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,
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,
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coll./72-602.
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: Qld. Edungalba
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.
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<paragraph id="8B918D643A75C874FF6AFADCFAA616D2" blockId="72.[151,1437,1210,1993]" pageId="72" pageNumber="73">
Other specimens examined.
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(
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MEQ
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º36S
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,
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N.N.E. on road, brigalow,
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22 Mar.2 Jun.
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. Monteith &amp; Cook. 9411.[This specimen is somewhat atypical in colour].
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<emphasis id="B95A51763A75C874FF6AFA05FEBA16AF" bold="true" box="[199,322,1462,1488]" pageId="72" pageNumber="73">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
General diagnosis: length
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; ♁ head dull green or golden green in lower three-quarters, upper quarter dull reddish violet;
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dull golden copper with more or less extensive reddish violet reflections or reddish violet; pronotum predominantly dull reddish purple or dull reddish violet, sometimes dull green in central quarter and antero-lateral quarter; scutellum dull green or coppery; elytra predominantly dull purple brown to dull reddish purple, sometimes with a poorly defined narrow scutellary vitta in basal sixth dull green; basal margin narrowly, humeral callosity, lateral margin and epipleura from base to level of hind coxae sometimes dull green; underside reddish purple to reddish violet, centre of prostrnum and prosternal process sometimes with a green reflection; laterally sparsely clothed with short inconspicuous silvery pubescence, central part of the prosternum, prosternal process, mesosternum, central parts of metaventrite and abdominal ventrites glabrous.
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<paragraph id="8B918D643A75C874FF6AF948FE2514B6" blockId="72.[151,1437,1210,1993]" pageId="72" pageNumber="73">
Head (
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): very densely (
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) to contiguously punctate (♁) with small strong, mostly round punctures; ♁ moderately densely clothed with long silvery pubescence;
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glabrous or moderately densely clothed with long silvery pubescence; spaces between the punctures very weakly microreticulate; clypeal excision shallow to moderately deep arcuate, with a narrow to very narrow reticulate impunctate border; clypeal peaks right angled; clypeal angles absent; vertex flat, about or slightly less than half width of head across eyes when viewed from above; eyes strongly convex.
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<emphasis id="B95A51763A74C875FF3AF959FE88147D" bold="true" box="[151,368,1770,1794]" pageId="73" pageNumber="74">FIGURES 151158.</emphasis>
apical ventrite: 151.
<taxonomicName id="4C2EF6E73A74C875FDFCF958FCFE147D" authority="Levey, 2023" authorityName="Levey" authorityYear="2023" box="[593,774,1770,1794]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Melobasis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="73" pageNumber="74" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="edungalbensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B95A51763A74C875FDFCF958FCFE147D" box="[593,774,1770,1794]" italics="true" pageId="73" pageNumber="74">M. edungalbensis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B95A51763A74C875FCA2F959FCB2147D" bold="true" box="[783,842,1770,1794]" pageId="73" pageNumber="74">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A269EC0D3A74C875FCA2F959FCB2147D" box="[783,842,1770,1794]" pageId="73" pageNumber="74" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(holotype J); 152.
<taxonomicName id="4C2EF6E73A74C875FBB3F958FB2B147D" authority="Levey, 2023" authorityName="Levey" authorityYear="2023" box="[1054,1235,1770,1794]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Melobasis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="73" pageNumber="74" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="edungalbensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B95A51763A74C875FBB3F958FB2B147D" box="[1054,1235,1770,1794]" italics="true" pageId="73" pageNumber="74">M. edungalbensis</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B95A51763A74C875FB71F959FAE0147D" bold="true" box="[1244,1304,1770,1794]" pageId="73" pageNumber="74">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A269EC0D3A74C875FB71F959FAE0147D" box="[1244,1304,1770,1794]" pageId="73" pageNumber="74" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(♀ paratype Edungalba, Q. BLC); 153.
