Species Astraeus (Astraeus) mastersii Macleay, 1872

Museums

Regional Maps

• Astraeus mastersii 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 [239].

  Type data:

   Lectotype AM K32099 ♀, Gayndah, QLD.
  Paralectotype(s) ANIC(MMUS) 1 specimen, sex unknown.

  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 [270].
• Astraeus splendens 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 [86].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP sex unknown, Rockhampton, QLD.
• Astraeus simplex Blackburn, T. 1892. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 15(2): 207-261 [211].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV T4458 sex unknown, SA.
• Astraeus samouelli Poll, J.R.H. Neervoort van de 1886. Description of three new species and a synopsis of the buprestid genus Astraeus, C. & G. Notes from the Leyden Museum 8: 175-180 [176].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Obenberger, J. 1930. Buprestidae 2. pp. 213-568 in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 111. [366]

Distribution

States

Queensland, South Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld, SA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Adults: shrubs and small trees (associated flora: Casuarina cristata Miq. [CASUARINACEAE] Belah (on foliage)), shrubs and small trees (associated flora: Casuarina cristata Miq. [CASUARINACEAE] Belah (on foliage)).

Larvae: shrubs and small trees (associated flora: Eucalyptus propinqua H.Deane & Maiden [MYRTACEAE] Small-fruited Grey Gum).

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 [122] (Casuarina cristata)

Barker, S. 2007. Five new species of Australian Buprestidae (Coleoptera). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 131(2): 285-296 [289] (Casuarina cristata)

Hawkeswood, T.J. 1986. New larval host records for eight Australian jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Giornale Italiano di Entomologia 3: 173-177 [173] (Casuarina cristata)

Hawkeswood, T.J. 2002. A review of the biology and host plants of Australian Buprestidae (Coleoptera) known to breed in Eucalyptus species (Myrtaceae). Journal of the Entomological Research Society 4(2): 31-58 [32] (Casuarina cristata)

Turner, J. & Hawkeswood, T.J. 1996. A note on the larval host plant and biology of the Australian jewel beetle Astraeus crassus Van de Poll (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Mauritiana (Altenburg) 16: 75-79 [78] (Casuarina cristata)

History of changes