Subspecies Agrilus (Agrilus) assimilis assimilis Hope, 1846

Museums

Regional Maps

• Agrilus burchelli Obenberger, J. 1959. Sur les espèces du genre Agrilus Curtis de l'Australie et Océanie (Coleoptera Buprestidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 33: 223-240 [227].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMPC sex unknown, WA.
• Agrilus assimilis Hope, F.W. 1846. Descriptions of new species of Buprestidae from New Holland. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 17: 62-65 [64].

  Type data:

   Holotype OUM COLE0910 sex unknown, WA.
• Agrilus tillyardi Obenberger, J. 1959. Sur les espèces du genre Agrilus Curtis de l'Australie et Océanie (Coleoptera Buprestidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 33: 223-240 [231].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NMPC number and sex unknown, WA.
• Agrilus hypoleucus cooki Obenberger, J. 1923. Description of new Australian Buprestidae. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 1: 72-81 [77].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMPC sex unknown, Australia.
• Agrilus purpuratus Hope, F.W. 1846. Descriptions of new species of Buprestidae from New Holland. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 17: 62-65 [64].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) OUM COLE0909 2 specimens, sex unknown, Morialta (as Moriatta), SA.
• Agrilus spodopterus Obenberger, J. 1959. Sur les espèces du genre Agrilus Curtis de l'Australie et Océanie (Coleoptera Buprestidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 33: 223-240 [228].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMPC sex unknown, WA.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Curletti, G. 2001. The genus Agrilus in Australia (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). Jewel Beetles 9: 1-45, 8 pls [10]
• Curletti, G. 2003. The genus Agrilus in Australia - Supplement 2. A new synonymy (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). Rivista Piemontese di Storia Naturale 24: 293–294

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victorian Midlands (VM), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Bulloo River basin, Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin
  • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin
  • South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: diurnal, folivore, volant.

Larva: wood-borer.

 

General References

Carter, H.J. 1924. Australian Coleoptera — notes and new species. No. iv. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 49: 521-544 [535]

Carter, H.J. 1929. A check list of the Australian Buprestidae. With tables and keys to sub-families, tribes, and genera (by A. Théry). The Australian Zoologist 5(4): 265-304 [Date published 24 Mar 1929] [275] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement cooki as synonym of australasiae)

Carter, H.J. 1940. Australian Buprestidae and the Junk Catalogue. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 11 6: 380-389 [389] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement cooki as synonym of australasiae)

Curletti, G. 2001. The genus Agrilus in Australia (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). Jewel Beetles 9: 1-45, 8 pls [10]

Obenberger, J. 1923. Description of new Australian Buprestidae. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 1: 72-81 [79] (key)

Obenberger, J. 1928. Opuscula Buprestologica I. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Buprestiden (Col.). Archiv für Naturgeschichte 92(9-11): 1-350 [75]

Obenberger, J. 1936. Buprestidae 5. pp. 935-1246 in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. ‘s-Gravenhage : W. Junk Vol. 152. [1086]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
13-Jun-2017	Agrilus Curtis, 1825	24-May-2017	MODIFIED
05-Mar-2013		05-Mar-2013	MODIFIED
17-Dec-2010		17-Dec-2010	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)