plazi/treatments-xml
2
0
Fork 0
Code Issues Pull requests Releases Activity
treatments-xml/data/03/E4/87/03E48790FFB0FFB6FF121799C54F4C30.xml
maintenance bc2564723d added 03
2024-06-21 12:22:17 +02:00

258 lines
33 KiB
XML
Raw Blame History

This file contains invisible Unicode characters

This file contains invisible Unicode characters that are indistinguishable to humans but may be processed differently by a computer. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.

This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.

<document id="3B63CDCEADEA2BE58D77B87A2B78FD23" ID-ISSN="1175­5334" ID-ZooBank="3724EFC3-7F13-4F82-A048-DB23F5C1EAEF" IM.materialsCitations_approvedBy="felipe" IM.taxonomicNames_approvedBy="felipe" checkinTime="1629807068989" checkinUser="felipe" docAuthor="Levey, Brian" docDate="2012" docId="03E48790FFB0FFB6FF121799C54F4C30" docLanguage="en" docName="zt03464p107.pdf" docOrigin="Zootaxa 3464" docStyle="DocumentStyle:D239614CE4198176A422035174489AB1.4:Zootaxa.2009-2012.monograph" docStyleId="D239614CE4198176A422035174489AB1" docStyleName="Zootaxa.2009-2012.monograph" docStyleVersion="4" docTitle="Melobasis septemplagiata Carter" docType="treatment" docVersion="2" lastPageNumber="53" masterDocId="FFDDFFE8FF82FF82FF85135CC76F4D54" masterDocTitle="3464" masterLastPageNumber="107" masterPageNumber="1" pageNumber="51" updateTime="1699114744067" updateUser="plazi" zenodo-license-document="CLOSED">
<mods:mods id="6685D313F85DE6CD12C0A9561A08223A" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3">
<mods:titleInfo id="31FEDCF3D6ECAB439CC69C7A1147C6CF">
<mods:title id="65B340FEEEBFA1C47D6CF480A4E2BD01">3464</mods:title>
</mods:titleInfo>
<mods:name id="B5175E152C6A9B02A13FBFCDE8AF02F4" type="personal">
<mods:role id="0D5EDCC8C7315BEE5197AD2E1A23154E">
<mods:roleTerm id="6FEE08792968BFF597E956E9ACAAA2CE">Author</mods:roleTerm>
</mods:role>
<mods:namePart id="B5D63F47B0C0F45361C6806DBF46FF00">Levey, Brian</mods:namePart>
</mods:name>
<mods:typeOfResource id="A85274FFFA8DD789481C85069746BE2C">text</mods:typeOfResource>
<mods:relatedItem id="91B64B9B197B1847C7BCE035B8F038FC" type="host">
<mods:titleInfo id="C92A520CA32F075FCC396A909C76528F">
<mods:title id="C3299050FDC3308FA993A03DCA9EBFE2">Zootaxa</mods:title>
</mods:titleInfo>
<mods:part id="DFADA61BB62EB636045F088C61E23BC6">
<mods:date id="86606797F1F01C48B344A026A1EE86D3">2012</mods:date>
<mods:detail id="205A11EC3FA6A710580EF9DA20DBCF0D" type="pubDate">
<mods:number id="263AE7B02350B29149AAA411BA711F2C">2012-09-07</mods:number>
</mods:detail>
<mods:detail id="C896435CBC766F9F6BC443591F5BC1B5" type="volume">
<mods:number id="B024F46ECD7343F8BBF1BC9D271B1859">3464</mods:number>
</mods:detail>
<mods:extent id="F20709DC3C93A2F8AF84BBF8AD1A444F" unit="page">
<mods:start id="9C2C02E7E0CC94B1F883DF3DCE3E2096">1</mods:start>
<mods:end id="2CA0BD940D3A4985EB5ECD9DD1BA7B54">107</mods:end>
</mods:extent>
</mods:part>
</mods:relatedItem>
<mods:classification id="DE466041D7AD08878A5D9000E5262FC4">journal article</mods:classification>
<mods:identifier id="F460EA2287EE7F3F2EE090011902BE5E" type="ISSN">1175­5334</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="15C60CA5F68DF99BE3E5BDAEB837453C" type="ZooBank">3724EFC3-7F13-4F82-A048-DB23F5C1EAEF</mods:identifier>
</mods:mods>
<treatment id="03E48790FFB0FFB6FF121799C54F4C30" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03E48790FFB0FFB6FF121799C54F4C30" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E48790FFB0FFB6FF121799C54F4C30" lastPageId="52" lastPageNumber="53" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">
<subSubSection id="C357650DFFB0FFB0FF121799C62549AB" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" type="nomenclature">
<paragraph id="8BF23686FFB0FFB0FF121799C6A0498B" blockId="50.[151,463,1221,1279]" box="[151,463,1221,1247]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">
<heading id="D0BA81EAFFB0FFB0FF121799C6A0498B" bold="true" box="[151,463,1221,1247]" fontSize="11" level="1" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" reason="1">
<taxonomicName id="4C4D4D05FFB0FFB0FF121799C6A0498B" ID-CoL="3ZLKW" authority="Carter" authorityName="Carter" box="[151,463,1221,1247]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Melobasis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="septemplagiata">
