Jewel Beetle Neocuris discoflava Fairmaire, 1877
Fauna Portal species: 1682
Neocuris discoflava, dorsal (HBI N29734-1; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: I. Mitchener (2024)
Fauna Portal Image No. 8583Diagnosis
This species is here tentatively referred to N. discoflava; online images vary from the colour pattern illustrated here and the species was so far only reported from south-west Western Australia (and South Australia and Victoria).
This species differs from the second Neocuris species on Barrow Island, Neocuris FP-13273 by the overall green, not blue sheen, and the lack of a dark violet patch anteriorly and centrally on the elytra. Both might be variations of the same species.
Status
- native
Australia
- South Australia
- Victoria
- Western Australia
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