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<emphasis id="B939EA94FF91FF91FF1216D1C67348F3" bold="true" box="[151,284,1421,1447]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">M. parvula</emphasis>
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Carter
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<figureCitation id="13762A03FF91FF91FF1A16F3C7924893" box="[159,253,1455,1479]" captionStart="FIGURES 83–95" captionStartId="91.[151,257,1609,1630]" captionTargetBox="[196,1386,233,1588]" captionTargetId="figure-168@91.[175,1419,191,1591]" captionTargetPageId="91" captionText="FIGURES 83–95. Melobasis spp. thoracica and pusilla species groups: 83–93. dorsal habitus: 83. M. thoracica Blackburn (♀ 4.3 mls. S.E. of Longford, Victoria); 84. M. thoracica Blackburn(♀ Lake Grace, W.A.); 85. M. duplexicolor sp. n. (♂ paratype, Rottnest Island, W.A.); 86. M. duplexicolor sp. n. (♀ paratype, Dongarra, W.A.); 87. M. inflammabilis Thomson (♀ Rottnest Island, W.A.); 88. M. pusilla Carter (♂ Slatey Creek, Edungalba, Queensland); 89. M. pusilla Carter (♀ Slatey Creek, Edungalba, Queensland); 90. M. parvula Carter (♂ Millstream, W.A.); 91. M. paucipunctata sp. n. (♂ paratype, 7 km N.E. of Wubin, W.A.); 92. M. paucipunctata sp. n. (♀ paratype, 7 km N.E. of Wubin, W.A.); 93. M. kunguluorum sp. n. (♀ holotype, Edungalba, Queensland).; 94–95. lateral margin of elytra: 94. M. duplexicolor sp. n.; 95. M. thoracica Blackburn. Scale bars of habitus images = 5.0 mm." pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Figs. 90</figureCitation>
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,
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<figureCitation id="13762A03FF91FF91FE8D16F3C6034893" box="[264,364,1455,1479]" captionStart="FIGURES 142–148" captionStartId="96.[151,257,1806,1827]" captionTargetBox="[178,1414,225,1781]" captionTargetId="figure-79@96.[156,1437,191,1795]" captionTargetPageId="96" captionText="FIGURES 142–148. 142–143. pronotum: 142. M. pusilla Carter; 143. M. parvula Carter; 144–146. last abdominal sternite: 144. M. inflammabilis Thomson ♂; 145. M. paucipunctata sp. n. ♀; 146. M. kanguluorum sp. n. ♀; 147. prosternal process of M. parvula ♂. 148. M. flexa sp. n. lateral view." pageId="19" pageNumber="20">143, 147</figureCitation>
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,
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<figureCitation id="13762A03FF91FF91FEFD16F3C6CC4893" box="[376,419,1455,1479]" captionStart="FIGURES 156–163" captionStartId="98.[151,258,1896,1917]" captionTargetBox="[342,1255,219,1853]" captionTargetId="figure-100@98.[315,1272,191,1884]" captionTargetPageId="98" captionText="FIGURES 156–163. Melobasis spp. thoracica and pusilla species groups:156–157. ovipositor: 156. M. thoracica Thomson (Little Anchorage, W.A.); 157. M. paucipunctata sp. n. (paratype, Wurarga, W.A.); 158–163. aedeagus: 158. M. thoracica Thomson (Eltham, Victoria); 159. M. duplexicolor sp. n. (paratype Rottnest Island, W.A.); 160. M. inflammabilis Thomson (Carnac Island, W.A.); 161. M. pusilla Carter (Edungalba, Queensland); 162. M. parvula Carter (Millstream, W.A.); 163. M. paucipunctata sp. n. (holotype Wurarga, W.A.). Scale bars = 1.0 mm." pageId="19" pageNumber="20">162</figureCitation>
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)
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<treatmentCitation id="0AEC1097FF91FF91FF1216ABC5664B59" author="Carter, H. J." box="[151,521,1527,1549]" page="179" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" year="1930">
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<taxonomicName id="4C4D4D05FF91FF91FF1216ABC5664B59" ID-CoL="3ZLJJ" authority="Carter 1930: 179" authorityName="Carter" authorityPageNumber="179" authorityYear="1930" box="[151,521,1527,1549]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Melobasis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="parvula">
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<emphasis id="B939EA94FF91FF91FF1216ABC63B4B59" box="[151,340,1527,1549]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Melobasis parvula</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="EFDC4B77FF91FF91FEDF16ABC5664B59" author="Carter, H. J." box="[346,521,1527,1549]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" pagination="159 - 182" refId="ref83607" refString="Carter, H. J. (1930) Australian Coleoptera. Notes and new species. vii. Proceedings of the Linnaean Society of New South Wales, 55 (2), 159 - 182." type="journal article" year="1930">Carter 1930: 179</bibRefCitation>
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<treatmentCitation id="0AEC1097FF91FF91FD9616ABC5134B59" author="Carter, H. J." box="[531,636,1527,1549]" page="300" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" year="1939">
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<bibRefCitation id="EFDC4B77FF91FF91FD9616ABC5134B59" author="Carter, H. J." box="[531,636,1527,1549]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" pagination="297 - 330" refId="ref83720" refString="Carter, H. J. (1939) Australian Coleoptera. Notes and new species. Number xi. Proceedings of the Linnaean Society of New South Wales, 64 (3 - 4), 297 - 330." type="journal article" year="1939">1939: 300</bibRefCitation>
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;