<taxonomicName id="4C2EF6E73A74C875FE1CF8BCFDB71459" authority="Levey, 2023" authorityName="Levey" authorityYear="2023" box="[433,591,1807,1830]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Melobasis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="73" pageNumber="74" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aureovittata" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B95A51763A74C875FE1CF8BCFDB71459" box="[433,591,1807,1830]" italics="true" pageId="73" pageNumber="74">M. aureovittata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B95A51763A74C875FDFAF8BDFD6A1459" bold="true" box="[599,658,1806,1830]" pageId="73" pageNumber="74">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A269EC0D3A74C875FDFAF8BDFD6A1459" box="[599,658,1806,1830]" pageId="73" pageNumber="74" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(J paratype Separation, Q. BLC); 154.
<taxonomicName id="4C2EF6E73A74C875FB9AF8BCFB2E1459" authority="Levey, 2023" authorityName="Levey" authorityYear="2023" box="[1079,1238,1807,1830]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Melobasis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="73" pageNumber="74" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aureovittata" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B95A51763A74C875FB9AF8BCFB2E1459" box="[1079,1238,1807,1830]" italics="true" pageId="73" pageNumber="74">M. aureovittata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B95A51763A74C875FB73F8BDFAE11459" bold="true" box="[1246,1305,1806,1830]" pageId="73" pageNumber="74">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A269EC0D3A74C875FB73F8BDFAE11459" box="[1246,1305,1806,1830]" pageId="73" pageNumber="74" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(♀ paratype Marmor, Q. WAMA); 155.
<taxonomicName id="4C2EF6E73A74C875FE1AF880FDB21435" authority="Levey, 2023" authorityName="Levey" authorityYear="2023" box="[439,586,1843,1866]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Melobasis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="73" pageNumber="74" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="macqueeni" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B95A51763A74C875FE1AF880FDB21435" box="[439,586,1843,1866]" italics="true" pageId="73" pageNumber="74">M. macqueeni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B95A51763A74C875FDFFF881FD761435" bold="true" box="[594,654,1842,1866]" pageId="73" pageNumber="74">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A269EC0D3A74C875FDFFF881FD761435" box="[594,654,1842,1866]" pageId="73" pageNumber="74" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(J paratype Milmerran, Q. QMA); 156.
<taxonomicName id="4C2EF6E73A74C875FBECF880FB2C1435" authority="Levey, 2023" authorityName="Levey" authorityYear="2023" box="[1089,1236,1843,1866]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Melobasis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="73" pageNumber="74" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="macqueeni" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B95A51763A74C875FBECF880FB2C1435" box="[1089,1236,1843,1866]" italics="true" pageId="73" pageNumber="74">M. macqueeni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B95A51763A74C875FB71F881FAE01435" bold="true" box="[1244,1304,1842,1866]" pageId="73" pageNumber="74">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A269EC0D3A74C875FB71F881FAE01435" box="[1244,1304,1842,1866]" pageId="73" pageNumber="74" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(♀ paratype Milmerran, Q.ANIC); 157.
<taxonomicName id="4C2EF6E73A74C875FE03F8E4FC361411" authority="Carter (J Groote Eylandt, N. T. BMNH)" box="[430,974,1878,1904]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Melobasis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="73" pageNumber="74" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="iridicolor">
<emphasis id="B95A51763A74C875FE03F8E4FDC81411" box="[430,560,1878,1902]" italics="true" pageId="73" pageNumber="74">M. iridicolor</emphasis>
Carter (J Groote Eylandt, N.T. BMNH)
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; 158.
