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(
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Carter Type
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) W.
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69.64
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, B.M. 1935-240
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&amp;
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<specimenCount id="9D63FD7E9746C55A6E219AE0FE3842B8" box="[356,391,1450,1474]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" type="female">2♀</specimenCount>
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)
<collectorName id="269053219746C55A6EB59AE3FD1742B8" box="[496,680,1449,1474]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Geraldton, A.M</collectorName>
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<specimenCount id="9D63FD7E9746C55A6DAA9AE0FCAE42B8" box="[751,785,1450,1474]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
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<collectionCode id="ED74AE329746C55A6C679AE0FCC942B8" box="[802,886,1450,1474]" country="Australia" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34982" name="South Australia Museum" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" type="Museum">SAMA</collectionCode>
) W.
<location id="8EBA602C9746C55A6CEA9AE3FBA642B8" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03CC87E19746C5546FD29B08FD1246F2:8EBA602C9746C55A6CEA9AE3FBA642B8" box="[943,1049,1449,1474]" country="Australia" name="Australia" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Australia</location>
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;
<specimenCount id="9D63FD7E9746C55A6B639AE0FBF642B8" box="[1062,1097,1450,1474]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
F.H. Uther Baker, Geraldton, W.A.
<date id="FFDB10379746C55A6FA59A87FE87429C" box="[224,312,1485,1510]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" value="56-09-27">27.9.56</date>
;
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<specimenCount id="9D63FD7E9746C55A6E099A84FECF429C" box="[332,368,1486,1510]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
,
<specimenCount id="9D63FD7E9746C55A6EC09A84FE17429C" box="[389,424,1486,1510]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
(
<collectionCode id="ED74AE329746C55A6EFA9A84FDA2429C" box="[447,541,1486,1510]" country="United Kingdom" name="National Museum of Wales" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" type="Museum">NMWC</collectionCode>
) W.
<collectingCountry id="F37276679746C55A6D279A84FCBA429C" box="[610,773,1486,1510]" name="Australia" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">AUSTRALIA</collectingCountry>
:
<collectorName id="269053219746C55A6C5D9A87FC51429C" box="[792,1006,1485,1510]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Coronation Beach</collectorName>
,
<quantity id="4C9D9B129746C55A6B449A87FBEE429C" box="[1025,1105,1485,1510]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.5" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" unit="km" value="25.0">25 km</quantity>
N. of
<collectorName id="269053219746C55A6BF79A87FA9A429C" box="[1202,1317,1485,1510]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Geraldton</collectorName>
, 28?335″ 114?3353″.
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<date id="FFDB10379746C55A6E609ABBFE1F4170" box="[293,416,1521,1546]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" value="2012-09-22">22.ix.2012</date>
</collectingDate>
.
<collectorName id="269053219746C55A6EE99ABBFDA04170" box="[428,543,1521,1546]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Flowering</collectorName>
<taxonomicName id="4C654D749746C55A6D629AB8FDCA4173" box="[551,629,1522,1545]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Acacia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Magnoliopsida" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B911EAE59746C55A6D629AB8FDCA4173" box="[551,629,1522,1545]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Acacia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<collectorName id="269053219746C55A6DC19AB8FD4E4170" box="[644,753,1522,1546]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">B. Levey.</collectorName>
NMW.Z. 2012.071
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;
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<specimenCount id="9D63FD7E9746C55A6C9B9AB8FBBE4170" box="[990,1025,1522,1546]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
(
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: WA,
<collectorName id="269053219746C55A6A5B9ABBFF5F4154" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Coronation Beach</collectorName>
,
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<collectorName id="269053219746C55A6E7C995CFE714154" box="[313,462,1557,1582]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">N. Geraldton</collectorName>
,
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<date id="FFDB10379746C55A6E9C995FFDDE4154" box="[473,609,1557,1582]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" value="1981-09-07" valueMax="1981-09-08" valueMin="1981-09-07">78.ix.1981</date>
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,
<collectorName id="269053219746C55A6D28995CFC8F4154" box="[621,816,1557,1582]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">H. &amp; A. Howden</collectorName>
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.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BDA36F79746C55A6F829973FB3D4198" blockId="22.[151,1437,1197,2014]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<emphasis id="B911EAE59746C55A6F829973FCBA4128" bold="true" box="[199,773,1593,1618]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
Other specimens examined.