<emphasis id="B939EA94FFB0FFB0FF121799C6A0498B" bold="true" box="[151,463,1221,1247]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">
<emphasis id="B939EA94FFB0FFB0FF121799C61C498B" bold="true" box="[151,371,1221,1247]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">M. septemplagiata</emphasis>
Carter
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF23686FFB0FFB0FF1217BBC62549AB" blockId="50.[151,463,1221,1279]" box="[151,330,1255,1279]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">(Figs. 107, 172)</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C357650DFFB0FFB0FF12166CC53D4830" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" type="reference_group">
<paragraph id="8BF23686FFB0FFB0FF12166CC53D4830" blockId="50.[151,1248,1328,1381]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">
<treatmentCitationGroup id="AB5D11A8FFB0FFB0FF12166CC53D4830" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">
<treatmentCitation id="0AEC1097FFB0FFB0FF12166CC52D4812" author="Carter, H. J." box="[151,578,1328,1350]" page="91" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" year="1923">
<taxonomicName id="4C4D4D05FFB0FFB0FF12166CC52D4812" ID-CoL="3ZLKW" authority="Carter 1923: 91" authorityName="Carter" authorityPageNumber="91" authorityYear="1923" box="[151,578,1328,1350]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Melobasis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="septemplagiata">
<emphasis id="B939EA94FFB0FFB0FF12166CC6CF4812" box="[151,416,1328,1350]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Melobasis septemplagiata</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFDC4B77FFB0FFB0FE23166CC52D4812" author="Carter, H. J." box="[422,578,1328,1350]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" pagination="64 - 104" refId="ref83458" 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." type="journal article" year="1923">Carter 1923:91</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
</treatmentCitation>
;
<treatmentCitation id="0AEC1097FFB0FFB0FDC9166CC5C04812" author="Carter, H. J." box="[588,687,1328,1350]" page="285" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" year="1929">
<bibRefCitation id="EFDC4B77FFB0FFB0FDC9166CC5C04812" author="Carter, H. J." box="[588,687,1328,1350]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" pagination="265 - 304" refId="ref83560" refString="Carter, H. J. (1929) A check list of the Australian Buprestidae. With tables and keys to sub-families, tribes, and genera (by A. Thery). Australian Zoologist, 5 (4), 265 - 304." type="journal article" year="1929">1929:285</bibRefCitation>
</treatmentCitation>
;
<treatmentCitation id="0AEC1097FFB0FFB0FD3C166CC4F64812" author="Obenberger, J." box="[697,921,1328,1350]" page="434" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" year="1930">
<bibRefCitation id="EFDC4B77FFB0FFB0FD3C166CC4F64812" author="Obenberger, J." box="[697,921,1328,1350]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" pagination="213 - 568" refId="ref84821" refString="Obenberger, J. (1930) Buprestidae 2. In: W. Junk &amp; S. Schenkling. (Eds.). Coleopterorum Catalogus, W. Junk, Berlin, Volume 12, Pars 111, 213 - 568." type="journal article" year="1930">Obenberger 1930:434</bibRefCitation>
</treatmentCitation>
;
<treatmentCitation id="0AEC1097FFB0FFB0FC26166CC30D4812" author="Bellamy, C. L." box="[931,1122,1328,1350]" page="163" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" year="2002">
<bibRefCitation id="EFDC4B77FFB0FFB0FC26166CC30D4812" author="Bellamy, C. L." box="[931,1122,1328,1350]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" 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 2002:163</bibRefCitation>
</treatmentCitation>
;
<treatmentCitation id="0AEC1097FFB0FFB0FBE9166CC3B44812" author="Bellamy, C. L." box="[1132,1243,1328,1350]" page="1332" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" year="2008">
<bibRefCitation id="EFDC4B77FFB0FFB0FBE9166CC3B44812" author="Bellamy, C. L." box="[1132,1243,1328,1350]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" 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">2008:1332</bibRefCitation>
</treatmentCitation>
.
