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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 blackish-lilac pattern (Fig. 129)
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2 Mesoepisternum with numerous large round setae-bearing punctures (Fig. 44); elytra with two or three costae; elytra with well defined vittae and fasciae (
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)...........................................................
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3 Large, robust, entirely brown-bronze species (
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- Smaller, less robust species, very variable in colour and markings; length
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4 Lateral half of pronotum clothed with fairly long conspicuous pubescence; mesoepisternum shiny, mirror like, unpunctured except at the margins; underside densely clothed with long conspicuous pubescence; uniformly greyish bronze (Fig. 131)........................................................................................
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<keyLead id="30BC95B3FFC1FFC1FF1217D0C2F349EA" pageId="67" pageNumber="68">- Lateral half of pronotum glabrous or with pubescence only close to the lateral carina, without the other characteristics combined............................................................................................... 5</keyLead>
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5 Underside densely clothed with long pubescence, particularly conspicuous on the prosternal process; narrow species (Fig. 130); aedeagus very elongate (
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).......................................................
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- Underside usually less densely clothed with shorter pubescence; less narrow species (
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); aedeagus less elongate (
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)....................................................................................... 6
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6 Subspecies from
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; consistently sexually dichromatic, females entirely brown- or grey-bronze (
<figureCitation id="13762A03FFC1FFC1FAC71660C2FF4805" box="[1346,1424,1340,1361]" captionStart="FIGURES 132–141" captionStartId="95.[151,257,1717,1738]" captionTargetBox="[229,1369,198,1676]" captionTargetId="figure-118@95.[172,1417,191,1704]" captionTargetPageId="95" captionText="FIGURES 132–141. dorsal habitus of Melobasis spp. gloriosa species group: M. gloriosa gloriosa (Laporte &amp; Gory): 132–138: 132. ♀, Lake Lockhart, 17 km S. of Newdegate, W.A.; 133. ♀, 42 km S.W. of Beverley, W.A.; 134. ♂, Mt. Dale, W.A.; 135. ♂, Mt. Dale, W.A.; 136. ♂, 5 km S. of Kirup, W.A.; 137. ♀, Mt. Dale, W.A.; 138–139: M. gloriosa cruentata Thomson: 138. ♀, Berkshire Park, N.S.W.; 139. ♂, Lapstone Hill, N.S.W.; 140. M. similis sp. n. (paratype, Wurarga, W.A.); 141. M. robusta Carter (Wurarga, W.A.). Scale bars = 5.0 mm." pageId="67" pageNumber="68">Fig.138</figureCitation>
); males with the head and underside entirely golden-green, pronotum golden-green with a pair of coppery or purple-brown admedian vittae in the basal two-thirds, elytra coppery or purple-brown with the suture in the basal fifth and a broad oblique vitta extending from the base almost to the apex golden-green, (sometimes the vitta is divided just behind the middle) (
<figureCitation id="13762A03FFC1FFC1FAF016C8C6674892" captionStart="FIGURES 132–141" captionStartId="95.[151,257,1717,1738]" captionTargetBox="[229,1369,198,1676]" captionTargetId="figure-118@95.[172,1417,191,1704]" captionTargetPageId="95" captionText="FIGURES 132–141. dorsal habitus of Melobasis spp. gloriosa species group: M. gloriosa gloriosa (Laporte &amp; Gory): 132–138: 132. ♀, Lake Lockhart, 17 km S. of Newdegate, W.A.; 133. ♀, 42 km S.W. of Beverley, W.A.; 134. ♂, Mt. Dale, W.A.; 135. ♂, Mt. Dale, W.A.; 136. ♂, 5 km S. of Kirup, W.A.; 137. ♀, Mt. Dale, W.A.; 138–139: M. gloriosa cruentata Thomson: 138. ♀, Berkshire Park, N.S.W.; 139. ♂, Lapstone Hill, N.S.W.; 140. M. similis sp. n. (paratype, Wurarga, W.A.); 141. M. robusta Carter (Wurarga, W.A.). Scale bars = 5.0 mm." pageId="67" pageNumber="68">Fig. 139</figureCitation>
); elytra usually with a well defined costa lateral to the subsutural depression, and sometimes traces of a second; punctation of elytra lateral to the costa with scarcely any indications of seriation....................
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<emphasis id="B939EA94FFC1FFC1FBEC1692C25448B7" box="[1129,1339,1486,1507]" italics="true" pageId="67" pageNumber="68">M. gloriosa cruentata</emphasis>
Thomson
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- Subspecies from W.
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; colour and markings very variable, not consistently sexually dichromatic (
<figureCitation id="13762A03FFC1FFC1FA8516B0C2FE4B55" box="[1280,1425,1516,1537]" captionStart="FIGURES 132–141" captionStartId="95.[151,257,1717,1738]" captionTargetBox="[229,1369,198,1676]" captionTargetId="figure-118@95.[172,1417,191,1704]" captionTargetPageId="95" captionText="FIGURES 132–141. dorsal habitus of Melobasis spp. gloriosa species group: M. gloriosa gloriosa (Laporte &amp; Gory): 132–138: 132. ♀, Lake Lockhart, 17 km S. of Newdegate, W.A.; 133. ♀, 42 km S.W. of Beverley, W.A.; 134. ♂, Mt. Dale, W.A.; 135. ♂, Mt. Dale, W.A.; 136. ♂, 5 km S. of Kirup, W.A.; 137. ♀, Mt. Dale, W.A.; 138–139: M. gloriosa cruentata Thomson: 138. ♀, Berkshire Park, N.S.W.; 139. ♂, Lapstone Hill, N.S.W.; 140. M. similis sp. n. (paratype, Wurarga, W.A.); 141. M. robusta Carter (Wurarga, W.A.). Scale bars = 5.0 mm." pageId="67" pageNumber="68">Figs. 132–137</figureCitation>
); elytra sometimes with, however, often without a well defined costa lateral to the subsutural depression; punctation in central third of elytra usually partly seriate..........................................
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<emphasis id="B939EA94FFC1FFC1FBA4157AC3834B6F" box="[1057,1260,1574,1595]" italics="true" pageId="67" pageNumber="68">M. gloriosa gloriosa</emphasis>
(Laporte &amp; Gory)
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