<collectingRegion id="49A1F8159746C55A6D5B9973FCBF4128" box="[542,768,1593,1618]" country="Australia" name="Western Australia" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Western Australia</collectingRegion>
:
</emphasis>
<specimenCount id="9D63FD7E9746C55A6C4B9970FC8E4128" box="[782,817,1594,1618]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" type="male">2♂</specimenCount>
(MPC) False Entrance,
<date id="FFDB10379746C55A6B0E9970FB5A4128" box="[1099,1253,1594,1618]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" value="1981-09-12">Sep. 12 1981</date>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C654D749746C55A6BB19970FAFD412B" box="[1268,1346,1594,1617]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Acacia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Magnoliopsida" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B911EAE59746C55A6BB19970FAFD412B" box="[1268,1346,1594,1617]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Acacia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
lvs. M. Golding;
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,
<specimenCount id="9D63FD7E9746C55A6E719914FEE8410C" box="[308,343,1630,1654]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" type="female">2♀</specimenCount>
(MPC, TMSHC) Shark Bay,
<date id="FFDB10379746C55A6DE29914FCA5410C" box="[679,794,1630,1654]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" value="1989-09-19">19.9.1989</date>
, G. Harold;
<specimenCount id="9D63FD7E9746C55A6CE69914FC76410C" box="[931,969,1630,1654]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" type="male">2♂</specimenCount>
,
<specimenCount id="9D63FD7E9746C55A6C909914FC48410C" box="[981,1015,1630,1654]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" type="female">3♀</specimenCount>
(TMSHC) Coronation Beach,
<date id="FFDB10379746C55A6A109914FF6D41E0" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" value="2006-09-01">1 Sep. 2006</date>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C654D749746C55A6F9B99C8FE3741E3" box="[222,392,1665,1689]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Acacia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Magnoliopsida" rank="species" species="saligna">
<emphasis id="B911EAE59746C55A6F9B99C8FE3741E3" box="[222,392,1665,1689]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Acacia saligna</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
leaves; as above but
<date id="FFDB10379746C55A6D3B99C8FCA941E0" box="[638,790,1666,1690]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" value="2007-10-21">21 Oct. 2007</date>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C654D749746C55A6C6699C8FCCE41E3" box="[803,881,1666,1689]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Acacia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Magnoliopsida" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B911EAE59746C55A6C6699C8FCCE41E3" box="[803,881,1666,1689]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Acacia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in dune;
<specimenCount id="9D63FD7E9746C55A6C9B99C8FBBE41E0" box="[990,1025,1666,1690]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" type="female">2♀</specimenCount>
(MPC) as above but
<date id="FFDB10379746C55A6BBD99C8FA2741E0" box="[1272,1432,1666,1690]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" value="2007-08-31">31 Aug. 2007</date>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C654D749746C55A6FD299ECFF5A41C7" box="[151,229,1702,1725]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Acacia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Magnoliopsida" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B911EAE59746C55A6FD299ECFF5A41C7" box="[151,229,1702,1725]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Acacia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicName id="4C654D749746C55A6FAB99EFFE6F41C4" authority=", D. Knowles" authorityName="D. Knowles" box="[238,464,1701,1726]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Acacia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Magnoliopsida" rank="species" species="leaves">leaves, D. Knowles</taxonomicName>
;
<specimenCount id="9D63FD7E9746C55A6E9B99ECFDBE41C4" box="[478,513,1702,1726]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
(MPC)
<quantity id="4C9D9B129746C55A6D2799ECFD1341C4" box="[610,684,1701,1726]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.0" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" unit="km" value="10.0">10 km</quantity>
S. of Useless Loop,
<date id="FFDB10379746C55A6CE499ECFBFD41C4" box="[929,1090,1702,1726]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" value="1979-08-23">Aug. 23 1979</date>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C654D749746C55A6B1599ECFB2141C7" box="[1104,1182,1702,1725]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Acacia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Magnoliopsida" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B911EAE59746C55A6B1599ECFB2141C7" box="[1104,1182,1702,1725]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Acacia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
lvs., D. Knowles;
<specimenCount id="9D63FD7E9746C55A6A3C99ECFA2341C4" box="[1401,1436,1702,1726]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" type="female">1♀</specimenCount>
(MPC)
<quantity id="4C9D9B129746C55A6FAE9983FE8D4198" box="[235,306,1737,1762]" metricMagnitude="4" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.5" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" unit="km" value="45.0">45 km</quantity>
E. of Geraldton,
<date id="FFDB10379746C55A6EB09980FD3A4198" box="[501,645,1738,1762]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" value="1992-01-11">11 Jan. 1992</date>
, on
<taxonomicName id="4C654D749746C55A6DF69983FB3D4198" authority=", M. Powell &amp; M. Golding." authorityName="M. Powell &amp; M. Golding." box="[691,1154,1737,1762]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Casuarinaceae" genus="Allocasuarina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fagales" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B911EAE59746C55A6DF69983FCED419B" box="[691,850,1737,1761]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Allocasuarina</emphasis>
, M. Powell &amp; M. Golding.
