Species Astraeus (Astraeus) major Blackburn, 1890

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• Astraeus major Blackburn, T. 1890. Notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new species. Part V. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 4(4): 1247-1276 [Date published Apr. 15, 1890] [1257].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH sex unknown, Monarto, SA.

Ecological Descriptors

Adults: shrubs and small trees (associated flora: Acacia coolgardiensis Maiden [FABACEAE] Spinifex Wattle), shrubs and small trees (associated flora: Eucalyptus sp. [MYRTACEAE] Gum Tree (on 'mallee foliage' & flowers)).

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 [22] (Acacia coolgardiensis)

Blackburn, T. 1890. Notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new species. Part V. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 4(4): 1247-1276 [Date published Apr. 15, 1890] [1257] (Acacia coolgardiensis)

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

Hawkeswood, T.J. 2011. Blackburn (1889), an overlooked note on flower feeding by an Astraeus species (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), with criticism of a paper on Astraeus by Barker (2006). Calodema 167: 1-2 [1] (Acacia coolgardiensis)

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