TABLE 1 in A revision of the Australian species of the genus Melobasis Laporte & Gory 1837 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), Part 3 (Revision of the azureipennis, cupricollis, iridicolor and melanura species groups)

TABLE 1. Species group character states.
Species groupSculpture ofMid tibia of maleVertex widthFrontoclypeal excisionmesanepisternumcupricollissmall punctures of variablestraight, or curvedabout half width ofvery shallow arcuateshape (Figs 197,198)with a depressionhead across eyes(Figs 87–91)melanurasmall punctures of variablecurved, swollen,about one-quarter toshallow V shaped or veryshape (Fig. 199)with a depressionhalf width of headnarrow U or V shapedacross eyesbetween broad lobes(Figs 19–30)iridicolorstrongly microreticulatecurved, with orslightly less to aboutvery shallow tosometimes with some smallwithout teethhalf width of headmoderately deep, arcuate,or large punctures (Figs. 200,across eyesU or V shaped201)nervosashiny, usually with fewcurved, often withabout half width ofshallow to moderatelyto many small to largea depression orhead across eyesdeep U or V shapedshallow round setae bearingteeth, rarely almost(except M. kaszabi)punctures,sometimesstraightmicroreticulate in part (Figs202–204)buprestoidesshiny, sometimes with somecurved, sometimesabout one-third widthshallow U or V shapedlarge shallow setae bearingwith a depressionof head across eyespunctures (Fig. 205)or teeth,