<emphasis id="B939EA94FFB0FFB0FF421613C6354831" bold="true" box="[199,346,1358,1381]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">
<typeStatus id="54F68824FFB0FFB0FF421613C7934830" box="[199,252,1359,1380]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Type</typeStatus>
locality:
</emphasis>
<collectingRegion id="4989F864FFB0FFB0FEE51613C5784830" box="[352,535,1358,1380]" country="Australia" name="Western Australia" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Western Australia</collectingRegion>
, Cue.
</treatmentCitationGroup>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C357650DFFB0FFB0FF1216CDC6BD4A29" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph id="8BF23686FFB0FFB0FF1216CDC48B4A46" blockId="50.[151,1437,1425,2025]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">
<emphasis id="B939EA94FFB0FFB0FF1216CDC6B948FE" bold="true" box="[151,470,1425,1450]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" reason="1">Type specimens examined.</emphasis>
<typeStatus id="54F68824FFB0FFB0FE6D16CEC53748FE" box="[488,600,1426,1450]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" type="lectotype">Lectotype</typeStatus>
<specimenCount id="9D4BFD0FFFB0FFB0FDE716CEC51848FD" box="[610,631,1426,1449]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" type="male">♂</specimenCount>
, (here designated) (
<collectionCode id="ED5CAE43FFB0FFB0FCDC16CDC4C048FD" box="[857,943,1425,1449]" country="Australia" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34982" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34982" name="South Australia Museum" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" type="Museum">SAMA</collectionCode>
), Cue, W.A. H.W. Brown, Co-Type H.J.C.,
<taxonomicName id="4C4D4D05FFB0FFB0FF1216E9C52F4899" authority="Carter Id." authorityName="Carter Id." box="[151,576,1461,1485]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Melobasis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="septem-plagiata">
<emphasis id="B939EA94FFB0FFB0FF1216E9C6A74899" box="[151,456,1461,1485]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Melobasis septem-plagiata</emphasis>
Carter Id.
</taxonomicName>
by H.J. Carter,
<typeStatus id="54F68824FFB0FFB0FD7E16E9C4F14899" box="[763,926,1461,1485]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" type="lectotype">LECTOTYPE</typeStatus>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C4D4D05FFB0FFB0FC2916E9C2F3489A" authority="Carter, B. Levey" authorityName="Carter, B. Levey" box="[940,1436,1461,1486]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Melobasis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="septemplagiata">
<emphasis id="B939EA94FFB0FFB0FC2916E9C3BC4899" box="[940,1235,1461,1485]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Melobasis septemplagiata</emphasis>
Carter, B. Levey
</taxonomicName>
det.
