Species Astraeus (Astraeus) badeni van de Poll, 1889

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• Astraeus badeni Poll, J.R.H. Neervoort van de 1889. Monographical essay on the Australian buprestid genus Astraeus C. et G. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 32: 79-110 [93].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP ♀, Gawler, SA, Swan River.
• Astraeus badeni disjunctus Obenberger, J. 1928. Opuscula Buprestologica I. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Buprestiden (Col.). Archiv für Naturgeschichte 92(9-11): 1-350 [204] [unavailable name, variety of badeni van de Poll, 1889].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMPC 21990 sex unknown, QLD.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Barker, S. 1975. Revision of the genus Astraeus Laporte & Gory (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 99(9): 105-142 [131]

Ecological Descriptors

Adults: terrestrial (associated flora: Melaleuca glomerata F.Muell., 1859 [MYRTACEAE] Desert Paper-bark; Callitris preissii Miq. [CUPRESSACEAE] Rottnest Island Pine; Melaleuca spp. [MYRTACEAE]).

Associated Flora References

Barker, S. 1975. Revision of the genus Astraeus Laporte & Gory (Coleoptera : Buprestidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 99(3): 105–142 [133] (Callitris preissii)

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 (Melaleuca glomerata; Melaleuca spp.; Callitris preissii)

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