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1 Base of elytra markedly biarcuate; each elytron with traces of four costae; upperside and underside golden-green, the elytra with a specifically diagnostic black pattern (Fig. 129)........................ 
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2 Underside clothed with inconspicuous, very sparse, short, translucent, silvery pubescence; very large, robust species, 
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3 Elytra golden-copper with a diagnostic blue-black pattern consisting of a broad elongate vitta extending from the base to about the mid-length on each elytron, and a sinuate transverse mark just behind the middle which is narrowly prolonged basally and apically along the suture, and apically expanded laterally to produce a poorly defined arrow shaped mark; pronotum reddishcopper at centre becoming golden-copper laterally, with a pair of blue-black admedian vittae (Fig. 128); species from 
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5 Mesoepisternum microreticulate, with a few, shallow, setae-bearing punctures; elytral apices narrowly rounded, the sutural margins slightly divergent at the apex; colour golden-green, golden or coppery, with the elytral apices reddish-violet or greenish-blue; head clothed with obvious, long, outstanding pubescence, the setae only downcurved near the tip (soiled specimens may have the pubescence flattened) (Fig. 122) 
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- Mesoepisternum shiny, with a few, to many small, variably shaped punctures; elytral apices broadly rounded, the sutural margins not divergent at the apex; colour rarely as above; if head clothed with obvious, long pubescence, then setae downcurved for most of their length..................................................... 
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7 Unpunctured anterior border of pronotum broad and well defined at the centre, separated by a well defined groove from the rest of the pronotum (
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); mesoepisternum with or without large shallow setae-bearing punctures on the disc; species from W. 
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- Unpunctured anterior border of pronotum narrow and sometimes poorly defined at centre, the groove often obsolete at the centre (
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8 Mesoepisternum with large shallow setae-bearing punctures on most of the disc (Fig. 44); pronotum more or less reddishpurple in central third contrasting with rest of the green pronotum; midline of pronotum usually depressed with the punctation denser in the midline than on the immediately adjacent areas (Fig. 123) 
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<keyLead id="30BC95B3FFB7FFB7FF181276C2F34C08" pageId="53" pageNumber="54">- Mesoepisternum with few or no large shallow setae-bearing punctures on the disk; pronotum not bicoloured; midline of pronotum not depressed with the punctation no denser than that of the immediately adjacent areas..................... 9</keyLead>
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<keyLead id="30BC95B3FFB7FFB7FF181239C2F34CC3" pageId="53" pageNumber="54">9 Pubescence of underside less coarse scarcely concealing the punctation; inner half of elytra usually with the punctation partly arranged in punctured striae, the associated interstriae less regularly punctured; colour very variable................... 10</keyLead>
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- Pubescence of underside slightly coarser, partly concealing the punctation; inner half of elytra usually uniformly punctured; colour usually brown-bronze (Fig. 125); aedeagus usually with parameres slightly widening from base to mid-length (
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).................................................................................. 
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<emphasis id="B939EA94FFB7FFB7FB5B1286C2364CBB" box="[1246,1369,474,495]" italics="true" pageId="53" pageNumber="54">M. uniformis</emphasis>
Carter
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10 Upperside green or olive-green, the apices of the elytra reddish-purple or reddish-violet (Fig. 124); underside reddish-purple or blackish-lilac; aedeagus with parameres widest beyond the mid-length (
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)..................... 
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<emphasis id="B939EA94FFB7FFB7FB681149C20F4F7E" box="[1261,1376,533,554]" italics="true" pageId="53" pageNumber="54">M. simulata</emphasis>
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- Colour very variable, but not usually as above; aedeagus with parameres scarcely widening, almost parallel sided in basal twothirds (
<figureCitation id="13762A03FFB7FFB7FEA01113C6194F30" box="[293,374,591,612]" captionStart="FIGURES 185–190" captionStartId="102.[151,258,1925,1946]" captionTargetBox="[272,1345,278,1885]" captionTargetId="figure-98@102.[223,1371,191,1911]" captionTargetPageId="102" captionText="FIGURES 185–190. Melobasis spp. propinqua and gloriosa species groups aedeagi: 185. M. cuprifera (Laporte &amp; Gory) (Gnangara, W.A.); 186. M. propinqua verna (Hope) (Parra Wirra N.P., S.A.); 187. M. robusta Carter (Southern Cross, W.A.); 188. M. similis sp. n. (paratype, 13 km N. of Galena, W.A.); 189. M. regalis regalis Carter (12.4 km S. of Pumphrey’s Bridge, W.A.); 190. M. regalis carnabyorum ssp. n. (paratype, 7km E. of Coral Bay, W.A.). Scale bars = 1.0 mm." pageId="53" pageNumber="54">Fig. 185</figureCitation>
)............................................................... 