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<bibRefCitation id="EFDC4B77FF91FF91FD0316ABC4244B59" author="Bellamy, C. L." box="[646,843,1527,1549]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" refId="ref83043" refString="Bellamy, C. L. (2002) Coleoptera: Buprestoidea. In: W. W. K. Houston (Ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 29.5. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, Australia, xii + 492 pp., 4 color plates." type="book" year="2002">Bellamy 2002: 159</bibRefCitation>
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.
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<bibRefCitation id="EFDC4B77FF91FF91FCD016ABC4E44B59" author="Bellamy, C. L." box="[853,907,1527,1549]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" pagination="1265 - 1931" refId="ref83130" refString="Bellamy, C. L. (2008) A world catalogue and bibliography of the Jewel Beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestoid) Buprestine: Pterobothrini through Agrilinae: Rhaeboscelina. Volume 3, pp. 1265 - 1931, Pensoft Publishers, Sofia, Bulgaria." type="journal article" year="2008">2008</bibRefCitation>
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: 1329.
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locality:
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Hermannsburg, N. Territory.
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<emphasis id="B939EA94FF91FF91FF121505C6BD4B25" bold="true" box="[151,466,1624,1649]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" reason="1">Type specimen examined.</emphasis>
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<materialsCitation id="3B253CDBFF91FF91FE6F1505C2774B25" box="[490,1304,1625,1649]" collectionCode="BMNH" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" typeStatus="holotype">
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<typeStatus id="54F68824FF91FF91FE6F1505C53D4B25" box="[490,594,1625,1649]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
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(not a male as indicated by Carter) (
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/
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<typeStatus id="54F68824FF91FF91FAA91505C2FC4B25" box="[1324,1427,1625,1649]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
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1911-311/
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<emphasis id="B939EA94FF91FF91FCA01521C4974BC1" box="[805,1016,1661,1685]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Melobasis parvula</emphasis>
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Cart. Det. H.J. Carter
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<taxonomicName id="4C4D4D05FF91FF91FF1215FDC54C4BEE" authority="Carter B. Levey" box="[151,547,1697,1722]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Melobasis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="parvula">
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<emphasis id="B939EA94FF91FF91FF1215FDC6074BED" box="[151,360,1697,1721]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Melobasis parvula</emphasis>
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Carter B. Levey
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det. 1990.
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Other specimens examined.
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:
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(
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)
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<collectorName id="26B85350FF91FF91FC281599C3464B88" box="[941,1065,1733,1756]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Kununurra</collectorName>
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,
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<collectingDate id="EFB7E9AEFF91FF91FBBD1599C3DF4B89" box="[1080,1200,1733,1757]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" value="1962-09-20">20.ix.1962</collectingDate>
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</date>
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<collectorName id="26B85350FF91FF91FB3E1599C2314B89" box="[1211,1374,1733,1757]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">K.T. Richards</collectorName>
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;
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<materialsCitation id="3B253CDBFF91FF91FAEB1599C4CB4A55" collectingDate="1970-10-27" collectionCode="ANIC" collectorName="Millstream & E. B. Britton" latitude="-21.35" longLatPrecision="758" longitude="117.04" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-male="1" stateProvince="Western Australia">
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(
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<collectionCode id="ED5CAE43FF91FF91FF1B15B5C7894A55" box="[158,230,1769,1793]" country="Australia" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:32981" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:32981" name="Australian National Insect Collection" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">ANIC</collectionCode>
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)
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<collectorName id="26B85350FF91FF91FF7015B5C61F4A55" box="[245,368,1769,1793]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Millstream</collectorName>
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.
