Species Agrilus (Agrilus) occipitalis (Eschscholtz, 1822)
- Buprestis occipitalis Eschscholtz, J.F. 1822. Entomographien. Berlin : G. Reimer Vol. 1 (erste Lieferung) 128 pp. [79-80].
Type data:
Lectotype MNHP, Auf der Inßel [= Insel] Luzon, bei Manilla. - Agrilus kurandae Obenberger, J. 1923. Description of new Australian Buprestidae. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 1: 72-81 [80].
Type data:
Lectotype NMPC ♀, Kuranda, QLD.Subsequent designation references:
Jendek, E. 2013. Revision of the Agrilus occipitalis species–group (Coleoptera, Buprestidae, Agrilini). ZooKeys 256: 35–79 [57]. - Agrilus nitidus Kerremans, C. 1898. Buprestides nouveaux de l'Australie et des régiones voisines. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 42: 113-182 [179].
Type data:
Lectotype BMNH sex unknown, Cooktown, QLD.Subsequent designation references:
Jendek, E. 2013. Revision of the Agrilus occipitalis species–group (Coleoptera, Buprestidae, Agrilini). ZooKeys 256: 35–79 [57]. - Agrilus korenskyi Obenberger, J. 1923. Description of new Australian Buprestidae. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 1: 72-81 [80].
Type data:
Lectotype NMPC ♂, Kuranda, Queensland, Australia.Subsequent designation references:
Jendek, E. 2013. Revision of the Agrilus occipitalis species–group (Coleoptera, Buprestidae, Agrilini). ZooKeys 256: 35–79 [57]. - Agrilus marmoreus Deyrolle, H. 1865. Description des Buprestides de la Malaisie recueillis par M. Wallace. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 8: 1-269 pls i-iv [Date published Mar 1965: publication bears the date of 1864 but was not published until March 1865] [201].
Type data:
Lectotype MNHP sex unknown, Mysole, Batchian.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Curletti, G. 2001. The genus Agrilus in Australia (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). Jewel Beetles 9: 1-45, 8 pls [21]
- Curletti, G. 2006. The genus Agrilus Curtis, 1825 in New Guinea and nearest islands (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria", Genova 98: 157–257 [173]
- Jendek, E. 2013. Revision of the Agrilus occipitalis species–group (Coleoptera, Buprestidae, Agrilini). ZooKeys 256: 35–79 [53] (for full synonymy)
Distribution
States
Queensland
IBRA
Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Queensland: Lake Eyre basin, N Gulf, NE coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: diurnal, folivore (associated flora: Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck [RUTACEAE] Orange; Citrus aurantiaca Hort. ex Tan. [RUTACEAE]; Citrus maxima (Burm.) Merr. [RUTACEAE]; Citrus spp. [RUTACEAE]), volant.
Larva: wood-borer (associated flora: Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck [RUTACEAE] Orange; Citrus aurantiaca Hort. ex Tan. [RUTACEAE]; Citrus maxima (Burm.) Merr. [RUTACEAE]; Citrus spp. [RUTACEAE]).
Extra Ecological Information
The larvae apparently develop in Citrus species (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 [76]
Carter, H.J. 1921. Results of Dr. E. Mjöberg's Swedish scientific expeditions to Australia 1910–1913. 25. Buprestidae. Arkiv för Zoologi 13(22): 1-6 [5] (nitidus)
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] (nitidus)
Carter, H.J. 1924. Australian Coleoptera — notes and new species. No. iv. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 49: 521-544 [536] (korenskyi = semiviridis ?)
Carter, H.J. 1924. Australian Coleoptera — notes and new species. No. iv. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 49: 521-544 [536] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement kurandae, very near nitidus)
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] (nitidus)
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 synonym of australasiae)
Curletti, G. 2001. The genus Agrilus in Australia (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). Jewel Beetles 9: 1-45, 8 pls [21]
Kerremans, C. 1892. Catalogue synonymique des Buprestides decrits de 1758 à 1890. Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 1: 1-304 [263]
Kerremans, C. 1903. Coleoptera, Fam. Buprestidae. pp. 49-338 in Wytsman, P. (ed.). Genera Insectorum. Bruxelles : Verteneuil & Desmet Vol. 12b-d. [287]
Obenberger, J. 1928. Opuscula Buprestologica I. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Buprestiden (Col.). Archiv für Naturgeschichte 92(9-11): 1-350 [75] (korenskyi)
Obenberger, J. 1936. Buprestidae 5. pp. 935-1246 in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. ‘s-Gravenhage : W. Junk Vol. 152. [1089, 1091] (korenskyi, marmoreus)
Saunders, E. 1871. Catalogus Buprestidarum Synonymicus et Systematicus. London : Janson 171 pp. [124]
Théry, A. 1936. Notes synonymique sur les Buprestides (Col.). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 41(4): 59-61 [61] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement nitidus synonym of A. occidentalis Eschscholtz, 1822?)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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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 |