<taxonomicName id="4C2EF6E73A74C875FBA7F8E4FB291411" authority="Carter" authorityName="Carter" box="[1034,1233,1878,1902]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Melobasis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="73" pageNumber="74" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="iridicolor">
<emphasis id="B95A51763A74C875FBA7F8E4FB741411" box="[1034,1164,1878,1902]" italics="true" pageId="73" pageNumber="74">M. iridicolor</emphasis>
Carter
</taxonomicName>
(♀ Fogg Dam, N.T. ANIC). Scale bars = 1.0 mm.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8B918D643A77C876FF3AF941FB341409" blockId="74.[151,1437,1778,1910]" pageId="74" pageNumber="75">
<emphasis id="B95A51763A77C876FF3AF941FE951475" bold="true" box="[151,365,1778,1802]" pageId="74" pageNumber="75">FIGURES 159165.</emphasis>
159. apical ventrite
<taxonomicName id="4C2EF6E73A77C876FD91F940FD261475" authority="Levey, 2023" authorityName="Levey" authorityYear="2023" box="[572,734,1778,1802]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Melobasis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="74" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rufoviolacea" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B95A51763A77C876FD91F940FD261475" box="[572,734,1778,1802]" italics="true" pageId="74" pageNumber="75">M. rufoviolacea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B95A51763A77C876FD49F941FCE51475" bold="true" box="[740,797,1778,1802]" pageId="74" pageNumber="75">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A269EC0D3A77C876FD49F941FCE51475" box="[740,797,1778,1802]" pageId="74" pageNumber="75" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(holotype J) Scale bar = 1.0 mm. 160161 prosternal process: Scale bars = 1.0 mm. 160.
<taxonomicName id="4C2EF6E73A77C876FE1DF8A4FDC91451" authority="Levey, 2023" authorityName="Levey" authorityYear="2023" box="[432,561,1814,1838]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Melobasis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="74" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="confundo" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B95A51763A77C876FE1DF8A4FDC91451" box="[432,561,1814,1838]" italics="true" pageId="74" pageNumber="75">M. confundo</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B95A51763A77C876FD94F8A5FD8C1451" bold="true" box="[569,628,1814,1838]" pageId="74" pageNumber="75">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A269EC0D3A77C876FD94F8A5FD8C1451" box="[569,628,1814,1838]" pageId="74" pageNumber="75" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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(holotype ♀); 161.
<taxonomicName id="4C2EF6E73A77C876FCEEF8A4FC1E1451" authority="Levey, 2023" authorityName="Levey" authorityYear="2023" box="[835,998,1814,1838]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Melobasis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="74" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rufoviolacea" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B95A51763A77C876FCEEF8A4FC1E1451" box="[835,998,1814,1838]" italics="true" pageId="74" pageNumber="75">M. rufoviolacea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B95A51763A77C876FC43F8A5FBD11451" bold="true" box="[1006,1065,1814,1838]" pageId="74" pageNumber="75">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A269EC0D3A77C876FC43F8A5FBD11451" box="[1006,1065,1814,1838]" pageId="74" pageNumber="75" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(holotype ♁). 162165 aedeagus &amp; apex of parameres: 162163.
<taxonomicName id="4C2EF6E73A77C876FE6CF888FD6C142D" authority="Carter" authorityName="Carter" box="[449,660,1850,1874]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Melobasis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="74" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aurocincta">
<emphasis id="B95A51763A77C876FE6CF888FDB7142D" box="[449,591,1851,1874]" italics="true" pageId="74" pageNumber="75">M. aurocincta</emphasis>
Carter
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(J 1.5 mls N.W. of Mourangee, Q. BLC); 164165.
<taxonomicName id="4C2EF6E73A77C876FB04F888FAE4142D" authority="Levey, 2023" authorityName="Levey" authorityYear="2023" box="[1193,1308,1851,1874]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Melobasis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="74" pageNumber="75" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="imitator" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B95A51763A77C876FB04F888FAE4142D" box="[1193,1308,1851,1874]" italics="true" pageId="74" pageNumber="75">M. imitator</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B95A51763A77C876FA8FF889FAA2142D" bold="true" box="[1314,1370,1850,1874]" pageId="74" pageNumber="75">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A269EC0D3A77C876FA8FF889FAA2142D" box="[1314,1370,1850,1874]" pageId="74" pageNumber="75" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(Cape Naturaliste, W.A. TMSHC). Scale bars of aedeagus = 1.0 mm; scale bars for apex of parameres = 0.5 mm.
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Antenna: slightly sexually dimorphic; ♁ segments 310 expanded, segment 3 subtriangularly expanded, segments 410 with expansion quadrate, petiolate at base;
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segment 3 slightly expanded, segments 410 expanded, segment 4 subtriangularly expanded, segments 510 with expansion quadrate, slightly petiolate at base.
