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(
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,
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This species was described from Benalla in north-eastern
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but occurs widely in
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,
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,
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New
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and
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is similar to
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but distinguishable from the latter by its smaller size and more slender shape, by having its elytral interstriae 2 and 4 flat, not costate as the adjacent ones (especially on the declivity, 3 not costate at base) (
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), by the elytral setae forming irregular clusters (maculae) and by the depression of the apical abdominal ventrite being much narrower. The female also differs from that of
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in that its tibial uncus is parallel to the tibial edge (
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), and the short, broad penis of the male (
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) is diagnostic in its apex having a conspicuous pale “lip” and the base of the body a pair of long, thick, complex endophallic sclerites together with a single median one.
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is somewhat variable, mostly with respect to the degree of impression of its abdominal ventrites, but no distinct and species-diagnostic differences are detectable among populations from different hosts; in particular the penis with its characteristic apical “lip” and basal sclerites is identical in all males (
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).
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also found no genetic differences between samples from different host plants.
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has quite a wide range of host plants.
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was collected
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on
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over a century ago (
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, 1899
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)—the specimens though included in the
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series of
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(see above) —, and in 1930
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collected it
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on
<taxonomicName id="EEC9F9A9FFA2FF97F031AE8AA6F7A56B" ID-CoL="64C9J" authority="in Canberra. In 1976 M. van den Berg" authorityName="in Canberra. In" authorityYear="1976" box="[545,1191,1526,1551]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Acacia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="baileyana">
<emphasis id="1BBD5E38FFA2FF97F031AE8AA0B7A56B" box="[545,743,1526,1551]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Acacia baileyana</emphasis>
in Canberra. In 1976 M. van den Berg
</taxonomicName>
</collectedFrom>
, looking for potential biocontrol agents for importation to
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, reared the species from seeds of
<taxonomicName id="EEC9F9A9FFA2FF97F642AD66A6B1A557" ID-CoL="64C9J" authorityName="in Canberra. In" authorityYear="1976" box="[1106,1249,1562,1587]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Acacia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="baileyana">
<emphasis id="1BBD5E38FFA2FF97F642AD66A6B1A557" box="[1106,1249,1562,1587]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">A. baileyana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EEC9F9A9FFA2FF97F6E1AD66A724A557" ID-CoL="8P4G" baseAuthorityName="Donnelly" baseAuthorityYear="1992" box="[1265,1396,1562,1587]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Acacia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="dealbata">
<emphasis id="1BBD5E38FFA2FF97F6E1AD66A724A557" box="[1265,1396,1562,1587]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">A. dealbata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EEC9F9A9FFA2FF97F794AD66A356A533" ID-CoL="8P4M" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Acacia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="decurrens">
<emphasis id="1BBD5E38FFA2FF97F794AD66A356A533" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">A. decurrens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EEC9F9A9FFA2FF97F306AD42A320A533" ID-CoL="8P79" box="[278,368,1598,1623]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Acacia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="elata">
<emphasis id="1BBD5E38FFA2FF97F306AD42A320A533" box="[278,368,1598,1623]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">A. elata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EEC9F9A9FFA2FF97F391AD42A055A532" ID-CoL="8PMQ" box="[385,517,1599,1622]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Acacia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="mearnsii">
<emphasis id="1BBD5E38FFA2FF97F391AD42A055A532" box="[385,517,1599,1622]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">A. mearnsii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="EEC9F9A9FFA2FF97F051AD42A087A533" ID-CoL="8PWT" authorityName="Benth" authorityYear="1842" box="[577,727,1598,1623]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Acacia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="pycnantha">
<emphasis id="1BBD5E38FFA2FF97F051AD42A087A533" box="[577,727,1598,1623]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">A. pycnantha</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in
