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Species Agrilus (Agrilus) occipitalis (Eschscholtz, 1822)

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


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

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]

Gemminger, M. & Harold, E. von 1869. Catalogus Coleopterorum hucusque descriptorum synonymicus et systematicus. London : Monachii Vol. 5 1347-1608 pp. [1442]

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

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