</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="C37F657C9746C55B6F8299A7FE52404B" lastPageId="23" lastPageNumber="24" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="8BDA36F79746C55A6F8299A7FDE04008" blockId="22.[151,1437,1197,2014]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<emphasis id="B911EAE59746C55A6F8299A7FEFE407C" bold="true" box="[199,321,1773,1798]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
General diagnosis: length
<quantity id="4C9D9B129746C55A6D3099A7FCBE407F" box="[629,769,1773,1798]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="8.05" metricValueMax="9.4" metricValueMin="6.7" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" unit="mm" value="8.05" valueMax="9.4" valueMin="6.7">6.79.4 mm</quantity>
; sexually dichromatic:
<specimenCount id="9D63FD7E9746C55A6B4E99A4FB9F407F" box="[1035,1056,1774,1797]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" type="male"></specimenCount>
entirely golden green to emerald green;
<specimenCount id="9D63FD7E9746C55A6FA19858FF464053" box="[228,249,1810,1833]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" type="female"></specimenCount>
entirely olive green, brownish bronze or blackish bronze; underside laterally sparsely clothed with silvery pubescence, most of prosternum, prosternal process, mesosternum, and central parts of metaventrite and abdominal ventrites glabrous or sparsely pubescent.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BDA36F79746C55B6F829837FC66478D" blockId="22.[151,1437,1197,2014]" lastBlockId="23.[151,1437,151,2024]" lastPageId="23" lastPageNumber="24" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
Head (Fig. 170): very densely punctate with small round strong punctures in
<specimenCount id="9D63FD7E9746C55A6B6A9834FBF940EF" box="[1071,1094,1918,1941]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" type="male"></specimenCount>
, slightly less densely punctate in
<specimenCount id="9D63FD7E9746C55A6FF098E8FF7540C3" box="[181,202,1954,1977]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" type="female"></specimenCount>
, the punctures weaker; moderately densely clothed with moderately long silvery pubescence which does not obscure the punctation; rims of the punctures microreticulate in
<specimenCount id="9D63FD7E9746C55A6C3A988CFC2940A7" box="[895,918,1990,2013]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" type="male"></specimenCount>
, shiny in
<specimenCount id="9D63FD7E9746C55A6B4E988CFB9E40A7" box="[1035,1057,1990,2013]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" type="female"></specimenCount>
; clypeal excision very shallowly excised, with a narrow poorly defined impunctate, shiny or microreticulate border; clypeal peaks right angled, without, or with a slightly defined clypeal angle; vertex flat, half width of head across eyes when viewed from above; eyes very strongly convex in
<specimenCount id="9D63FD7E9747C55B6D749FAAFDF7478D" box="[561,584,224,247]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" type="male"></specimenCount>
, slightly, to much less convex in
<specimenCount id="9D63FD7E9747C55B6CF99FAAFC6D478D" box="[956,978,224,247]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" type="female"></specimenCount>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BDA36F79747C55B6F829E4EFC5E463A" blockId="23.[151,1437,151,2024]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">Antenna (Fig. 193): not sexually dimorphic; segments 3 or 4 slightly triangularly expanded, sometimes 3 almost subcylindrical, segments 4 or 511 with expansion almost quadrate.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BDA36F79747C55B6F829E07FAC045FF" blockId="23.[151,1437,151,2024]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">Pronotum: 1.501.81 × as wide at base as long in midline; anterior margin strongly bisinuate, with a moderately well developed, broad median lobe; with a narrow but well defined beaded margin; posterior margin very weakly bisinuate; widest at basal third or mid-length; lateral margins parallel sided for a short distance from basal angles before diverging to widest point, or rectilinearly weakly diverging from basal angles to widest point, before converging to apical angles; basal angles acute; as wide as or very slightly narrower at base than elytra at base; lateral carina almost straight about three-quarters complete; punctation in central fifth sparse, mostly consisting of small transversely ovate punctures, sometimes with traces of an impunctate median line, becoming more dense, and transversely elliptical lateral to central-fifth, before becoming larger, mostly round and dense, to very dense in lateral half; with inconspicuous, very sparse, short, silvery pubescence, close to the anterior angle.