Melobasis

Melobasis er en artsrik slekt av biller som hører til familien praktbiller (Buprestidae).

Utseende 
Små til middelsstore, blanke, mer eller mindre metalliske praktbiller. Dekkvingene har vanligvis tydelige punktrader og er tilspissede og sagtakkede i spissen.

Utbredelse 
Slekten er utbredt i Australia.

Systematisk inndeling 

Inndelingen følger 

 Ordenen biller, Coleoptera
 Underordenen Polyphaga
 Overfamilien praktbiller, Buprestoidea
 Familien praktbiller, Buprestidae
 Underfamilien Buprestinae Leach, 1815
 Stammen Melobasini Bily, 2000
 Slekten Melobasis Laporte & Gory, 1837 - 157 arter

Liste over artene 
 Melobasis abigailae Hawkeswood & Turner, 2009
 Melobasis abnormis Carter, 1923
 Melobasis adonis (Obenberger, 1938)
 Melobasis aenea Kerremans, 1903
 Melobasis aeneipennis Deyrolle, 1864
 Melobasis albertisii Théry, 1923
 Melobasis andersoni Blackburn, 1887
 Melobasis apicalis Macleay, 1872
 Melobasis aruensis Théry, 1923
 Melobasis aurata Deyrolle, 1864
 Melobasis auribasis Fauvel, 1891
 Melobasis auricollis (Kerremans, 1895)
 Melobasis aurocincta Carter, 1930
 Melobasis aurocyanea Carter, 1937
 Melobasis austera Théry, 1923
 Melobasis australis (Thomson, 1879)
 Melobasis bellula Carter, 1939
 Melobasis bimetallica Carter, 1923
 Melobasis brevicollis (Théry, 1937)
 Melobasis browni Carter, 1937
 Melobasis buprestoides (Obenberger, 1922)
 Melobasis buruana (Obenberger, 1932)
 Melobasis caledonica (Obenberger, 1923)
 Melobasis callichloris Kerremans, 1898
 Melobasis candens Obenberger, 1942
 Melobasis caudata Carter, 1923
 Melobasis chrysobothroides Deyrolle, 1864
 Melobasis chrysomelina Théry, 1911
 Melobasis circumflexa Kerremans, 1888
 Melobasis coerulea Kerremans, 1892
 Melobasis conica (Laporte & Gory, 1837)
 Melobasis conicicollis Obenberger, 1942
 Melobasis connicki Baudon, 1968
 Melobasis costata Macleay, 1872
 Melobasis costifera Thomson, 1879
 Melobasis cruentata Thomson, 1879
 Melobasis cupreoaenea Fairmaire, 1878
 Melobasis cupreovittata Saunders, 1876
 Melobasis cupriceps (Kirby, 1818)
 Melobasis cupricollis Kerremans, 1898
 Melobasis cuprina Kerremans, 1898
 Melobasis curta Kerremans, 1903
 Melobasis cyaneipennis Boheman, 1858
 Melobasis derbyensis Blackburn, 1892
 Melobasis dives Carter, 1923
 Melobasis dohertyi Théry, 1923
 Melobasis eichhorni Théry, 1923
 Melobasis elderi Blackburn, 1892
 Melobasis empyria Olliff, 1889
 Melobasis epistomalis Obenberger, 1942
 Melobasis fairmairei Kerremans, 1903
 Melobasis fasciata Carter, 1923
 Melobasis formosa Carter, 1923
 Melobasis fulgurans Thomson, 1879
 Melobasis gloriosa (Laporte & Gory, 1837)
 Melobasis gratiosissima Thomson, 1879
 Melobasis hesperica (Pochon, 1967)
 Melobasis hoscheki (Obenberger, 1916)
 Melobasis hypocrita Erichson, 1842
 Melobasis igniceps Saunders, 1876
 Melobasis ignipicta Kerremans, 1900
 Melobasis illidgei Carter, 1923
 Melobasis incerta Kerremans, 1892
 Melobasis innocua Thomson, 1879
 Melobasis insularis (Théry, 1923)
 Melobasis interstitialis Blackburn, 1900
 Melobasis intricata Deyrolle, 1864
 Melobasis iridicolor Carter, 1923
 Melobasis jacquelinae Turner & Hawkeswood, 2003
 Melobasis jakowleffi Kerremans, 1903
 Melobasis kaszabi (Pochon, 1967)
 Melobasis kietana Obenberger, 1938
 Melobasis lathami (Laporte & Gory, 1837)
 Melobasis latifrons (Kerremans, 1892)