<collectingRegion id="EB0D4CC8FFA2FF97F110AD42A181A533" box="[768,977,1598,1623]" country="Australia" name="New South Wales" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
New
<collectingRegion id="EB0D4CC8FFA2FF97F12FAD43A181A533" box="[831,977,1598,1623]" inferredBySuffix="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">South Wales</collectingRegion>
</collectingRegion>
. The specimens reared by
<collectorName id="843CE7FCFFA2FF97F717AD42A70CA532" box="[1287,1372,1599,1622]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">T. New</collectorName>
from seeds of
<taxonomicName id="EEC9F9A9FFA2FF97F2EDAD1EA3DEA51F" ID-CoL="64C9J" authorityName="in Canberra. In" authorityYear="1976" box="[253,398,1634,1659]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Acacia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="baileyana">
<emphasis id="1BBD5E38FFA2FF97F2EDAD1EA3DEA51F" box="[253,398,1634,1659]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">A. baileyana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in 1978 and recorded as
<taxonomicName id="EEC9F9A9FFA2FF97F0A5AD19A19BA51F" ID-CoL="3ZBZW" authority="(New, 1983)" authorityName="Lea" authorityYear="1899" baseAuthorityName="New" baseAuthorityYear="1983" box="[693,971,1635,1659]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Melanterius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="acaciae">
<emphasis id="1BBD5E38FFA2FF97F0A5AD19A163A51F" box="[693,819,1636,1659]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">M. acaciae</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="4D58FFDBFFA2FF97F155AD1EA193A51F" author="New" box="[837,963,1635,1659]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" refString="New, T. R. (1983) Seed predation of some Australian acacias by weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Australian Journal of Zoology, 31, 345 - 352." type="journal article" year="1983">
<collectorName id="843CE7FCFFA2FF97F155AD1EA12DA51F" box="[837,893,1635,1659]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">New</collectorName>
, 1983
</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
belong to
<taxonomicName id="EEC9F9A9FFA2FF97F659AD19A6B3A51F" ID-CoL="3ZC3K" box="[1097,1251,1634,1659]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Melanterius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="maculatus">
<emphasis id="1BBD5E38FFA2FF97F659AD19A6B3A51F" box="[1097,1251,1634,1659]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">M. maculatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as well (see
<taxonomicName id="EEC9F9A9FFA2FF97F76DAD19A2BEA5FA" ID-CoL="3ZBZW" authorityName="Lea" authorityYear="1899" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Melanterius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="acaciae">
<emphasis id="1BBD5E38FFA2FF97F76DAD19A2BEA5FA" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">M. acaciae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
above).
<collectorName id="843CE7FCFFA2FF97F340ADFBA32CA5FB" box="[336,380,1670,1695]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">The</collectorName>
species was also reared from seeds of
<taxonomicName id="EEC9F9A9FFA2FF97F120ADFAA1F8A5FB" ID-CoL="8PKH" box="[816,936,1670,1695]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Acacia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="linifolia">
<emphasis id="1BBD5E38FFA2FF97F120ADFAA1F8A5FB" box="[816,936,1670,1695]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">A. linifolia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="EEC9F9A9FFA2FF97F1CFADFAA63FA5FB" ID-CoL="8Q6C" box="[991,1135,1670,1695]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Acacia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="terminalis">
<emphasis id="1BBD5E38FFA2FF97F1CFADFAA63FA5FB" box="[991,1135,1670,1695]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">A. terminalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by
<collectorName id="843CE7FCFFA2FF97F68BADFAA6A0A5FB" box="[1179,1264,1670,1695]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">T. Auld</collectorName>
in 1981 (
<bibRefCitation id="4D58FFDBFFA2FF97F74CADFBA282A5A7" author="Auld" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" refString="Auld, T. D. (1983) Seed predation in native legumes of south-eastern Australia. Australian Journal of Entomology, 8, 367 - 376. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1442 - 9993.1983. tb 01333. x" type="journal article" year="1983">
<collectorName id="843CE7FCFFA2FF97F74CADFBA7C8A5FB" box="[1372,1432,1670,1695]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Auld</collectorName>
, 1983
</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="4D58FFDBFFA2FF97F2CCADD6A345A5A7" author="Auld" box="[220,277,1707,1731]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" refString="Auld, T. D. (1989) Larval survival in the soil and adult emergence in Melanterius Erichson and Plaesiorhinus Blackburn (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) following seed feeding on Acacia and Bossiaea (Fabaceae). Australian Journal of Entomology, 28 (4), 235 - 238." type="journal article" year="1989">1989</bibRefCitation>
) and from seeds of
<taxonomicName id="EEC9F9A9FFA2FF97F3E1ADD6A00AA5A7" ID-CoL="8PYX" authorityName="A. Cunn" authorityYear="1825" box="[497,602,1706,1731]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Acacia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="rubida">
<emphasis id="1BBD5E38FFA2FF97F3E1ADD6A00AA5A7" box="[497,602,1706,1731]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">A. rubida</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by
<collectorName id="843CE7FCFFA2FF97F094ADD6A0B4A5A7" box="[644,740,1706,1731]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">R. Adair</collectorName>
in 1998.
