Species Agrilus (Agrilus) macleayi Carter, 1924

Museums

Regional Maps

• Agrilus macleayi 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].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC(MMUS) sex unknown, Cairns, QLD.

  Secondary source:

   Britton, E.B. & Stanbury, P.J. 1981. Type specimens in the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney. VIII. Insects: Beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 105(4): 241-293 [269].

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: diurnal, herbivore, volant.

Larva: wood-borer.

 

General References

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]

Curletti, G. 2001. The genus Agrilus in Australia (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). Jewel Beetles 9: 1-45, 8 pls [30]

Curletti, G. 2002. The genus Agrilus in Australia. Supplement 1. Jewel Beetles 11: 1–4 [2] (distribution)

Obenberger, J. 1936. Buprestidae 5. pp. 935-1246 in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. ‘s-Gravenhage : W. Junk Vol. 152. [1090]

 

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)