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<emphasis id="B939EA94FFC2FFC2FF1210D0C6484EF2" bold="true" box="[151,295,908,934]" italics="true" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">M. simulata</emphasis>
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<paragraph id="8BF23686FFC2FFC2FF1210F2C6504E92" blockId="64.[151,369,907,966]" box="[151,319,942,966]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">(Fig. 124, 182)</paragraph>
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:
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, Katanning.
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<emphasis id="B939EA94FFC2FFC2FF421747C56C4967" bold="true" box="[199,515,1050,1075]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" reason="1">Type specimens examined.</emphasis>
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(
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)
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,
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/
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<taxonomicName id="4C4D4D05FFC2FFC2FF121762C61E4902" authority="Levey, 2012" authorityName="Levey" authorityYear="2012" box="[151,369,1086,1110]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Melobasis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="simulata" status="sp. nov.">
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<emphasis id="B939EA94FFC2FFC2FF121762C61E4902" box="[151,369,1086,1110]" italics="true" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">Melobasis simulata</emphasis>
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B. Levey det.
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as follows; W.
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:
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,
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, W.A. 10.ix.71.
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<collectorName id="26B85350FFC2FFC2FB25173FC2F4492E" box="[1184,1435,1122,1146]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">K. & E. Carnaby. On</collectorName>
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<materialsCitation id="3B253CDBFFC2FFC2FE0B17DAC47A49CA" box="[398,789,1158,1182]" collectionCode="WAMA" collectorName="Wembley" country="Australia" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" specimenCount="1" specimenCount-female="1" typeStatus="paratype">
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)
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<collectorName id="26B85350FFC2FFC2FDBF17DAC5C949CA" box="[570,678,1158,1182]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">Wembley</collectorName>
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, 48-1801
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;
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<specimenCount id="9D4BFD0FFFC2FFC2FCA317DAC42649CA" box="[806,841,1158,1182]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" type="male">3♂</specimenCount>
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,
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, (
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,
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)
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<collectorName id="26B85350FFC2FFC2FBF317DAC24749CA" box="[1142,1320,1158,1182]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">Narrogin, W.A.</collectorName>
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28.10.37. H.W.
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<collectorName id="26B85350FFC2FFC2FF5D17F7C6434996" box="[216,300,1195,1218]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">Brown.</collectorName>
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F.E.
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.
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<subSubSection id="C357650DFFC2FFC3FF421792C69C4EF0" lastPageId="65" lastPageNumber="66" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph id="8BF23686FFC2FFC2FF421792C30D487A" blockId="64.[151,1436,1014,2010]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">
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<emphasis id="B939EA94FFC2FFC2FF421792C62E49B3" bold="true" box="[199,321,1230,1255]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" reason="1">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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General diagnosis: length
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; head, pronotum and elytra green or olive-green sometimes with extensive coppery reflections; underside darker than the upperside, reddish-purple or blackish-lilac; head and underside moderately densely clothed with moderately long opaque white pubescence.
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<paragraph id="8BF23686FFC2FFC2FF421666C4D548B6" blockId="64.[151,1436,1014,2010]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">Head: very densely to contiguously punctured with rather deep, ovate punctures mostly arranged in longitudinally orientated series; moderately densely clothed with moderately long opaque white pubescence; unpunctured areas shiny; clypeal excision very shallow, with an unpunctured, sometimes poorly developed, weakly microreticulate border; clypeal peaks right angled; vertex flat, about half the width of head across eyes when viewed from above; eyes moderately strongly to strongly convex.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BF23686FFC2FFC2FF4216B2C6A94B1A" blockId="64.[151,1436,1014,2010]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">
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Antenna: serrate from segment 4–10, the segments becoming progressively smaller and slightly less elongate; in the
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the expanded part of the segments is more or less triangular, in the
