Species Agrilus (Agrilus) echidna Curletti, 2001

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Species Agrilus (Agrilus) echidna Curletti, 2001

Agrilus (Agrilus) echidna Curletti, G. 2001. The genus Agrilus in Australia (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). Jewel Beetles 9: 1-45, 8 pls [15].
Type data:
Holotype ANIC ♂, Marloo Stn, Wurarga, WA.
Paratype(s) ANIC 4 ♂, 1 ♀, same data as holotype; MCCI 2 ♀, same data as holotype; WAM ♀ (8.1.1951), Northam, WA; WAM ♂ (16.1.1995, R.P. McMillan), Lake Monger WA; WAM ♀, Lake Grace, WA; MCCI ♂ (26.12.45, R.P. McMillan), Spencers Brook; MCCI ♂ (9.I.1974, S. Barker, on Casuarina huegeliana), South Tammin Flora Reserve, WA; SAMA ♂ (9.I.1974, S. Barker), South Tammin Flora Reserve, WA; MHC ♂ (on Allocasuarina campestris leaves, 20 Jan. 1999, D.G. Knowles), 3 km W of Quairading WA,; ANIC 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (H.W. Brown), Southern Cross, WA; CLBC ♂ (2.II.1998, C.L. Bellamy, beating foliage Acacia acuminata), McDermid Rock, WA [32.01°S 120.44°E]; SAMA ♀ (on Leptospermon, E. Wella and S. Barker), Joanna SA,.

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia

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

SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- South Australia: SE coastal
- Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal, W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: diurnal, folivore (associated flora: Acacia acuminata Benth. [FABACEAE] Jam Wattle; Allocasuarina huegeliana (Miq.) L.A.S.Johnson [CASUARINACEAE] Rock She-Oak), volant.

Larva: wood-borer (associated flora: Allocasuarina campestris (Diels) L.A.S.Johnson [CASUARINACEAE] Tamma, She-Oak; Leptospermum sp. [MYRTACEAE] Tea-tree).

Extra Ecological Information

The larvae develop in Allocasuarina campestris and Leptospermum sp. and probably also in Casuarina huegeliana and Acacia acuminata, where adults have been found (Curletti 2001).

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]

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

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