Beetles (Coleoptera)
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MarkH
wrote:
5 Oct 2025
It’s definitely not a jewel beetle. I’m thinking a Chrysomelid of some type. Leave it to the experts to put a name on it
Lamprolina impressicollis
entom2
wrote:
4 Oct 2025
Hi Michael, understand perfectly! Melobasis thoracica, if that is what this is, has a wide distribution in the SE of Oz (a single record in the Atlas of Living Australia - ALA - of its purported occurrence at 'King George Sound', i.e. Albany, in southern WA, is extremely dubious as to such provenance and will require confirmation), so it very likely occurs near to wherever you live, in case you get a chance to go look. Especially look for it on the foliage of Acacia spp., (around Sydney it favours Acacia fimbriata but it might favour a different Acacia sp. in your area). Here is a link to the species on Dr Peter Lang's absolutely brilliant web page for this species: https://syzygium.xyz/buprestidae/species.php?species=Melobasis_thoracica
Buprestidae sp. (family)
entom2
wrote:
4 Oct 2025
Most likely Melobasis propinqua. If possible, next time try to also get pics looking from straight above. Cheers, Allen M. Sundholm
Melobasis propinqua
MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
4 Oct 2025
Hi Allen. It is not possible for me to find other specimens. These photos were taken a year ago at a site that is distant from home.
Buprestidae sp. (family)
Significant sightings
- Paropsis pantherina at Broke, NSW
- Australoneda bourgeoisi at Nimbin, NSW
- Aporocera rufescens at Rendezvous Creek, ACT
- Araiorrhinus howittii at Melba, ACT
- Atesta chiangi at Melba, ACT
- Chlorobapta bestii at Oallen, NSW
- Paraschizognathus elgatus at Falls Creek, VIC
- Temognatha thoracica at Cook, ACT
- Tragocerus spencii at Wyanbene, NSW
- Aporocera (Aporocera) iridipennis at Vincentia, NSW
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