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BDA36F79747C55B6F829DC5FB2645D2" blockId="23.[151,1437,151,2024]" box="[199,1177,655,680]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">Scutellum: shield shaped, about one-sixteenth to one-fourteenth width of elytra at base.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BDA36F79747C55B6F829DFEFE1F448F" blockId="23.[151,1437,151,2024]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">
Elytra 2.212.47 × as long as wide at base; basal margin very weakly bisinuate; slightly widening from the base over the humeral callosities thence parallel sided or slightly widening to mid-length, before narrowing to the sub-acute apices; lateral margins in apical half and apices, with moderately coarse acute serrations; sutural margins slightly raised in apical two-thirds to three-quarters; each elytron usually with traces of three approximately equidistant costae; sometimes only 1
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costa well defined extending almost from base to apex; 2
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and 3
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costa of variable development, sometimes scarcely visible; subsutural depression sparsely punctate with pin-prick punctures; punctures between the 1
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and 2
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costae slightly larger, mostly arranged in regular longitudinal series adjacent to the costae; punctures lateral to the 3
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costa becoming dense, larger, transversely oval to elliptical; weakly microreticulate.
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<paragraph id="8BDA36F79747C55B6F829B4BFD8E4347" blockId="23.[151,1437,151,2024]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">Hypomeron: contiguously punctate, with moderately large, very shallow, mostly ovate punctures, with sparse moderately long silvery pubescence.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BDA36F79747C55B6F829B03FCDE43D3" blockId="23.[151,1437,151,2024]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">Prosternum: with a well defined bead at the anterior margin; the anterior margin at the same level as the area behind; prosternal process slightly widening distally, sparsely punctate, with small round and pin-prick punctures, glabrous or with very sparse scattered short silvery pubescence.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BDA36F79747C55B6F829BFEFE8B426F" blockId="23.[151,1437,151,2024]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">Mesanepisternum (Fig. 180): shiny, sparsely to densely punctate, with large, very shallow, round and ovate setae bearing punctures in the anterior half, microreticulate, and with smaller variably shaped punctures in posterior half.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BDA36F79747C55B6F829A6AFB3D42FB" blockId="23.[151,1437,151,2024]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">Central part of metaventrite, inner part of metacoxa, central part of abdominal ventrites glabrous or sparsely pubescent, more sparsely and weakly punctate than lateral parts of these structures, which are very densely punctate with round or lunate punctures, with sparse moderately long silvery pubescence.</paragraph>
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Apical ventrite (Figs 137138): lunate punctures not coalescing near the lateral margin, not forming grooves; excision in
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broad, W shaped, with a narrow oblong to subtriangular truncated flange at the centre, with long slightly inturned lateral spines (Fig. 137);
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narrower, U-shaped, without a visible flange, the lateral spines long, very slightly inturned (Fig. 138)
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Fore tibia:
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strongly curved, with a very small triangular tooth at apex and a slightly developed setal brush on the anterior face at the apex;
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tibia weakly curved, tooth absent.
