Species Anilara obscura (Macleay, 1872)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Melobasis obscura Macleay, W.J. 1872. Notes on a collection of insects from Gayndah. Second paper. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 2(4): 239-318 [241].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) AM(MMUS) 2 specimens, sex unknown, Gayndah, QLD; ANIC(MMUS) 4 specimens, sex unknown, Gayndah, 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 [276].
• Anilara platessa Thomson, J. 1879. Typi Buprestidarum Musaei Thomsoniani, Appendix 1a. Paris : E. Deyrolle 87 pp. [29].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP sex unknown, Adelaide, SA.
• Anilara soror Blackburn, T. 1891. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part X. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 14: 292-345 [296].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV T12096 sex unknown, N QLD.
• Anilara uniformis Kerremans, C. 1898. Buprestides nouveaux de l'Australie et des régiones voisines. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 42: 113-182 [131].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH number unknown, Australia (as Australie).
• Anilara australis Théry, A. 1911. Buprestides nouveaux (Deuxième partie). Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 18: 1-58 [27].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP sex unknown, Gayndah, QLD.
• Anilara deplanata Théry, A. 1911. Buprestides nouveaux (Deuxième partie). Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 18: 1-58 [28].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNHP 7 specimens, sex unknown, NSW.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Carter, H.J. 1924. Australian Coleoptera — notes and new species. No. iii. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 49: 19–45 [23]
• Carter, H.J. 1926. Revision of the Australasian species of Anilara (Fam. Buprestidae) and Helmis (Fam. Dryopidae), with notes, and descriptions of other Australian Coleoptera. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 51(2): 50–71 [1 Jul. 1926] [53]
• Théry, A. 1926. Recherches synonymiques sur les Buprestides et descriptions d'espèces nouvelles. Bulletin et Annales de la Société Royale Belgique d'Entomologie 66(4): 149-182 [162]
• Carter, H.J. 1940. Australian Buprestidae and the Junk Catalogue. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 11 6: 380-389 [383]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales
  • Queensland
  • South Australia
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: diurnal, herbivore (associated flora: Eucalyptus spp. [MYRTACEAE] Gum Trees (on branches); Leptospermum sp. [MYRTACEAE] Tea-tree), volant.

Larva: wood-borer (associated flora: Flindersia xanthoxyla (A.Cunn. ex Hook.) Domin [FLINDERSIACEAE] Yellow-Wood).

Extra Ecological Information

Williams & Williams (1983) recorded this species from Leptospermum flavescens; Hawkeswood (1988) recorded adults and larvae of this species from timber of Flindersia xanthoxyla (Flindersiaceae).

Associated Flora References

Bellamy, C.L. 2002. Coleoptera: Buprestoidea. In Houston, W.W.K. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 29.5. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing, Australia. pp. XII 491 +4 colour pls [100] (Leptospermum sp.)

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 [59] (Leptospermum sp.)

Carter, H.J. 1926. Revision of the Australasian species of Anilara (Fam. Buprestidae) and Helmis (Fam. Dryopidae), with notes, and descriptions of other Australian Coleoptera. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 51(2): 50–71 [1 Jul. 1926] [50] (Leptospermum sp.)

Goudie, J.C. 1920. Notes on the Coleoptera of north-western Victoria. Part VIII. Victorian Naturalist 37: 28-34 [30] (Leptospermum sp.)

Hawkeswood 2007. Review of the biology of the genus Anilara Saunders, 1868 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Calodema Supplementary Paper 5: 1-5 [2] (Leptospermum sp.)

Hawkeswood, T. J. 1988. A review of larval host records for twelve Australian Buprestidae (Coleoptera). Giornale Italiano di Entomologia 4: 81-88 [82] (Leptospermum sp.)

Hawkeswood, T.J. & Turner, J.R. 2003. Redescription of the adult of Anilara convexa Kerremans, 1898 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from Australia, with observations on its biology and larval host plant. Giornale Italiano di Entomologia 10: 251-258 [254] (Leptospermum sp.)

Williams, G.A. & Williams, T. 1983. A list of the Buprestidae (Coleoptera) of the Sydney basin, New South Wales, with adult food plant records and biological notes on food plant associations. Australian Entomological Magazine 9(6): 81-93 [86] (Leptospermum sp.)

 

Note

The synonymy of these available names is speciose and represents only the last publication on the group by Carter (1929). All types should be seen in context with the long overdue revision of this genus.

 

General References

Blackburn, T. 1890. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part VIII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 13: 121-160 [147] (platessa)

Burns, G.G. & Burns, A.J. 1992. The distribution of Victorian jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) - an ENTRECS project. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Victoria 5: 1-53 [8] (Map 61)

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] [286]

Hawkeswood, T.J. 1988. A review of larval host records for twelve Australian Buprestidae (Coleoptera). Giornale Italiano di Entomologia 4: 81-88 [82] (larval host plants)

Lea, A.M. 1912. The late Rev. Canon Thomas Blackburn, B.A., and his entomological work. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 36: v-xl [xiv]

Masters, G. 1886. Catalogue of the described Coleoptera of Australia. Part III. Lucanidae and Scarabaeidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 1: 21-126 [74] (2682)

Obenberger, J. 1915. Einige Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Anthaxien (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). Coleopterologische Rundschau 4: 73-83 [77] (in key)

Obenberger, J. 1928. Opuscula Buprestologica I. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Buprestiden (Col.). Archiv für Naturgeschichte 92(9-11): 1-350 [77, 266, 268-271] (note, keys)

Obenberger, J. 1930. Buprestidae 2. pp. 213-568 in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 111. [554, 555, 557] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement australis, deplanata, uniformis as valid species)

Obenberger, J. 1930. Buprestidae 2. pp. 213-568 in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 111. [556]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
03-Oct-2024	BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815	03-Oct-2024	MODIFIED
16-Jun-2022	BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815	10-Sep-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
05-Mar-2019	Buprestinae Leach, 1815	03-Oct-2024	MODIFIED
05-Mar-2019	Buprestinae Leach, 1815	03-Oct-2024	MODIFIED
28-Jan-2014	BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815	03-Oct-2024	MODIFIED	Dr Federica Turco (QM)
		03-Oct-2024	MODIFIED