 Melobasis lauta Macleay, 1888
 Melobasis lixi Théry, 1923
 Melobasis lugubrina Kerremans, 1900
 Melobasis lugubris Théry, 1923
 Melobasis macleayana Obenberger, 1930
 Melobasis macleayi Kerremans, 1892
 Melobasis maculata (Deyrolle, 1864)
 Melobasis marlooensis Carter, 1937
 Melobasis meeki Théry, 1923
 Melobasis melanura Kerremans, 1898
 Melobasis metallifera Saunders, 1868
 Melobasis meyricki Blackburn, 1887
 Melobasis modesta Lansberge, 1880
 Melobasis monticola Blackburn, 1892
 Melobasis myallae Carter, 1932
 Melobasis naias Obenberger, 1942
 Melobasis nervosa (Boisduval, 1835)
 Melobasis nickerli (Obenberger, 1938)
 Melobasis nigriventris Obenberger, 1942
 Melobasis nitidiventris Kerremans, 1898
 Melobasis nobilitata Thomson, 1879
 Melobasis novaeguineae Bellamy, 2003
 Melobasis obscurata (Obenberger, 1924)
 Melobasis obscurella Thomson, 1879
 Melobasis occidentalis Carter, 1923
 Melobasis oleomaculata (Obenberger, 1938)
 Melobasis paitana Fauvel, 1891
 Melobasis papuana (Obenberger, 1924)
 Melobasis parvula Carter, 1930
 Melobasis picticollis Carter, 1923
 Melobasis prisca Erichson, 1842
 Melobasis prolongata (Obenberger, 1922)
 Melobasis prominens Obenberger, 1942
 Melobasis propinqua (Laporte & Gory, 1837)
 Melobasis pseudovittata Obenberger, 1942
 Melobasis psilopteroides Théry, 1923
 Melobasis purpurascens (Fabricius, 1801)
 Melobasis purpuriceps Saunders, 1867
 Melobasis pusilla Carter, 1928
 Melobasis quadrinotata Carter, 1923
 Melobasis quinquemaculata Théry, 1923
 Melobasis radiola Carter, 1934
 Melobasis regalis Carter, 1923
 Melobasis ribbei Théry, 1923
 Melobasis robusta Carter, 1923
 Melobasis rothei Blackburn, 1887
 Melobasis rothschildi Théry, 1923
 Melobasis rouyeri Théry, 1911
 Melobasis scintillans Obenberger, 1942
 Melobasis scutata Fauvel, 1891
 Melobasis scutellaris (Deyrolle, 1864)
 Melobasis semimarginata Obenberger, 1942
 Melobasis septemplagiata Carter, 1923
 Melobasis serrata Montrouzier, 1860
 Melobasis sexplagiata (Laporte & Gory, 1837)
 Melobasis simplex (Germar, 1848)
 Melobasis smaragdifrons (Obenberger, 1922)
 Melobasis spinosa Carter, 1939
 Melobasis splendida (Donovan, 1805)
 Melobasis ssp. tenebrosa (Obenberger), 1924
 Melobasis stevensi (Théry, 1937)
 Melobasis strandi Obenberger, 1938
 Melobasis subconica Carter, 1923
 Melobasis superba (Laporte & Gory, 1837)
 Melobasis terminata Kerremans, 1898
 Melobasis thoracica Blackburn, 1887
 Melobasis timoriensis Théry, 1935
 Melobasis trifasciata (Gory & Laporte, 1837)
 Melobasis tristis (Kerremans, 1900)
 Melobasis uniformis Carter, 1923
 Melobasis vanderwieli Obenberger, 1938
 Melobasis variabilis Lansberge, 1880
 Melobasis variegata (Théry, 1937)
 Melobasis vertebralis Carter, 1923
 Melobasis victoriae Obenberger, 1942
 Melobasis viridiaurata Deyrolle, 1864
 Melobasis viridiceps Saunders, 1876
 Melobasis viridicolor (Obenberger, 1930)
 Melobasis viridifrons Kerremans, 1896
 Melobasis viridipes Fauvel, 1891
 Melobasis viridisterna Carter, 1939
 Melobasis vittata Blackburn, 1887
 Melobasis wannerua Carter, 1936
 Melobasis woodlarkianus Théry, 1923

Referanser

Eksterne lenker 
 
 Bilde av Melobasis gratiotissima
 Bilde av Melobasis obscurella
 Bilder av en del arter

Praktbiller
Biller formelt beskrevet i 1837
Dyr formelt beskrevet av Hippolyte Louis Gory
Dyr formelt beskrevet av Francis de Laporte de Castelnau