<collectorName id="843CE7FCFFA2FF97F15CADD6A1D1A5A6" box="[844,897,1707,1730]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Host</collectorName>
specificity tests in
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have confirmed a wide range of host species for
<taxonomicName id="EEC9F9A9FFA2FF97F007ADB2A651A583" ID-CoL="3ZC3K" authority="(Dennill &amp; Donnelly, 1991)" baseAuthorityName="Dennill &amp; Donnelly" baseAuthorityYear="1991" box="[535,1025,1742,1767]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Melanterius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="maculatus">
<emphasis id="1BBD5E38FFA2FF97F007ADB2A0E2A583" box="[535,690,1742,1767]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">M. maculatus</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="4D58FFDBFFA2FF97F0D4ADB3A1A8A583" author="Dennill" box="[708,1016,1742,1767]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" refString="Dennill, G. B. &amp; Donnelly, D. (1991) Biological control of Acacia longifolia and related weed species (Fabaceae) in South Africa. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 37, 115 - 135." type="journal article" year="1991">Dennill &amp; Donnelly, 1991</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
.
<collectorName id="843CE7FCFFA2FF97F61EADB3A66AA583" box="[1038,1082,1742,1767]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">The</collectorName>
species was released in
<location id="2C16D4F1FFA2FF97F74BADB3A28FA46F" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:A160333CFFA2FF90F287A82CA1B2A2C8:2C16D4F1FFA2FF97F74BADB3A28FA46F" country="Australia" county="Table" municipality="Ten" name="South Africa" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" stateProvince="New South Wales">South Africa</location>
only in 1993 because of the protracted conflict of interest between biological control of invasive weeds and commercial benefit of particularly
<taxonomicName id="EEC9F9A9FFA2FF97F03CAC6AA0E0A44A" ID-CoL="8PMQ" box="[556,688,1815,1838]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Acacia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="mearnsii">
<emphasis id="1BBD5E38FFA2FF97F03CAC6AA0E0A44A" box="[556,688,1815,1838]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">A. mearnsii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, one of its hosts (
<bibRefCitation id="4D58FFDBFFA2FF97F198AC6BA6ECA44B" author="Dennill" box="[904,1212,1814,1839]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" refString="Dennill, G. B. &amp; Donnelly, D. (1991) Biological control of Acacia longifolia and related weed species (Fabaceae) in South Africa. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 37, 115 - 135." type="journal article" year="1991">
<collectorName id="843CE7FCFFA2FF97F198AC6BA18EA44B" box="[904,990,1814,1839]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Dennill</collectorName>
&amp;
<collectorName id="843CE7FCFFA2FF97F619AC6BA622A44B" box="[1033,1138,1814,1839]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Donnelly</collectorName>
, 1991
</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="4D58FFDBFFA2FF97F6DBAC6AA284A437" author="Impson" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" refString="Impson, F. A. C. &amp; Moran, V. C. (2004) Thirty years of exploration for and selection of a succession of Melanterius weevil species for biological control of invasive Australian acacias in South Africa: should we have done anything differently? In: Cullen, J. M., Briese, D. T., Kriticos, D. J., Lonsdale, W. M., Morin, L. &amp; Scott, J. K. (Eds.), Proceedings of the XI. International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds. CSIRO Entomology, Canberra, pp. 127 - 134." type="book chapter" year="2004">
<collectorName id="843CE7FCFFA2FF97F6DBAC6AA74FA44A" box="[1227,1311,1815,1838]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Impson</collectorName>
&amp;
<collectorName id="843CE7FCFFA2FF97F75AAC6AA7C7A44A" box="[1354,1431,1815,1838]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Moran</collectorName>
, 2004
</bibRefCitation>
).