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<emphasis id="B939EA94FFB7FFB7FBF7110CC3844F31" box="[1138,1259,592,613]" italics="true" pageId="53" pageNumber="54">M. cuprifera</emphasis>
(Laporte &amp; Gory)
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<keyLead id="30BC95B3FFB7FFB7FF181131C2F34FCB" pageId="53" pageNumber="54">11 Elytra moderately shiny, usually with weak microsculpture; with indications of punctured striae and often costate interstriae in the internal half; pronotum usually slightly depressed or unpunctured in the midline................................ 12</keyLead>
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- Elytra usually less shiny, with obvious microsculpture; with scarcely a trace of punctured striae or costate intervals in the internal half; pronotum usually neither depressed nor unpunctured in the midline; 
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, S. E. 
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&amp; A.C.T....................................................................................... 
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<emphasis id="B939EA94FFB7FFB7FB0311BEC23D4FA3" box="[1158,1362,738,759]" italics="true" pageId="53" pageNumber="54">M. propinqua porteri</emphasis>
(Hope)
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12 Pronotum often unpunctured for part of its length, in the midline, not or scarcely depressed (
<figureCitation id="13762A03FFB7FFB7FB0C11A3C38F4E40" box="[1161,1248,767,788]" captionStart="FIGURES 149–155" captionStartId="97.[151,258,1941,1962]" captionTargetBox="[268,1314,251,1902]" captionTargetId="figure-70@97.[261,1330,191,1931]" captionTargetPageId="97" captionText="FIGURES 149–155. 149–150. pronotum: 149. M. propinqua propinqua (Laporte &amp; Gory); 150. M. propinqua verna (Hope); 151–152. anterior margin of pronotum: 151. M. propinqua propinqua (Laporte &amp; Gory); 152. M. propinqua depressa ssp. n.; 153–154. prosternal process: 153. M. caudata Carter; 154. M. flavoaenea sp. n.; 155. apical sternite of M. septemplagiata Carter." pageId="53" pageNumber="54">Fig. 150</figureCitation>
); elytral interstriae usually not costate in internal half; elytral apices in male crimson or reddish-violet; S. 
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&amp; N.W. 
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.......................................................................................... 
<taxonomicName id="4C4D4D05FFB7FFB7FB171066C2F34E1B" ID-CoL="7HF5F" authority="(Hope)" authorityName="Levey" authorityYear="2012" baseAuthorityName="Hope" baseAuthorityYear="1846" box="[1170,1436,826,847]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Melobasis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="53" pageNumber="54" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="propinqua" subSpecies="verna">
<emphasis id="B939EA94FFB7FFB7FB171066C23E4E1B" box="[1170,1361,826,847]" italics="true" pageId="53" pageNumber="54">M. propinqua verna</emphasis>
(Hope)
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- Pronotum usually slightly depressed and the punctation usually more dense in the midline than elsewhere (
<figureCitation id="13762A03FFB7FFB7FB79100BC23D4E38" box="[1276,1362,855,876]" captionStart="FIGURES 149–155" captionStartId="97.[151,258,1941,1962]" captionTargetBox="[268,1314,251,1902]" captionTargetId="figure-70@97.[261,1330,191,1931]" captionTargetPageId="97" captionText="FIGURES 149–155. 149–150. pronotum: 149. M. propinqua propinqua (Laporte &amp; Gory); 150. M. propinqua verna (Hope); 151–152. anterior margin of pronotum: 151. M. propinqua propinqua (Laporte &amp; Gory); 152. M. propinqua depressa ssp. n.; 153–154. prosternal process: 153. M. caudata Carter; 154. M. flavoaenea sp. n.; 155. apical sternite of M. septemplagiata Carter." pageId="53" pageNumber="54">Fig. 149</figureCitation>
); elytra usually with one or two costate interstriae in the internal half; elytral apices sometimes darkened, but not differently coloured from the rest of the elytra; 
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.................. 
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<emphasis id="B939EA94FFB7FFB7FC7A10CEC3844EF3" box="[1023,1259,914,935]" italics="true" pageId="53" pageNumber="54">M. propinqua propinqua</emphasis>
(Laporte &amp; Gory)
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13 Elytra blackish-lilac, blackish-green or reddish-copper with a blue-green, golden-green or reddish-copper sutural vitta, humeral vitta, median fascia and pre-apical macula, the median fascia sometimes joined to the humeral vitta (Fig. 120)....................................................................................... 
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<emphasis id="B939EA94FFB7FFB7FB3510B6C2354EAB" box="[1200,1370,1002,1023]" italics="true" pageId="53" pageNumber="54">M. regalis regalis</emphasis>
Carter
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<keyLead id="30BC95B3FFB7FFB7FF18175BC2F3496E" pageId="53" pageNumber="54">
- Elytra reddish-purple with a broad bright green sinuate lateral vitta extending from the base to the apical fifth (Fig. 121)................................................................................. 
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<emphasis id="B939EA94FFB7FFB7FBE81779C239496E" box="[1133,1366,1061,1082]" italics="true" pageId="53" pageNumber="54">M. regalis carnabyorum</emphasis>
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