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Harrisi wrote:

19 hrs ago

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)

entom2 wrote:

10 Jun 2025

Sorry but though this might be the asserted species, the only way to determine most of the Australian Agrilus to species is to key it out with the specimen in hand, preferably using a stereo microscope.

Agrilus hypoleucus

entom2 wrote:

10 Jun 2025

Though indeed a clearer pic would be nice, this is not Castiarina octospilota, most likely it is Castiarina australasiae.

Castiarina (genus)

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

31 May 2025

Thanks Mark

Anilara (genus)

MarkH wrote:

30 May 2025

All identification of Anilara species should be regarded as uncertain at best given the genus has not been revised for around 100 years and there are probably 3-4 times as many valid species as there are currently available names.

Anilara (genus)

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