<collectorName id="843CE7FCFFA2FF97F2F7AC47A36BA437" box="[231,315,1850,1875]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Several</collectorName>
initial attempts to establish it
<collectedFrom id="9AD5C1D7FFA2FF97F083AC46A169A437" box="[659,825,1851,1875]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">
on
<taxonomicName id="EEC9F9A9FFA2FF97F0A7AC46A169A437" ID-CoL="8PMQ" box="[695,825,1851,1875]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Acacia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="mearnsii">
<emphasis id="1BBD5E38FFA2FF97F0A7AC46A169A437" box="[695,825,1851,1875]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">A. mearnsii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</collectedFrom>
failed, and also later releases of stocks from different localities in
<collectingCountry id="51DEC2BAFFA2FF97F337AC23A3DEA413" box="[295,398,1886,1911]" name="Australia" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Australia</collectingCountry>
yielded poor results (
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<collectorName id="843CE7FCFFA2FF97F09EAC23A09EA413" box="[654,718,1886,1911]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Table</collectorName>
<quantity id="EE312FCFFFA2FF97F0C8AC22A0B6A413" box="[728,742,1887,1911]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.54" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" unit="in" value="1.0">1</quantity>
</tableCitation>
in
<bibRefCitation id="4D58FFDBFFA2FF97F101AC23A1A9A413" author="Dennill" box="[785,1017,1886,1911]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" refString="Dennill, G. B., Donelly, D., Stewart, K. &amp; Impson, F. A. C. (1999) Insect agents used for the biological control of Australian Acacia species and Paraserianthes lopantha (Willd.) Nielsen (Fabaceae) in South Africa. African Entomology Memoir, 1, 45 - 54." type="journal article" year="1999">
<collectorName id="843CE7FCFFA2FF97F101AC23A135A413" box="[785,869,1886,1911]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Dennill</collectorName>
<emphasis id="1BBD5E38FFA2FF97F160AC22A1F4A413" box="[880,932,1886,1911]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">et al</emphasis>
., 1999
</bibRefCitation>
), but it finally established at low to moderate levels in some locations (
<bibRefCitation id="4D58FFDBFFA2FF97F058ACFEA16FA4FF" author="Impson" box="[584,831,1922,1947]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" refString="Impson, F. A. C., Kleinjan, C. A., Hoffmann, J. H., Post, J. A. &amp; Wood, A. R. (2011) Biological control of Australian Acacia species and Paraserianthes lophanta (Willd.) Nielsen (Mimosaceae) in South Africa. African Entomology, 19 (2), 1867 - 207." type="journal article" year="2011">
<collectorName id="843CE7FCFFA2FF97F058ACFEA0CEA4FF" box="[584,670,1923,1947]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Impson</collectorName>
<emphasis id="1BBD5E38FFA2FF97F0BDACF9A0B5A4FF" box="[685,741,1922,1947]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">et al</emphasis>
., 2011
</bibRefCitation>
).
<collectorName id="843CE7FCFFA2FF97F149ACFFA1D5A4FF" box="[857,901,1922,1947]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">The</collectorName>
possibility of having released unsuitable or incompatible strains or biotypes of
<taxonomicName id="EEC9F9A9FFA2FF97F021ACDAA09CA4DB" ID-CoL="3ZC3K" baseAuthorityName="Dennill &amp; Donnelly" baseAuthorityYear="1991" box="[561,716,1958,1983]" class="Insecta" family="Curculionidae" genus="Melanterius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="maculatus">
<emphasis id="1BBD5E38FFA2FF97F021ACDAA09CA4DB" box="[561,716,1958,1983]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">M. maculatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is one of the explanations suggested as reason for this failure (
<bibRefCitation id="4D58FFDBFFA2FF97F28EACB7A325A487" author="Dennill" box="[158,373,1994,2019]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" refString="Dennill, G. B., Donelly, D., Stewart, K. &amp; Impson, F. A. C. (1999) Insect agents used for the biological control of Australian Acacia species and Paraserianthes lopantha (Willd.) Nielsen (Fabaceae) in South Africa. African Entomology Memoir, 1, 45 - 54." type="journal article" year="1999">
<collectorName id="843CE7FCFFA2FF97F28EACB7A2A4A487" box="[158,244,1994,2019]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Dennill</collectorName>
<emphasis id="1BBD5E38FFA2FF97F2EBACB1A37AA487" box="[251,298,1994,2019]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">et al</emphasis>
. 1999
</bibRefCitation>
).
