Species Agrilus (Agrilus) hyperici (Creutzer, 1799)
- Buprestis hyperici Creutzer, C. 1799. Entomologische Versuche. Wien : K. Schaumburg 142 pp. 3 pls. [122].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown sex unknown, Australia.
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory
Extra Distribution Information
This species was imported from France to Australia in 1939 to help in the control of the weed species Hypericum perforatum, St. John's Wort, which the larvae help slow the growth and spread of by working in the living roots. Many specimens from around Canberra, from the 1940s, are present in the ANIC but no recent captures are known (Curletti 2001).
Introduced from France.
IBRA
ACT: Australian Alps (AA), South Eastern Highlands (SEH)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
Nearctic Region
Palaearctic Region
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: diurnal, folivore, volant.
Larva: root-feeder (associated flora: Hypericum perforatum L. [CLUSIACEAE] St. John's Wort; Hypericum tetrapterum Fr. [CLUSIACEAE]).
Note
This taxon has a number of synonyms but all are taxa described from the Palaearctic Region and have no bearing on this species in Australia.
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 [76]
Curletti, G. 2001. The genus Agrilus in Australia (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). Jewel Beetles 9: 1-45, 8 pls [30]
Obenberger, J. 1936. Buprestidae 5. pp. 935-1246 in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. ‘s-Gravenhage : W. Junk Vol. 152. [997]
History of changes
| 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 |