral margins very slightly diverging from posterior angles to widest point, thence slightly more strongly converging to the anterior angles; as wide as or very slightly narrower at base than elytra at base; lateral carina almost straight, about two-thirds complete; punctation moderately dense in central fifth, consisting of small round punctures, which become progressively larger and denser towards the lateral margin; with a narrow partial to almost complete unpunctured midline; shiny or very weakly microreticulate, sometimes with very tiny pin-prick punctures visible at high magnification between the large punctures; fairly densely clothed with fairly long silvery pubescence in lateral half.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF23686FFAEFFAEFF4217BBC6274870" blockId="44.[151,1436,355,2036]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Scutellum: almost quadrate to elongate rectangular, about one-twelfth to one-sixteenth width of elytra at base; microreticulate.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF23686FFAEFFAEFF421673C6274B4B" blockId="44.[151,1436,355,2036]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Elytra: 2.032.35 times as long as wide at base; basal margin weakly bisinuate; not or very slightly widening from base over the humeral callosities, thence almost parallel sided to beyond the mid-length, before narrowing to the rounded apices; lateral margins from just beyond mid-length and apices with fairly coarse acute serrations, those at the apices being slightly smaller; sutural margin slightly raised in apical third; rather uniformly punctured, but with traces of one or two costate intervals in the inner half; punctation in the inner half moderately dense, the punctures small and round, becoming denser, slightly larger and transversely ovate laterally; weakly microreticulate.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF23686FFAEFFAEFF421570C5EE4B33" blockId="44.[151,1436,355,2036]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Proepisternum: very densely punctured with moderately large, shallow, round to semi-lunate punctures, partly obscured by dense long silvery pubescence.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF23686FFAEFFAEFF421528C51F4BA3" blockId="44.[151,1436,355,2036]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Prosternum: with a fairly broad bead at the anterior margin, the anterior margin at almost the same level as the area behind; prosternal process slightly widening distally, sparsely to moderately densely punctured with small, round punctures, without a groove or line of coalescent punctures near the unpunctured lateral margin; glabrous or with very sparse short silvery pubescence.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF23686FFAEFFAEFF421458C5544A6B" blockId="44.[151,1436,355,2036]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Mesoepisternum: very densely punctured, with fairly small, shallow, variably shaped punctures; partly obscured by long silvery pubescence.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF23686FFAEFFAEFF421410C4434A84" blockId="44.[151,1436,355,2036]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">
Apical sternite: lunate punctures in lateral half coalescent, their rims forming ridges more or less parallel to the lateral margin in
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, but turned inwards towards the midline distally in
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;
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excision fairly shallow, wider than deep, the distal margin of the flange straight, the spines moderately developed (
<figureCitation id="13762A03FFAEFFAEFBA314C8C3E54AF8" box="[1062,1162,1940,1964]" captionStart="FIGURES 196206" captionStartId="104.[151,258,1864,1885]" captionTargetBox="[248,1335,232,1818]" captionTargetId="figure-143@104.[228,1366,191,1848]" captionTargetPageId="104" captionText="FIGURES 196206. Melobasis spp. formosa species group excision of apical sternites: 196198 M. amoena sp. n.: 196. ♂ (paratype, 1km E. of Youanmi, W.A.); 197. ♀ (paratype, Youanmi, W.A.); 198. ♀ (Kitchener, W.A.); 199. M. marlooensis Carter ♂ (Wurarga, W.A.); 200201 M. burnsi sp. n.; 200. ♂ (26 km S. of Menzies, W.A.); 201. ♀ (26 km S. of Menzies, W.A.); 202 M. flavoaenea sp. n. ♀ (holotype, 11 km S. of Billabong Roadhouse, W.A.); 203 M. brittoni sp. n. ♂ (paratype, Ankertell, W.A.); 204 M. powelli sp. n. ♂ (paratype, 3335 km N. of Paynes Find, W.A.); 205 M. meyricki Blackburn ♂ (7 miles E. of Coral Bay, W.A.); 206 M. nudipectus sp. n. ♂ (paratype, Ellendale)." pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Fig. 199</figureCitation>