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<specimenCount id="9D4BFD0FFFC2FFC2FC6C154FC4914B7E" box="[1001,1022,1555,1578]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65" type="male">♂</specimenCount>
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segment 4 is more or less triangular, 5–10 more or less quadrate
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<paragraph id="8BF23686FFC2FFC2FF421507C65F4A8E" blockId="64.[151,1436,1014,2010]" pageId="64" pageNumber="65">Pronotum: 1.50–1.72 times as wide at base as long in midline; anterior margin weakly to moderately strongly bisinuate with a poorly developed to well developed broad median lobe, the unpunctured anterior border broad with a well defined groove, separating it from the rest of the pronotum; posterior margin moderately strongly biarcuate to bisinuate; widest at or slightly in front of mid-length; lateral margins weakly diverging from the posterior angles to widest point, then strongly curvilinearly converging to the anterior angles; as wide as or slightly narrower at base than elytra at base; lateral carina almost straight or slightly sinuate, about half to two-thirds complete; punctation in central half sparse to moderately dense, consisting mostly of small round punctures, often with an incomplete unpunctured central line, punctation in lateral half consisting of larger, stronger, very dense round punctures; weakly to moderately strongly microreticulate between the punctures and usually with minute pin-prick punctures as well; with moderately long opaque white pubescence mostly confined to the vicinity of the lateral carina.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BF23686FFC3FFC3FF4213CBC56F4D80" blockId="65.[151,1436,151,1255]" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">Scutellum: approximately quadrate, more or less shield-shaped; about one-fifteenth width of elytra at base; shiny to weakly microreticulate.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BF23686FFC3FFC3FF421383C2ED4CF8" blockId="65.[151,1436,151,1255]" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">Elytra: basal margin weakly biarcuate to bisinuate; slightly widening over the humeral callosities, thence almost parallel sided to somewhat beyond the mid-length, before narrowing to the moderately broad rounded apices; lateral margins in apical quarter to third and apices weakly, but obviously serrate; sutural margins weakly raised in the apical quarter to half; moderately densely punctured with small round punctures near the suture becoming progressively larger and denser laterally, often contiguous close to the lateral margin; punctures near the subsutural depression often partly seriate, however the associated interstriae not costate; weakly microreticulate.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BF23686FFC3FFC3FF4212EBC6C34CA7" blockId="65.[151,1436,151,1255]" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">Proepisternum: very densely to contiguously punctured with large shallow ovate punctures, partly obscured by long opaque white setae.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BF23686FFC3FFC3FF42115CC4C84FD0" blockId="65.[151,1436,151,1255]" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">Prosternum: with a narrow bead at the anterior margin, sometimes poorly defined in the middle, at about the same level as the area behind; prosternal process slightly widening posteriorly, sparsely to moderately densely punctured with small round punctures, usually with a line of partly coalescent punctures close to the lateral margin; sparsely to densely clothed with fairly long opaque white pubescence.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BF23686FFC3FFC3FF1211D3C3A44FF3" blockId="65.[151,1436,151,1255]" box="[151,1227,655,680]" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">
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Mesoepisternum: shiny or microreticulate, partly punctured with very small punctures (
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<figureCitation id="13762A03FFC3FFC3FBEF11D3C3D14FF3" box="[1130,1214,655,679]" captionStart="FIGURES 37–40" captionStartId="84.[151,257,1974,1995]" captionTargetBox="[267,1310,206,1931]" captionTargetId="figure-53@84.[245,1340,191,1951]" captionTargetPageId="84" captionText="FIGURES 37–40. mesoepisternum: 37. densely punctured with large shallow punctures, partly obscured by setae; 38. partly microreticulate; 39. shiny with few punctures.; 40. densely punctured with small variably shaped punctures." pageId="65" pageNumber="66">Fig. 38</figureCitation>
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).
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Apical sternite: with small lunate punctures, mostly well separated, however, sometimes touching to
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<taxonomicName id="4C4D4D05FFC3FFC3FAE311E8C7A04FBB" form="short" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" rank="form">form short</taxonomicName>
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transverse series;
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<specimenCount id="9D4BFD0FFFC3FFC3FE1A1184C6DB4FBB" box="[415,436,728,751]" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" type="male">♂</specimenCount>
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excision shallow about 2-3 times as wide as deep,
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<specimenCount id="9D4BFD0FFFC3FFC3FC721184C3634FBB" box="[1015,1036,728,751]" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" type="female">♀</specimenCount>
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||
excision narrower about 2 times as wide as deep, the distal margin of the flange straight and the lateral spines very short, much shorter than the depth of the flange in both sexes.
