Jewel beetles (Buprestidae)
References for Jewel Beetles (family Buprestidae): https://sites.google.com/site/buprestidpages/
And a photo gallery for the family: https://sites.google.com/site/buprestidpages/buprestidae-gallery
This gallery can be searched by genus, for example, Castiarina:
https://sites.google.com/site/buprestidpages/castiarina-gallery
Another good gallery for Castiarina: http://www.virtual-beetle.com/castiarinafp.html
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MarkH
wrote:
13 hrs ago
This is possibly Melobasis naias rather than M. obscurella which is what this early acacia flower inhabiting species is normally identified as. The size is quite small and the golden colour is very much like M. naias.
I would suggest that any of the golden green specimens may be M. naias while all of the M. obscurella I have seen before are more blue-green. Their overall size is fairly similar as are the other external characters.
It would be worth someone checking ANIC for identified specimens of both species to ensure that all NatureMapr specimens are correctly identified as M. obscurella rather than being M. naias.
I would suggest that any of the golden green specimens may be M. naias while all of the M. obscurella I have seen before are more blue-green. Their overall size is fairly similar as are the other external characters.
It would be worth someone checking ANIC for identified specimens of both species to ensure that all NatureMapr specimens are correctly identified as M. obscurella rather than being M. naias.
Melobasis sp. (genus)
AlisonMilton
wrote:
Yesterday
@HelenCross Surpised to find them in suburbia on Belconnen Way
Melobasis obscurella
HelenCross
wrote:
Yesterday
Looks like this is the first record for this season!
Melobasis obscurella
Significant sightings
- Temognatha thoracica at Cook, ACT
- Temognatha rufocyanea at Borough, NSW
- Castiarina praetermissa at Brindabella, ACT
- Castiarina xystra at Deakin, ACT
- Neobuprestis frenchi at Kosciuszko National Park
- Cyrioides imperialis at Namadgi National Park
- Castiarina costata at QPRC LGA
- Temognatha affinis at QPRC LGA
- Castiarina erasma at Nimmo, NSW
- Selagis aurifera at Googong, NSW
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