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<paragraph id="8B918D643A76C877FF6AFEB0FD101142" blockId="75.[151,1437,151,1869]" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">Pronotum: 1.461.58× as wide at base as long in midline; anterior margin weakly bisinuate with a weakly developed median lobe, with a well developed entire beaded margin; posterior margin moderately strongly biarcuate; widest at or just behind midlength; lateral margins weakly, slightly curvilinearly or almost rectilinearly diverging from basal angles to widest point, before weakly curvilinearly or almost rectilinearly converging to apical angles; basal angles slightly obtuse; as wide at base as elytra at base; lateral carina sharp very well defined, almost straight, about two-thirds to three-quarters complete; punctation in central half very dense to contiguous, consisting of transversely elliptical punctures forming transverse slightly sinuate series; punctation in lateral half dense to very dense, the punctures transversely oval next to the central half, becoming round towards the lateral margin; spaces between punctures weakly microreticulate; glabrous.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B918D643A76C877FF6AFDF4FDFF11FA" blockId="75.[151,1437,151,1869]" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">Scutellum: slightly elongate to quadrate, shield shaped, about one twenty-fifth to one thirtieth width of elytra at base; strongly microreticulate.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B918D643A76C877FF6AFD3CFC7E10FE" blockId="75.[151,1437,151,1869]" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">Elytra: 2.292.42× as long as wide at base; basal margin moderately strongly biangulate, very slightly widening from base over the humeral callosities thence slightly widening to midlength, before narrowing to the rather broadly rounded apices; lateral margins in apical half, and apices serrate, with acute serrations, the serrations smaller at the elytral apices; sutural margins very slightly raised in apical half; punctation of internal half of elytra very sparse to sparse, consisting of pin-prick and very small slightly lunate punctures; punctation of external half dense to very dense, consisting of larger transversely ovate punctures, forming transverse series near the lateral margin; without costae; moderately strongly microreticulate between the punctures.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B918D643A76C877FF6AFC38FB0D10B6" blockId="75.[151,1437,151,1869]" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">Hypomeron: contiguously punctate with medium sized, very shallow, ovate and elliptical punctures, the bottom of the punctures strongly microreticulate, with inconspicuous, moderately long, silvery pubescence.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B918D643A76C877FF6AFC60FCF0174A" blockId="75.[151,1437,151,1869]" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">Prosternum: with a narrow bead at the anterior margin; the anterior margin at the same level as the area behind; prosternal process strongly widening distally, almost as wide as long at its widest point, sparsely to moderately densely punctate, with small round punctures, glabrous.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B918D643A76C877FF6AFB8CFA781726" blockId="75.[151,1437,151,1869]" box="[199,1408,1087,1113]" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">Mesanepisternum: strongly microreticulate, with none to many very shallow lunate setae bearing punctures.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B918D643A76C877FF6AFBD0FA9F17BA" blockId="75.[151,1437,151,1869]" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">Central part of metaventrite, inner part of metacoxa glabrous, sparsely punctate with small weak mostly pin-prick punctures; lateral parts punctate with mostly coalescent large lunate punctures; abdominal ventrites densely, weakly punctate, with small mostly lunate punctures in central-third, laterally with larger coalescent lunate punctures.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B918D643A76C877FF6AFB7CFDA31606" blockId="75.[151,1437,151,1869]" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">
Apical ventrite (
<figureCitation id="131591E13A76C877FE29FB7CFDD21796" box="[388,554,1230,1257]" captionStart="FIGURES 151158" captionStartId="73.[151,264,1770,1794]" captionTargetBox="[283,1306,182,1741]" captionTargetId="figure-16@73.[281,1306,181,1746]" captionTargetPageId="73" captionText="FIGURES 151158. apical ventrite: 151. M. edungalbensis sp. n. (holotype J); 152. M. edungalbensis sp. n. (♀ paratype Edungalba, Q. BLC); 153. M. aureovittata sp. n. (J paratype Separation, Q. BLC); 154. M. aureovittata sp. n. (♀ paratype Marmor, Q. WAMA); 155. M. macqueeni sp. n. (J paratype Milmerran, Q. QMA); 156. M. macqueeni sp. n. (♀ paratype Milmerran, Q.ANIC); 157. M. iridicolor Carter (J Groote Eylandt, N.T. BMNH); 158. M. iridicolor Carter (♀ Fogg Dam, N.T. ANIC). Scale bars = 1.0 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8043180" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8043180/files/figure.png" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">Figs 151, 152</figureCitation>