|
||
</paragraph>
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||
<paragraph id="8BF23686FFC3FFC3FF421018C5194E08" blockId="65.[151,1436,151,1255]" box="[199,630,836,860]" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">Tarsal claws: slightly widened at base.</paragraph>
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||
<paragraph id="8BF23686FFC3FFC3FF42103BC4EC4E2B" blockId="65.[151,1436,151,1255]" box="[199,899,871,895]" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">
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Aedeagus (
|
||
<figureCitation id="13762A03FFC3FFC3FEC1103BC6CF4E2B" box="[324,416,871,895]" captionStart="FIGURES 179–184" captionStartId="101.[151,258,1904,1925]" captionTargetBox="[270,1408,218,1888]" captionTargetId="figure-85@101.[169,1428,191,1888]" captionTargetPageId="101" captionText="FIGURES 179–184. Melobasis spp. formosa and propinqua species groups aedeagi: 179. M. amoena sp. n. (paratype, Youanmi, W.A.); 180. M. propinqua depressa ssp. n. (holotype, 48 km E. of Yellowdine, W.A.); 181. M. rectipilosa sp. n. (holotype, Moora, W.A.); 182. M. simulata sp. n. (paratype, Lake Grace, W.A.); 183. M. uniformis Carter (Mills Park, near Geraldton, W.A.); 184. M. purpurilata sp. n. (holotype, Marloo Stn., Wurarga, W.A.). Scale bars = 1.0 mm." pageId="65" pageNumber="66">Fig 182</figureCitation>
|
||
): parameres widest beyond the mid-length.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BF23686FFC3FFC3FF4210D0C69C4EF0" blockId="65.[151,1436,151,1255]" box="[199,499,908,932]" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">Ovipositor: Not examined.</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C357650DFFC3FFC3FF4210F3C590492F" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" type="discussion">
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||
<paragraph id="8BF23686FFC3FFC3FF4210F3C590492F" blockId="65.[151,1436,151,1255]" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">
|
||
<emphasis id="B939EA94FFC3FFC3FF4210F3C6204E9C" bold="true" box="[199,335,943,968]" inLineHeading="true" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" reason="1">Comments.</emphasis>
|
||
This species most resembles
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C4D4D05FFC3FFC3FD1E10EDC4144E9C" authorityName="Levey" authorityYear="2012" baseAuthorityName="Hope" baseAuthorityYear="1846" box="[667,891,944,968]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Melobasis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="propinqua" subSpecies="verna">
|
||
<emphasis id="B939EA94FFC3FFC3FD1E10EDC4144E9C" box="[667,891,944,968]" italics="true" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">M. propinqua verna</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in being green and having the elytral apices of a crimson or reddish violet colour. It differs from
|
||
<emphasis id="B939EA94FFC3FFC3FD291089C4424EB8" box="[684,813,981,1004]" italics="true" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">
|
||
M. p.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C4D4D05FFC3FFC3FD681089C4424EB8" box="[749,813,981,1004]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Buprestis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="verna">verna</taxonomicName>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
in that both males and females have this colouration; in the form of the aedeagus; the mesoepisternal sculpture which does not have any large shallow setae-bearing punctures; the slightly broader and usually better defined anterior beaded margin of the pronotum, and in the slightly more transverse pronotum, however, this is not absolutely diagnostic as some specimens of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C4D4D05FFC3FFC3FA87171DC7B84928" authorityName="Levey" authorityYear="2012" baseAuthorityName="Hope" baseAuthorityYear="1846" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Melobasis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="propinqua" subSpecies="verna">
|
||
<emphasis id="B939EA94FFC3FFC3FA87171DC7B84928" italics="true" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">M. propinqua verna</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
I have seen have an equally transverse pronotum
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C357650DFFC3FFC3FF4217D4C54F49B3" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" type="etymology">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BF23686FFC3FFC3FF4217D4C37C49CB" blockId="65.[151,1436,151,1255]" box="[199,1043,1159,1184]" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">
|
||
<emphasis id="B939EA94FFC3FFC3FF4217D4C63E49F4" bold="true" box="[199,337,1160,1184]" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">Etymology:</emphasis>
|
||
This species is named for its similarity to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C4D4D05FFC3FFC3FCA917D5C36349F4" authorityName="Levey" authorityYear="2012" baseAuthorityName="Hope" baseAuthorityYear="1846" box="[812,1036,1160,1184]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Melobasis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="propinqua" subSpecies="verna">
|
||
<emphasis id="B939EA94FFC3FFC3FCA917D5C36349F4" box="[812,1036,1160,1184]" italics="true" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">M. propinqua verna</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BF23686FFC3FFC3FF4217F7C54F49B3" blockId="65.[151,1436,151,1255]" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">
|
||
<emphasis id="B939EA94FFC3FFC3FF4217F7C6234990" bold="true" box="[199,332,1195,1220]" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">Bionomics:</emphasis>
|
||
Adults collected in September and October. Adults collected on
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C4D4D05FFC3FFC3FBB717F0C2F84990" authority="(F. Muell.)" baseAuthorityName="F. Muell." box="[1074,1431,1196,1220]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" genus="Mirbelia" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="seorsifolia">
|
||
<emphasis id="B939EA94FFC3FFC3FBB717F0C27C4990" box="[1074,1299,1196,1220]" italics="true" pageId="65" pageNumber="66">Mirbelia seorsifolia</emphasis>
|
||
(F. Muell.)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, (
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C4D4D05FFC3FFC3FF1B1793C66249B3" baseAuthorityName="Cowie" baseAuthorityYear="2001" box="[158,269,1231,1255]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Fabaceae" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fabales" pageId="65" pageNumber="66" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="family">Fabaceae</taxonomicName>
|
||
). Larval hosts unknown.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
</document> |