<typeStatus id="54F68824FFB0FFB0FF491685C60B48A5" box="[204,356,1497,1521]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" type="paralectotype">Paralectotype</typeStatus>
<specimenCount id="9D4BFD0FFFB0FFB0FEF41686C6E948A5" box="[369,390,1498,1521]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" type="male">♂</specimenCount>
(
<collectionCode id="ED5CAE43FFB0FFB0FE1F1685C69E48A5" box="[410,497,1497,1521]" country="Australia" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34982" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34982" name="South Australia Museum" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" type="Museum">SAMA</collectionCode>
), mounted to left of
<typeStatus id="54F68824FFB0FFB0FD6B1686C43148A6" box="[750,862,1498,1522]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" type="lectotype">Lectotype</typeStatus>
on same card. Carter in his original description mentions
<specimenCount id="9D4BFD0FFFB0FFB0FE8D16A1C6D04B41" box="[264,447,1533,1557]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" type="generic">eight specimens</specimenCount>
from Cue, and says the types are in the Australian Museum. I have only found
<specimenCount id="9D4BFD0FFFB0FFB0FAE816A1C6634B6D" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" type="generic">four specimens</specimenCount>
from Cue and have therefore based my
<typeStatus id="54F68824FFB0FFB0FD49157EC4534B6E" box="[716,828,1570,1594]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" type="lectotype">Lectotype</typeStatus>
designation on the two labelled cotype. The other
<specimenCount id="9D4BFD0FFFB0FFB0FAF7157EC6634B09" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" type="generic">two specimens</specimenCount>
from Cue in (
<collectionCode id="ED5CAE43FFB0FFB0FE2B1519C5644B09" box="[430,523,1605,1629]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">WAMA</collectionCode>
) are without original determination labels and these are not conspecific with the
<typeStatus id="54F68824FFB0FFB0FF121536C6684BD6" box="[151,263,1642,1666]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" type="lectotype">Lectotype</typeStatus>
designated above but are specimens of
<taxonomicName id="4C4D4D05FFB0FFB0FD501536C43E4BD5" authority="Levey, 2012" authorityName="Levey" authorityYear="2012" box="[725,849,1641,1665]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Melobasis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brittoni" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B939EA94FFB0FFB0FD501536C43E4BD5" box="[725,849,1641,1665]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">M. brittoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B939EA94FFB0FFB0FCDF1535C4F34BD5" bold="true" box="[858,924,1641,1665]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20A57EFFFB0FFB0FCDF1535C4F34BD5" box="[858,924,1641,1665]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
There are
<specimenCount id="9D4BFD0FFFB0FFB0FB9E1535C3D54BD5" box="[1051,1210,1641,1665]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" type="generic">six specimens</specimenCount>
labelled as cotypes from Ankertell, H.W. Brown in (
<collectionCode id="ED5CAE43FFB0FFB0FD8E15D1C50D4BF1" box="[523,610,1677,1701]" country="South Africa" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/ymbs-hrkx" name="Albany Museum" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">AMSA</collectionCode>
), (
<collectionCode id="ED5CAE43FFB0FFB0FDF815D1C5BC4BF1" box="[637,723,1677,1701]" country="Australia" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34982" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34982" name="South Australia Museum" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" type="Museum">SAMA</collectionCode>
), (
<collectionCode id="ED5CAE43FFB0FFB0FD6A15D1C4584BF1" box="[751,823,1677,1701]" 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="50" pageNumber="51">ANIC</collectionCode>
) and (
<collectionCode id="ED5CAE43FFB0FFB0FCFA15D1C48F4BF1" box="[895,992,1677,1701]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">MVMA</collectionCode>
). The specimens from (
<collectionCode id="ED5CAE43FFB0FFB0FB6F15D1C2514BF1" box="[1258,1342,1677,1701]" country="Australia" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34982" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34982" name="South Australia Museum" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" type="Museum">SAMA</collectionCode>
) are not
<taxonomicName id="4C4D4D05FFB0FFB0FF1215EEC6074B9D" box="[151,360,1713,1737]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Melobasis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="septemplagiata">
<emphasis id="B939EA94FFB0FFB0FF1215EEC6074B9D" box="[151,360,1713,1737]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">M. septemplagiata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
but are specimens of
<taxonomicName id="4C4D4D05FFB0FFB0FDE415EEC5B44B9D" authority="Levey, 2012" authorityName="Levey" authorityYear="2012" box="[609,731,1713,1737]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Melobasis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brittoni" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B939EA94FFB0FFB0FDE415EEC5B44B9D" box="[609,731,1713,1737]" italics="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">M. brittoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B939EA94FFB0FFB0FD6615EDC44C4B9D" bold="true" box="[739,803,1713,1737]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20A57EFFFB0FFB0FD6615EDC44C4B9D" box="[739,803,1713,1737]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
It is possible that Carter may have had these specimens before him when he did the description and incorrectly reported all the specimens as coming from Cue but it seems more likely that Carter labelled specimens he saw at a later date as cotypes.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF23686FFB0FFB0FF421441C6BD4A29" blockId="50.[151,1437,1425,2025]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">
Other material examined.