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<geoCoordinate id="EE795041FF91FF91FE5615B5C55C4A55" box="[467,563,1769,1793]" degrees="117.04" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" precision="555" value="117.04">117.04E</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<date id="FFF31046FF91FF91FDBB15B5C5DE4A55" box="[574,689,1769,1793]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" value="1970-10-27">
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<collectingDate id="EFB7E9AEFF91FF91FDBB15B5C5DE4A55" box="[574,689,1769,1793]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" value="1970-10-27">27.x.1970</collectingDate>
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</date>
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, at light.
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<collectorName id="26B85350FF91FF91FC9C15B6C4CB4A55" box="[793,932,1769,1793]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">E.B. Britton</collectorName>
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</materialsCitation>
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.
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<paragraph id="8BF23686FF91FF91FF421450C41A4A71" blockId="19.[151,1436,1624,2010]" box="[199,885,1804,1829]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">
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<emphasis id="B939EA94FF91FF91FF421450C62E4A71" bold="true" box="[199,321,1804,1829]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" reason="1">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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The following description is based on males only.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BF23686FF91FF91FF42146DC4744A8D" blockId="19.[151,1436,1624,2010]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">
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General diagnosis: length 5.0–
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<quantity id="4CB59B63FF91FF91FDB3146DC5F94A1D" box="[566,662,1841,1865]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.1" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" unit="mm" value="5.1">5.1 mm</quantity>
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; head reddish-copper; pronotum reddish-copper, sometimes with golden-green reflections laterally; elytra deep blue-green with a short broad sutural vitta joined along the base to a broad lateral vitta extending over the humeral callosity to the apical quarter, reddish-copper; sometimes the reddish-copper markings are more extensive and the blue-green colour is confined to a broad sutural band in the apical half of the elytra; underside green to golden-green.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BF23686FF96FF96FF4213CBC3A44C4F" blockId="20.[151,1437,151,1508]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Head: very densely punctured with small strong round to slightly polygonal punctures; clothed with moderately dense, moderately long pubescence; without obvious microsculpture; clypeal excision shallow, Ushaped, with a complete, narrow, unpunctured border; clypeal peaks obtusely angled; vertex moderately convex, about half width of head across eyes when viewed from above; eyes slightly to strongly convex.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BF23686FF96FF96FF42127BC4C04C30" blockId="20.[151,1437,151,1508]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Antenna: serrate from segment 4–10, the segments becoming progressively smaller and less elongate; the expanded part of segment 4 triangular, that of segment 5–10 quadrate.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BF23686FF96FF96FF42122CC4204F0B" blockId="20.[151,1437,151,1508]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Pronotum: 1.5 times as wide at base as long in midline; anterior margin moderately strongly to strongly bisinuate, with a well developed broad median lobe; posterior margin strongly biarcuate; widest at the posterior angles; lateral margins with a slight to strong sinuosity just in front of the posterior angles then almost parallel sided to mid-length, before slightly curvilinearly converging to the anterior angles; slightly wider at base than elytra at base; lateral carina curved, about two-thirds complete; punctation dense except for the midline which may be narrowly unpunctured for part of its length; punctures small, strong, slightly transverse near midline becoming more or less round or ovate laterally; strongly microreticulate.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BF23686FF96FF96FF421130C6274FF3" blockId="20.[151,1437,151,1508]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Scutellum: slightly transverse, shield-shaped, about one-twelfth width of elytra at base; weakly microreticulate.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BF23686FF96FF96FF4211E8C5DB4E93" blockId="20.