<collectorName id="843CE7FCFFA2FF97F397ACB7A3E3A487" box="[391,435,1994,2019]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">The</collectorName>
species was also released in
<location id="2C16D4F1FFA2FF97F0E5ACB7A1D4A487" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:A160333CFFA2FF90F287A82CA1B2A2C8:2C16D4F1FFA2FF97F0E5ACB7A1D4A487" box="[757,900,1994,2019]" country="Australia" county="Table" municipality="Ten" name="South Africa" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" stateProvince="New South Wales">South Africa</location>
in 1998 against
<taxonomicName id="EEC9F9A9FFA2FF97F62CACB6A6ECA487" ID-CoL="8P4G" baseAuthorityName="Donnelly" baseAuthorityYear="1992" box="[1084,1212,1994,2019]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Acacia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="dealbata">
<emphasis id="1BBD5E38FFA2FF97F62CACB6A6ECA487" box="[1084,1212,1994,2019]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">A. dealbata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and in 2001 against
<taxonomicName id="EEC9F9A9FFA5FF90F287ABE5A376A3D4" ID-CoL="8P4M" box="[151,294,151,176]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Acacia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="decurrens">
<emphasis id="1BBD5E38FFA5FF90F287ABE5A376A3D4" box="[151,294,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">A. decurrens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, on which its impact by 2011 was considered moderate (
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., 2011
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), and in 2003,
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<date id="5D77A4EAFFA5FF90F724ABEAA29FA3B0" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" value="2006" valueMax="2008">2006 and 2008</date>
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against respectively
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,
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<emphasis id="1BBD5E38FFA5FF90F066ABC1A159A3B1" box="[630,777,188,213]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">A. baileyana</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="1BBD5E38FFA5FF90F159ABC1A657A3B1" box="[841,1031,188,213]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">A. podalyriifolia</emphasis>
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, on which its impact was not yet ascertained by 2011 (
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<emphasis id="1BBD5E38FFA5FF90F3F7AB9CA049A39C" box="[487,537,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">et al</emphasis>
., 2011
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). We collected a total of
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of
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<emphasis id="1BBD5E38FFA5FF90F64AABA2A70DA39C" box="[1114,1373,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Melanterius maculatus</emphasis>
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from the
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Australian
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,
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New
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,
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,
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,
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and
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, on 33 species of
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<emphasis id="1BBD5E38FFA5FF90F31DAA55A30BA25B" box="[269,347,296,319]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">Acacia</emphasis>
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(
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1
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).
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many of these records probably represent just coincidental associations, it is evident that
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has a very wide host range.
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species (
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<emphasis id="1BBD5E38FFA5FF90F1D4AA31A606A201" box="[964,1110,332,357]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">A. baileyana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="1BBD5E38FFA5FF90F67AAA31A6BFA201" box="[1130,1263,332,357]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">A. dealbata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="1BBD5E38FFA5FF90F712AA31A721A201" box="[1282,1393,332,357]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">A. deanei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="1BBD5E38FFA5FF90F794AA31A356A2EC" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">A. decurrens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="1BBD5E38FFA5FF90F306AA0DA33FA2EC" box="[278,367,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">A. elata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EEC9F9A9FFA5FF90F36FAA0DA052A2EC" ID-CoL="8PMQ" box="[383,514,368,392]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Acacia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="mearnsii">
<emphasis id="1BBD5E38FFA5FF90F36FAA0DA052A2EC" box="[383,514,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">A. mearnsii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EEC9F9A9FFA5FF90F003AA0DA096A2EC" box="[531,710,367,392]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Acacia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="podalyrifolia">
<emphasis id="1BBD5E38FFA5FF90F003AA0DA096A2EC" box="[531,710,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">A. podalyrifolia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="1BBD5E38FFA5FF90F0C6AA0DA13CA2EC" box="[726,876,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">A. pycnantha</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="1BBD5E38FFA5FF90F16CAA0DA1B8A2EC" box="[892,1000,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">A. rubida</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="EEC9F9A9FFA5FF90F1E8AA0DA6DBA2EC" ID-CoL="8Q6C" box="[1016,1163,367,392]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Acacia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="13" pageNumber="14" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="terminalis">
<emphasis id="1BBD5E38FFA5FF90F1E8AA0DA6DBA2EC" box="[1016,1163,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="14">A. terminalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) have been recorded as true hosts, and several others may belong in this category as well (
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2
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).
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