<emphasis id="B939EA94FFB0FFB0FE711441C5BE4A62" bold="true" box="[500,721,1821,1846]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">
<collectingRegion id="4989F864FFB0FFB0FE711441C5BE4A62" box="[500,721,1821,1846]" country="Australia" name="Western Australia" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">Western Australia</collectingRegion>
</emphasis>
: Ankertell; 35 kms N. of Paynes Find; 6 mls S.W. of Paynes Find; Tammin; Marloo Stn., Wurarga. Specimens examined from
<collectionCode id="ED5CAE43FFB0FFB0FCFC141DC4AF4A0D" box="[889,960,1857,1881]" 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="50" pageNumber="51">ANIC</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode id="ED5CAE43FFB0FFB0FC4E141DC34F4A0D" box="[971,1056,1857,1881]" country="Belgium" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/c7r2-61q8" name="Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">IRSNB</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode id="ED5CAE43FFB0FFB0FBA9141DC3054A0D" box="[1068,1130,1857,1881]" country="0" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/yg5d-jfin" name="Monterey Peninsula College, Life Science Museum" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">MPC</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode id="ED5CAE43FFB0FFB0FBF0141DC3BD4A0D" box="[1141,1234,1857,1881]" country="United Kingdom" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/e7dr-nxad" name="National Museum of Wales" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" type="Museum">NMWC</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode id="ED5CAE43FFB0FFB0FB58141DC25E4A0D" box="[1245,1329,1857,1881]" country="Australia" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34982" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34982" name="South Australia Museum" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" type="Museum">SAMA</collectionCode>
,
<collectionCode id="ED5CAE43FFB0FFB0FAB9141DC2F74A0D" box="[1340,1432,1857,1881]" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">WAMA</collectionCode>
. Adults collected in October.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C357650DFFB0FFB1FF4214D5C5E34A3B" lastPageId="51" lastPageNumber="52" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="8BF23686FFB0FFB1FF4214D5C4D84C48" blockId="50.[151,1437,1425,2025]" lastBlockId="51.[151,1436,151,2012]" lastPageId="51" lastPageNumber="52" pageId="50" pageNumber="51">
<emphasis id="B939EA94FFB0FFB0FF4214D5C62E4AF6" bold="true" box="[199,321,1929,1954]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" reason="1">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
General diagnosis: length 9.0–
<quantity id="4CB59B63FFB0FFB0FD2814D5C4784AF5" box="[685,791,1929,1953]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.29" pageId="50" pageNumber="51" unit="mm" value="12.9">12.9 mm</quantity>
; head and pronotum brownish-bronze, reddish-violet or violet-blue; elytra yellowish- or brownish-bronze, with the apices more or less suffused with reddish-violet, rarely with one or all of the following silvery-blue markings: a sutural vitta in the basal quarter; a humeral vitta of the same length, which extends along the basal margin to the lateral edge and onto the epipleura up to the level of the hind coxa; also sometimes extending on to the lateral margin next to the humeral callosity; a slightly sinuate median transverse fascia; a roughly obovate pre-apical macula; underside brownish-bronze or reddish-purple; lateral parts of underside densely clothed with long silvery pubescence.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF23686FFB1FFB1FF42127BC5894F43" blockId="51.[151,1436,151,2012]" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">
Head: upper third of vertex moderately densely to densely punctured with small to fairly large round punctures; remainder of head very densely punctured with ovate punctures which largely coalesce to
<taxonomicName id="4C4D4D05FFB1FFB1FA981210C2F34C30" box="[1309,1436,332,356]" form="linear" pageId="51" pageNumber="52" rank="form">form linear</taxonomicName>