[151,1437,151,1508]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Elytra: basal margin moderately strongly biarcuate; parallel sided for a short distance behind the basal angles, then abruptly widening over the humeral callosities; parallel sided from the humeral callosities to the mid-length, before narrowing to the broadly rounded apices; lateral margins from mid-length and apices with fine acute serrations, those at the apices being slightly smaller; sutural margin moderately strongly raised in apical half; without punctured striae or costae, however, punctures in inner half of elytra partly arranged in longitudinal series; punctation of the subsutural depression consisting of tiny round widely spaced punctures, the punctures become progressively larger denser and more transversely lunate laterally, becoming contiguous and forming transverse series in the lateral half; weakly microreticulate.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BF23686FF96FF96FF421088C415495B" blockId="20.[151,1437,151,1508]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Proepisternum: very densely punctured, with large, very shallow, ovate punctures; bottom of the punctures microreticulate; pubescence very sparse, short and inconspicuous.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BF23686FF96FF96FF421740C36D49CB" blockId="20.[151,1437,151,1508]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">
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Prosternum: without a bead at the anterior margin, the anterior margin at the same level as the area behind; prosternal process parallel sided for most of its length, but slightly widening near apex, moderately densely punctured with small, strong round punctures and clothed with moderately dense long pubescence; with a line of partly coalescent punctures close to the unpunctured lateral margin (
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<figureCitation id="13762A03FF96FF96FC1617DBC49A49CB" box="[915,1013,1159,1183]" captionStart="FIGURES 142–148" captionStartId="96.[151,257,1806,1827]" captionTargetBox="[178,1414,225,1781]" captionTargetId="figure-79@96.[156,1437,191,1795]" captionTargetPageId="96" captionText="FIGURES 142–148. 142–143. pronotum: 142. M. pusilla Carter; 143. M. parvula Carter; 144–146. last abdominal sternite: 144. M. inflammabilis Thomson ♂; 145. M. paucipunctata sp. n. ♀; 146. M. kanguluorum sp. n. ♀; 147. prosternal process of M. parvula ♂. 148. M. flexa sp. n. lateral view." pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Fig. 147</figureCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BF23686FF96FF96FF4217F0C3424997" blockId="20.[151,1437,151,1508]" box="[199,1069,1196,1220]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Mesoepisternum: microreticulate with a few shallow setae-bearing punctures.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BF23686FF96FF96FF421793C78B4823" blockId="20.[151,1437,151,1508]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Apical sternite: lunate punctures close to lateral margin coalescent, their rims forming ridges more or less parallel to the lateral margin near base, but strongly turning in towards the midline near the apex, the most lateral line of coalescent punctures forming a slightly serrate ridge parallel to the lateral margin; excision fairly shallow, wider than deep, the distal margin of the flange straight, the spines short, parallel, about as long as the depth of the flange.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BF23686FF96FF96FF4216D8C42E48C8" blockId="20.[151,1437,151,1508]" box="[199,833,1412,1436]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Tarsal claws: slightly cleft with a very broad basal tooth.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BF23686FF96FF96FF4216FBC6DC48EB" blockId="20.[151,1437,151,1508]" box="[199,435,1447,1471]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">
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Aedeagus (
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<figureCitation id="13762A03FF96FF96FEC016FBC6C848EB" box="[325,423,1447,1471]" captionStart="FIGURES 156–163" captionStartId="98.[151,258,1896,1917]" captionTargetBox="[342,1255,219,1853]" captionTargetId="figure-100@98.[315,1272,191,1884]" captionTargetPageId="98" captionText="FIGURES 156–163. Melobasis spp. thoracica and pusilla species groups:156–157. ovipositor: 156. M. thoracica Thomson (Little Anchorage, W.A.); 157. M. paucipunctata sp. n. (paratype, Wurarga, W.A.); 158–163. aedeagus: 158. M. thoracica Thomson (Eltham, Victoria); 159. M. duplexicolor sp. n. (paratype Rottnest Island, W.A.); 160. M. inflammabilis Thomson (Carnac Island, W.A.); 161. M. pusilla Carter (Edungalba, Queensland); 162. M. parvula Carter (Millstream, W.A.); 163. M. paucipunctata sp. n. (holotype Wurarga, W.A.). Scale bars = 1.0 mm." pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Fig. 162</figureCitation>
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).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BF23686FF96FF96FF421697C34C48B0" blockId="20.[151,1437,151,1508]" box="[199,1059,1483,1508]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">
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<emphasis id="B939EA94FF96FF96FF421697C62548B0" bold="true" box="[199,330,1483,1508]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" reason="1">Bionomics.</emphasis>
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Adults collected September and October. Larval hosts unknown.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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