): lunate punctures coalescing to
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parallel to the lateral margin; excision in ♁ broad, slightly W shaped, with a narrow flange produced at the centre as a wide lightly triangular lobe, with well developed, long, slightly divergent lateral spines (
<figureCitation id="131591E13A76C877FC2DFAA4FC1B164E" box="[896,995,1302,1329]" captionStart="FIGURES 151158" captionStartId="73.[151,264,1770,1794]" captionTargetBox="[283,1306,182,1741]" captionTargetId="figure-16@73.[281,1306,181,1746]" captionTargetPageId="73" captionText="FIGURES 151158. apical ventrite: 151. M. edungalbensis sp. n. (holotype J); 152. M. edungalbensis sp. n. (♀ paratype Edungalba, Q. BLC); 153. M. aureovittata sp. n. (J paratype Separation, Q. BLC); 154. M. aureovittata sp. n. (♀ paratype Marmor, Q. WAMA); 155. M. macqueeni sp. n. (J paratype Milmerran, Q. QMA); 156. M. macqueeni sp. n. (♀ paratype Milmerran, Q.ANIC); 157. M. iridicolor Carter (J Groote Eylandt, N.T. BMNH); 158. M. iridicolor Carter (♀ Fogg Dam, N.T. ANIC). Scale bars = 1.0 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8043180" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8043180/files/figure.png" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">Fig. 151</figureCitation>
);
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moderately broad, deep U-shaped, the very narrow flange very slightly produced at the centre as a small slightly triangular lobe, the lateral spines well developed, slightly divergent (
<figureCitation id="131591E13A76C877FE41FAECFDB61606" box="[492,590,1374,1401]" captionStart="FIGURES 151158" captionStartId="73.[151,264,1770,1794]" captionTargetBox="[283,1306,182,1741]" captionTargetId="figure-16@73.[281,1306,181,1746]" captionTargetPageId="73" captionText="FIGURES 151158. apical ventrite: 151. M. edungalbensis sp. n. (holotype J); 152. M. edungalbensis sp. n. (♀ paratype Edungalba, Q. BLC); 153. M. aureovittata sp. n. (J paratype Separation, Q. BLC); 154. M. aureovittata sp. n. (♀ paratype Marmor, Q. WAMA); 155. M. macqueeni sp. n. (J paratype Milmerran, Q. QMA); 156. M. macqueeni sp. n. (♀ paratype Milmerran, Q.ANIC); 157. M. iridicolor Carter (J Groote Eylandt, N.T. BMNH); 158. M. iridicolor Carter (♀ Fogg Dam, N.T. ANIC). Scale bars = 1.0 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8043180" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8043180/files/figure.png" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">Fig. 152</figureCitation>
).
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<paragraph id="8B918D643A76C877FF6AFA30FEBB16BE" blockId="75.[151,1437,151,1869]" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">
Fore tibia: ♁ strongly curved, with a setal brush at the apex on the anterior face;
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tibia less curved, setal brush less developed.
</paragraph>
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Mid tibia: ♁ strongly curved with a small tooth at the apex;
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almost straight, without a tooth at apex.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B918D643A76C877FF6AFA5CFC00152E" blockId="75.[151,1437,151,1869]" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">
Aedeagus (
<figureCitation id="131591E13A76C877FEE5FA5CFE171576" box="[328,495,1518,1545]" captionStart="FIGURES 174177" captionStartId="81.[151,264,1767,1791]" captionTargetBox="[298,1290,184,1742]" captionTargetId="figure-16@81.[298,1290,181,1743]" captionTargetPageId="81" captionText="FIGURES 174177. aedeagus &amp; apex of parameres: 174175. M. edungalbensis sp. n. (holotype); 176177. M. aureovittata sp. n. (paratype Separation, Q. BLC). Scale bars of aedeagus = 1.0 mm; scale bars for apex of parameres = 0.5 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8043190" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/8043190/files/figure.png" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">Figs 174, 175</figureCitation>
): parameres very slightly asymmetrical; apical setae bearing part with spine-like setae, as well as the usual long fine setae; median lobe slightly asymmetrical at tip [the
<typeStatus id="549533C63A76C877FBC1F9A0FB361552" box="[1132,1230,1555,1581]" pageId="75" pageNumber="76" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
as the extreme tip missing: this happens quite often when the aedeagus protrudes after capture].