series orientated dorso-ventrally on the lower half of the vertex and the frontoclypeus; densely clothed with moderately long to long silvery pubescence; unpunctured areas shiny to weakly microreticulate; clypeal excision fairly shallow to moderately deep, U-shaped, with an unpunctured weakly to strongly microreticulate border; clypeal peaks slightly acute to right angled; vertex flat, about three-fifths the width of head across eyes when viewed from above; eyes weakly to strongly convex.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF23686FFB1FFB1FF421178C5094FD0" blockId="51.[151,1436,151,2012]" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">
Antenna: serrate from segment 4–10, the segments becoming progressively smaller and slightly less elongate, the expanded part of each segment more or less quadrate in
<specimenCount id="9D4BFD0FFFB1FFB1FCD51114C40A4F0B" box="[848,869,584,607]" pageId="51" pageNumber="52" type="male">♂</specimenCount>
, that of segment 4 and sometimes 5 more or less triangular in
<specimenCount id="9D4BFD0FFFB1FFB1FEA21130C6534FD7" box="[295,316,620,643]" pageId="51" pageNumber="52" type="female">♀</specimenCount>
, the rest slightly quadrate.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF23686FFB1FFB1FF4211CCC35B4E93" blockId="51.[151,1436,151,2012]" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">Pronotum: 1.44–1.59 times as wide at base as long in midline; anterior margin strongly bisinuate, usually with a slightly developed broad median lobe, but sometimes the lobe is scarcely produced and the margin is almost straight at the centre; posterior margin bisinuate; widest at or near mid-length and often about as wide at posterior angles; lateral margins almost parallel or very slightly divergent to widest point, thence slightly to moderately strongly curvilinearly converging to the anterior angles; as wide as or very slightly narrower at base than elytra at base; lateral carina slightly sinuate, about half to three-quarters complete; punctation moderately dense in central fifth, consisting of small round punctures, which become progressively larger and denser towards the lateral margin; usually with at least a partly developed unpunctured midline; shiny or with weak reticulate microsculpture; moderately densely to densely clothed with long silvery pubescence in lateral half.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF23686FFB1FFB1FF421088C63F495B" blockId="51.[151,1436,151,2012]" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">Scutellum: quadrate to slightly elongate; weakly microsculptured; about one-eleventh to one-thirteenth width of elytra at base.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF23686FFB1FFB1FF421740C55F4800" blockId="51.[151,1436,151,2012]" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">
Elytra: 2.36–2.66 times as long as wide at the base; basal margin strongly biangulate; slightly widening from base over the humeral callosities; thence almost parallel sided to the mid-length, before narrowing to the slightly attenuated rounded apices; lateral margins from just beyond mid-length and apices with moderately coarse acute serrations, usually with a distinct sinuation near the apex; sutural margin strongly raised in posterior half; inner half external to the subsutural depression sometimes with one or two slightly indicated costate intervals, but often only the one next to the subsutural depression discernible; subsutural depression sparsely punctured with very small round punctures; punctation lateral to the first costate interval consisting of larger denser punctures which become progressively denser larger and more ovate towards the lateral margin, where they
<taxonomicName id="4C4D4D05FFB1FFB1FBD2164BC3A0487B" box="[1111,1231,1303,1327]" form="short" pageId="51" pageNumber="52" rank="form">form short</taxonomicName>
transverse series; moderately strongly microreticulate.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF23686FFB1FFB1FF421603C42A48C8" blockId="51.[151,1436,151,2012]" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">Proepisternum: very densely to contiguously punctured with moderately large, shallow, ovate and round punctures, partly obscured by dense long silvery pubescence.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF23686FFB1FFB1FF4216F4C23C4B78" blockId="51.[151,1436,151,2012]" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">Prosternum: with a bead at the anterior margin which is sometimes poorly defined at the centre, at almost the same level as the area behind; lateral part of prosternum sometimes strongly depressed in front of the pleurosternal suture; prosternal process slightly widening distally, sparsely punctured with small round or pin-prick punctures, with a line of larger punctures near the lateral margin which sometimes coalesce to form a groove; glabrous.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF23686FFB1FFB1FF42156BC61C4B20" blockId="51.[151,1436,151,2012]" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">Mesoepisternum: densely punctured, with large, shallow, round and ovate punctures; partly obscured by long silvery pubescence.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF23686FFB1FFB1FF421523C6984A50" blockId="51.[151,1436,151,2012]" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">
