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MichaelMulvaney wrote:

5 Jul 2025

Scymnus?

Rodolia cardinalis

MichaelBedingfield wrote:

30 Jun 2025

https://inaturalist.lu/taxa/332286-Phoracantha-cruciata/browse_photos

Phoracantha cruciata

Harrisi wrote:

28 Jun 2025

received mail recently from buprestid authority Peter Lang (via I-Naturalist); it reads

"This matches syntype material of Melobasis pretiosa at the SA Museum (and M. fasciata is a junior synonym of M. pretiosa). It is not the same as M. sexplagiata. See: https://syzygium.xyz/buprestidae/species.php?species=Melobasis_pretiosa"

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Melobasis sp. (genus)

KimberiRP wrote:

26 Jun 2025

I have it on authority from Dr Adam Slipinski (co-author of the CSIRO book series "Australian longhorn beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)" that this is an undescribed species, meaning it hasn't been formally named and diagnosed. It is a member of the subfamily Cerambycinae.

Cerambycinae (sub-family)

LisaH wrote:

25 Jun 2025

Thank you for following this up, and sharing your research.

Chondropyga olliffiana