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B918D643A76C877FF6AF9E8FE15150A" blockId="75.[151,1437,151,1869]" box="[199,493,1627,1653]" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">Ovipositor: not examined.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C334DEEF3A76C877FF6AF9CDFD2B159E" pageId="75" pageNumber="76" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8B918D643A76C877FF6AF9CDFD2B159E" blockId="75.[151,1437,151,1869]" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">
<emphasis id="B95A51763A76C877FF6AF9CDFEB715E7" bold="true" box="[199,335,1662,1688]" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">Comments.</emphasis>
This species is most similar to
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<emphasis id="B95A51763A76C877FD02F9CCFCB515E7" box="[687,845,1663,1688]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">M. macqueeni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B95A51763A76C877FCF9F9CCFC6C15E6" bold="true" box="[852,916,1663,1689]" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A269EC0D3A76C877FCF9F9CCFC6C15E6" box="[852,916,1663,1689]" pageId="75" pageNumber="76" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
in overall appearance but lacks the broad blue or blue-green lateral vittae of the elytra seen in a
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<emphasis id="B95A51763A76C877FD18F910FCAA15C3" box="[693,850,1699,1724]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">M. macqueeni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B95A51763A76C877FCF5F910FC6F15C2" bold="true" box="[856,919,1699,1725]" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A269EC0D3A76C877FCF5F910FC6F15C2" box="[856,919,1699,1725]" pageId="75" pageNumber="76" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, and the parameres of the aedeagus have spine like setae, which are absent in
<taxonomicName id="4C2EF6E73A76C877FE43F974FD74159F" authority="Levey, 2023" authorityName="Levey" authorityYear="2023" box="[494,652,1735,1760]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Melobasis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="75" pageNumber="76" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="macqueeni" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B95A51763A76C877FE43F974FD74159F" box="[494,652,1735,1760]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">M. macqueeni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B95A51763A76C877FD39F974FD2B159E" bold="true" box="[660,723,1735,1761]" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A269EC0D3A76C877FD39F974FD2B159E" box="[660,723,1735,1761]" pageId="75" pageNumber="76" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C334DEEF3A76C877FF6AF958FC8F1432" pageId="75" pageNumber="76" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8B918D643A76C877FF6AF958FCBD147A" blockId="75.[151,1437,151,1869]" box="[199,837,1771,1797]" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">
<emphasis id="B95A51763A76C877FF6AF958FEB6147A" bold="true" box="[199,334,1771,1797]" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">Etymology.</emphasis>
This species is named after the
<typeStatus id="549533C63A76C877FD19F958FD1C147A" box="[692,740,1771,1797]" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">type</typeStatus>
locality.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B918D643A76C877FF6AF8BDFC8F1432" blockId="75.[151,1437,151,1869]" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">
<emphasis id="B95A51763A76C877FF6AF8BDFEB31457" bold="true" box="[199,331,1806,1832]" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">Bionomics.</emphasis>
Adults have been collected in November, December and February, on
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<emphasis id="B95A51763A76C877FBF2F8BCFB3E1456" box="[1119,1222,1807,1833]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">Bauhinia</emphasis>
sp. (Fabaceae)
</taxonomicName>
and brigalow (
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<emphasis id="B95A51763A76C877FEA6F880FE111432" box="[267,489,1843,1869]" italics="true" pageId="75" pageNumber="76">Acacia harpophylla</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) (
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). Larval host unknown.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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