Apical sternite: similar in form to that of
<taxonomicName id="4C4D4D05FFB1FFB1FD1215DDC47F4BCC" authority="Levey, 2012" authorityName="Levey" authorityYear="2012" box="[663,784,1664,1688]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Melobasis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="51" pageNumber="52" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brittoni" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B939EA94FFB1FFB1FD1215DDC47F4BCC" box="[663,784,1664,1688]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">M. brittoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B939EA94FFB1FFB1FC9215DCC4384BCC" bold="true" box="[791,855,1664,1688]" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20A57EFFFB1FFB1FC9215DCC4384BCC" box="[791,855,1664,1688]" pageId="51" pageNumber="52" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="13762A03FFB1FFB1FCE31523C4A64BC3" box="[870,969,1663,1687]" captionStart="FIGURES 196–206" captionStartId="104.[151,258,1864,1885]" captionTargetBox="[248,1335,232,1818]" captionTargetId="figure-143@104.[228,1366,191,1848]" captionTargetPageId="104" captionText="FIGURES 196–206. Melobasis spp. formosa species group excision of apical sternites: 196–198 M. amoena sp. n.: 196. ♂ (paratype, 1km E. of Youanmi, W.A.); 197. ♀ (paratype, Youanmi, W.A.); 198. ♀ (Kitchener, W.A.); 199. M. marlooensis Carter ♂ (Wurarga, W.A.); 200–201 M. burnsi sp. n.; 200. ♂ (26 km S. of Menzies, W.A.); 201. ♀ (26 km S. of Menzies, W.A.); 202 M. flavoaenea sp. n. ♀ (holotype, 11 km S. of Billabong Roadhouse, W.A.); 203 M. brittoni sp. n. ♂ (paratype, Ankertell, W.A.); 204 M. powelli sp. n. ♂ (paratype, 33–35 km N. of Paynes Find, W.A.); 205 M. meyricki Blackburn ♂ (7 miles E. of Coral Bay, W.A.); 206 M. nudipectus sp. n. ♂ (paratype, Ellendale)." pageId="51" pageNumber="52">Fig. 203</figureCitation>
); the lunate punctures coalescent near the lateral margin, sometimes forming weak ridges parallel to the lateral margin; excision fairly deep, the lateral spines moderately developed, but not as long as depth of flange, about one and half to two and half times as wide as deep; distal margin of flange straight.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF23686FFB1FFB1FF421453C4F64A73" blockId="51.[151,1436,151,2012]" box="[199,921,1807,1831]" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">Tarsal claws: slightly widened at base, but without a basal tooth.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF23686FFB1FFB1FF421468C4D84A18" blockId="51.[151,1436,151,2012]" box="[199,951,1844,1868]" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">
Aedeagus (
<figureCitation id="13762A03FFB1FFB1FEC01468C6C84A18" box="[325,423,1844,1868]" captionStart="FIGURES 171–178" captionStartId="100.[151,257,1882,1903]" captionTargetBox="[195,1399,212,1877]" captionTargetId="figure-105@100.[159,1432,191,1902]" captionTargetPageId="100" captionText="FIGURES 171–178. Melobasis spp. fomosa species group aedeagi: 171. M. acutula sp. n. (holotype, Wurarga, W.A.); 172. M. septemplagiata Carter (Wurarga, W.A.); 173. M. janae sp. n. (paratype, Wurarga, W.A.); 174. M. goerlingi sp. n. (holotype, Wialki, W.A.); 175. M. powelli sp. n. (paratype, 33–35 km N. of Paynes Find, W.A.); 176. M. nudipectus sp. n. (paratype, Ellendale Pool, East Geraldton, W.A.); 177. M. meyricki Blackburn (Strawberry, W.A.); 178. M. caudata Carter (Ankertell, W.A.). Scale bars = 1.0 mm." pageId="51" pageNumber="52">Fig. 172</figureCitation>