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Mid tibia:
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strongly curved with an elongate depression along the ventral face;
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very weakly curved, without a depression.
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<paragraph id="8BDA36F79747C55B6F8299E6FAAA4077" blockId="23.[151,1437,151,2024]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">Aedeagus (Figs 8687): parameres gradually constricted before the apical setae bearing part; apical setae bearing parts scarcely widened, about one third the total length of the parameres, with numerous, very small, inconspicuous, spine-like setae, in addition to the usual long fine setae; median lobe truncate at the tip.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BDA36F79747C55B6F829852FE52404B" blockId="23.[151,1437,151,2024]" box="[199,493,1816,1841]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">Ovipositor: not examined.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="C37F657C9747C5546F829876FB3D4782" lastPageId="24" lastPageNumber="25" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" type="discussion">
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<emphasis id="B911EAE59747C55B6F829876FEF0402F" bold="true" box="[199,335,1852,1877]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">Comments.</emphasis>
This species is most likely to be mistaken for
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<emphasis id="B911EAE59747C55B6CF09877FBDD402E" box="[949,1122,1853,1876]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">M. costipennis</emphasis>
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in having similar colour dichromatism. It differs in the form of the aedeagus in which the parameres are gradually constricted before the apical setae bearing part and the very small inconspicuous spine-like setae (strongly constricted and with large obvious spine-like setae in
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<emphasis id="B911EAE59747C55B6E8B98E6FDCC40B9" box="[462,627,1964,1987]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">M. costipennis</emphasis>
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), and also in having the punctures between the 1
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and 2
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costae being mostly arranged in regular longitudinal series adjacent to the costae (punctures in this area not obviously arranged in longitudinal series in
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<emphasis id="B911EAE59748C5546EE09FD3FDF747D5" box="[421,584,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">M. costipennis</emphasis>
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) It is also smaller, but there is a slight overlap in size (length
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in
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<emphasis id="B911EAE59748C5546FD29FF7FE9947AE" box="[151,294,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">M. dissimilis</emphasis>
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,
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in
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<emphasis id="B911EAE59748C5546EA99FF7FD3047AE" box="[492,655,189,212]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">M. costipennis</emphasis>
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. In the field it is also likely to be mistaken for the distantly related
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<emphasis id="B911EAE59748C5546A389FF7FEA14782" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">M. occidentalis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFF44B069748C5546E609FAAFE154782" author="Carter, H. J." box="[293,426,224,248]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" pagination="64 - 104" refId="ref51684" refString="Carter, H. J. (1923) A revision of the Australian species of the genus Melobasis (Fam. Buprestidae, Order Coleoptera), with notes on allied genera. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society London, 1923, 64 - 104. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 2311.1923. tb 03326. x" type="journal article" year="1923">Carter 1923</bibRefCitation>
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(
<emphasis id="B911EAE59748C5546EFF9FAAFD904782" box="[442,559,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">obscurella</emphasis>
species group), which is of a similar size and colour.
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<emphasis id="B911EAE59748C5546F829E4EFEF14667" bold="true" box="[199,334,260,285]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Etymology.</emphasis>
This species is named for its strong sexual dichromatism.
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<paragraph id="8BDA36F79748C5546F829E6DFD1246F2" blockId="24.[151,1437,151,392]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
<emphasis id="B911EAE59748C5546F829E6DFEF5463A" bold="true" box="[199,330,295,320]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Bionomics.</emphasis>
Adults have been collected from August to January, with most records in September. Adults mostly collected from
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<emphasis id="B911EAE59748C5546ED99E06FE554619" box="[412,490,332,355]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Acacia</emphasis>
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spp. leaves (including
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<emphasis id="B911EAE59748C5546DB29E06FC1E461E" box="[759,929,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Acacia saligna</emphasis>
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) in coastal areas, with a single record from
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<emphasis id="B911EAE59748C5546FD29E3AFE8946F2" box="[151,310,368,392]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Allocasuarina</emphasis>
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sp. inland. Larval host unknown.
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