);
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excision and spines scarcely developed, distal margin broadly truncate (
<figureCitation id="13762A03FFAEFFAEFD5F14E4C4714A84" box="[730,798,1976,2000]" captionStart="FIGURES 616" captionStartId="81.[151,258,1879,1900]" captionTargetBox="[282,1292,235,1828]" captionTargetId="figure-120@81.[252,1315,218,1850]" captionTargetPageId="81" captionText="FIGURES 616. 6. apical sternite with separate lunate punctures; 7. apical sternite with lunate punctures partly coalescing to form transverse series; 8. apical sternite with lunate punctures coalescing to form semicircular grooves; 9. apical sternite with lunate punctures coalescing to form grooves parallel to the lateral margin 10. ovipositor of M. dividua sp. n.; 11. ovipositor of M. uniformis Carter; 1213 antenna of M. formosa Carter: 12 female; 13 male; 1416. epipleura of elytra at level of the hind coxa: 14. epipleura with a small tooth; 15. epipleura abruptly narrowing at level of hind coxa; 16. epipleura gradually narrowing at level of hind coxa." pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Fig. 8</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF23686FFAEFFAEFF421480C5194AA0" blockId="44.[151,1436,355,2036]" box="[199,630,2012,2036]" pageId="44" pageNumber="45">Tarsal claws: slightly widened at base.</paragraph>
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Aedeagus (
<figureCitation id="13762A03FFAFFFAFFEC013CBC6C84DFB" box="[325,423,151,175]" captionStart="FIGURES 164170" captionStartId="99.[151,257,1918,1939]" captionTargetBox="[217,1379,205,1871]" captionTargetId="figure-81@99.[198,1394,191,1899]" captionTargetPageId="99" captionText="FIGURES 164170. Melobasis spp. formosa species group aedeagi: 164. M. burnsi sp. n. (paratype, 26 km S. of Menzies); 165. M. formosa Carter (Cue, W.A.); 166. M. brevis sp. n. (holotype, Wurarga, W.A.); 167. M. dividua sp. n. (holotype, Wurarga, W.A.); 168. M. marlooensis Carter (Wurarga, W.A.); 169. M. brittoni sp. n. (paratype, Ankertell, W.A.); 170. M. flexa sp. n. (Bencubbin, W.A.). Scale bars = 1.0 mm." pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Fig. 168</figureCitation>
): elongate; apex of median lobe obtusely pointed.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF23686FFAFFFAFFF4213E0C6824D80" blockId="45.[151,1436,151,392]" box="[199,493,188,212]" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Ovipositor: not examined.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="C357650DFFAFFFAFFF421383C3E04CD3" pageId="45" pageNumber="46" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BF23686FFAFFFAFFF421383C7924C30" blockId="45.[151,1436,151,392]" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">
<emphasis id="B939EA94FFAFFFAFFF421383C63E4DAC" bold="true" box="[199,337,223,248]" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">Comments:</emphasis>
The lack of lateral spines on the apical sternite in the female, the form of the aedeagus and the less transverse pronotum will distinguish this species from
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<emphasis id="B939EA94FFAFFFAFFC981259C4E54C48" box="[797,906,260,284]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">M. brevis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B939EA94FFAFFFAFFC131258C4B44C48" bold="true" box="[918,987,260,284]" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">
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</emphasis>
Female
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<emphasis id="B939EA94FFAFFFAFFBC11259C3A54C48" box="[1092,1226,260,284]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">M. formosa</emphasis>
Carter
</taxonomicName>
specimens lacking elytral markings may not be easily separated from this species, however the aedeagus of
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<emphasis id="B939EA94FFAFFFAFFB541275C23D4C14" box="[1233,1362,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">M. formosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is less elongate.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF23686FFAFFFAFFF421233C3E04CD3" blockId="45.[151,1436,151,392]" box="[199,1167,367,392]" pageId="45" pageNumber="46">
<emphasis id="B939EA94FFAFFFAFFF421233C6254CDC" bold="true" box="[199,330,367,392]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="45" pageNumber="46" reason="1">Bionomics.</emphasis>
A single adult has been collected in April [bred?]. Larval hosts unknown.
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