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Species Agrilus (Agrilus) australasiae Gory & Laporte, 1837

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Species Agrilus (Agrilus) australasiae Gory & Laporte, 1837

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales: SE coastal
    • Queensland: NE coastal
    • South Australia: Murray-Darling basin
    • Tasmania
    • Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: diurnal, herbivore (associated flora: Allocasuarina littoralis (Salisb.) L.A.S.Johnson [CASUARINACEAE] Black She-Oak (on foliage); Acacia decurrens Willd. [FABACEAE] Black Wattle (on foliage); Acacia sophorae (Labill.) R.Br. [FABACEAE] Coastal Wattle (on foliage); Acacia pycnantha Benth. [FABACEAE] Golden Wattle (on foliage); Acacia parramattensis Tind. [FABACEAE] Parramatta Wattle (on foliage); Acacia dealbata Link [FABACEAE] Silver Wattle (on foliage); Acacia sp. [FABACEAE] Wattle (on foliage); Allocasuarina littoralis (Salisb.) L.A.S.Johnson [CASUARINACEAE] (on foliage)), volant.

Larva: wood-borer (associated flora: Acacia chalkeri Maiden [FABACEAE] Chalker's Wattle; Acacia spectabilis A.Cunn. ex Benth. [FABACEAE] Glory Wattle; Acacia pycnantha Benth. [FABACEAE] Golden Wattle).

Extra Ecological Information

This species has been collected on various Acacia spp., including A. decurrens, A. parramattensis (Williams & Williams 1983), where the larvae probably develop (Curletti 2001); Hawkeswood (1981) recorded this species from Acacia sophorae; Turner & Hawkeswood (1996) added Acacia dealbata as a larval host; Turner (2001) recorded A. chalkeri as a larval host; Cowrie (2001) listed this species from Acacia dealbata and A. decurrens.

 

General References

Bellamy, C.L., Williams, G.A., Hasenpusch, J. & Sundholm, A. 2013. A summary of the published data on host plants and morphology of immature stages of Australian jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), with additional new records. Insecta Mundi 0293: 1-172 [75]

Blackburn, T. 1887. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 10: 177-287 [256]

Burns, G.G. & Burns, A.J. 1992. The distribution of Victorian jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) - an ENTRECS project. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Victoria 5: 1-53 [16] (Map 282)

Carter, H.J. 1924. Australian Coleoptera — notes and new species. No. iii. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 49: 19–45 [29]

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] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement vandiemeni as synonym of australasiae)

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] [276] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement vandiemeni as synonym of australasiae)

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]

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 vandiemeni 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]

Cowie, D. 2001. Jewel Beetles of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Field Naturalists' Club Inc. 41 pp. [37] (host and distribution)

Froggatt, W.W. 1927. Native insects and introduced trees. Australian Naturalist 7: 12-14 [12] (biology)

Germar, E.F. 1848. Beiträge zur Insektenfauna von Adelaide. Linnaea Entomologica 3: 153-247 [179]

Hawkeswood, T.J. 1981. Observations on two sympatric species of Buprestidae (Coleoptera) from sand dunes on the north coast of New South Wales. Victorian Naturalist 98: 146-151 [146]

Hawkeswood, T.J. 1987. Beetles of Australia. North Ryde, NSW : Angus & Robertson 248 pp. [60] (Plate 80 [colour])

Hawkeswood, T.J. 1992. Review of the biology and host plants of the Australian jewel beetle Agrilus australasiae Laporte & Gory. Spixiana (Munich) 15(1): 81-87 [81] (review of biology and host plants)

Masters, G. 1886. Catalogue of the described Coleoptera of Australia. Part III. Lucanidae and Scarabaeidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 1: 21-126 [105] (3028)

Obenberger, J. 1923. Description of new Australian Buprestidae. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 1: 72-81 [80] (key)

Obenberger, J. 1928. Opuscula Buprestologica I. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Buprestiden (Col.). Archiv für Naturgeschichte 92(9-11): 1-350 [73]

Obenberger, J. 1936. Buprestidae 5. pp. 935-1246 in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. ‘s-Gravenhage : W. Junk Vol. 152. [1074]

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 [230]

Turner, J. & Hawkeswood, T.J. 1996. A new larval host plant for the Australian buprestid beetle Agrilus australasiae Laporte & Gory (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Mauritiana (Altenburg) 16: 95-100 [95] (larval host plant)

Turner, J.R. 2001. Acacia chalkeri Maiden a new larval host plant for Agrilus australasiae Laporte & Gory (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from Australia. Jewel Beetles 10: 68-72 [69] (larval host note)

Volkovitsh, M.G. & Hawkeswood, T.J. 1990. The larvae of Agrilus australasiae Laporte & Gory and Ethon affine Laporte & Gory. Spixiana (Munich) 13(1): 43-59 [44] (larval description)

Williams, G.A. & Williams, T. 1983. A list of the Buprestidae (Coleoptera) of the Sydney basin, New South Wales, with adult food plant records and biological notes on food plant associations. Australian Entomological Magazine 9(6): 81-93 [84] (adult host notes)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
03-Oct-2024 BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 03-Oct-2024 MODIFIED
03-Oct-2024 Agrilinae Gory & Laporte, 1835 10-Sep-2024 MODIFIED
16-Jun-2022 BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 03-Oct-2024 MODIFIED
04-Aug-2021 BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 03-Oct-2024 MODIFIED
24-Dec-2020 BUPRESTOIDEA 03-Oct-2024 MODIFIED
01-Jul-2020 POLYPHAGA 03-Oct-2024 MODIFIED Max Beatson
05-Mar-2019 BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 03-Oct-2024 MODIFIED
13-Jun-2017 Agrilus Curtis, 1825 03-Oct-2024 MODIFIED
28-Jan-2014 BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 03-Oct-2024 MODIFIED Dr Federica Turco (QM)
05-Mar-2013 03-Oct-2024 MODIFIED
17-Dec-2010 03-Oct-2024 MODIFIED
03-Oct-2024 MODIFIED