): rather broad without a marked dorsal flexure.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF23686FFB1FFB1FF42140BC5E34A3B" blockId="51.[151,1436,151,2012]" box="[199,652,1879,1903]" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">Ovipositor: short, about as long as wide.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C357650DFFB1FFB6FF421427C54F4C30" lastPageId="52" lastPageNumber="53" pageId="51" pageNumber="52" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BF23686FFB1FFB6FF421427C5D34C48" blockId="51.[151,1436,151,2012]" lastBlockId="52.[151,1436,151,356]" lastPageId="52" lastPageNumber="53" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">
<emphasis id="B939EA94FFB1FFB1FF421427C6204AC0" bold="true" box="[199,335,1915,1940]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="52" reason="1">Comments.</emphasis>
Specimens of this species with fully developed elytral markings are likely to be confused with
<taxonomicName id="4C4D4D05FFB1FFB1FAF81421C7844AEC" authority="Levey, 2012" authorityName="Levey" authorityYear="2012" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Melobasis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="51" pageNumber="52" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brittoni" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B939EA94FFB1FFB1FAF81421C7844AEC" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">M. brittoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B939EA94FFB1FFB1FF7714FCC65E4AEC" bold="true" box="[242,305,1952,1976]" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20A57EFFFB1FFB1FF7714FCC65E4AEC" box="[242,305,1952,1976]" pageId="51" pageNumber="52" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
The pronotal shape and the aedeagus are the main diagnostic features distinguishing the two species. Most specimens examined lack elytral markings, or only have the sutural and humeral vitta developed and sometimes also the pre-apical macula (Fig. 107). By contrast all specimens of
<taxonomicName id="4C4D4D05FFB6FFB6FBCD13C5C3A84DE4" authorityName="Levey" authorityYear="2012" box="[1096,1223,152,176]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Melobasis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="52" pageNumber="53" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brittoni">
<emphasis id="B939EA94FFB6FFB6FBCD13C5C3A84DE4" box="[1096,1223,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="52" pageNumber="53">M. brittoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
examined have a coloured sutural and humeral vittae, median fascia and pre-apical macula. In addition
<taxonomicName id="4C4D4D05FFB6FFB6FBF513E1C22D4D80" box="[1136,1346,188,212]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Melobasis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="52" pageNumber="53" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="septemplagiata">
<emphasis id="B939EA94FFB6FFB6FBF513E1C22D4D80" box="[1136,1346,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="52" pageNumber="53">M. septemplagiata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
usually has the elytral apices slightly produced and the lateral margins slightly sinuate before the apices, whereas in
<taxonomicName id="4C4D4D05FFB6FFB6FAF813BDC7844C48" authorityName="Levey" authorityYear="2012" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Melobasis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="52" pageNumber="53" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brittoni">
<emphasis id="B939EA94FFB6FFB6FAF813BDC7844C48" italics="true" pageId="52" pageNumber="53">M. brittoni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
this is usually less pronounced or absent.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF23686FFB6FFB6FF42127BC54F4C30" blockId="52.[151,1436,151,356]" pageId="52" pageNumber="53">
<emphasis id="B939EA94FFB6FFB6FF42127BC6254C14" bold="true" box="[199,330,295,320]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="52" pageNumber="53" reason="1">Bionomics.</emphasis>
Adults collected from September to November. Adults collected on leaves of
<taxonomicName id="4C4D4D05FFB6FFB6FA9B1274C67A4C30" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Acacia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="52" pageNumber="53" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="B939EA94FFB6FFB6FA9B1274C2034C14" box="[1310,1388,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="52" pageNumber="53">Acacia</emphasis>
sp. (Fabaceae)
</taxonomicName>
. Larval hosts unknown.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
</document>
Reference in a new issue View git blame Copy permalink