Species Astraeus (Astraeus) samouelli Saunders, 1868

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• Astraeus samouelli Saunders, E. 1868. A revision of the Australian Buprestidae described by the Rev. F. W. Hope. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 16: 1-67 [Date published April 1868] [10].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♀, Australia.

  Secondary source:

   Barker, S. 1975. Revision of the genus Astraeus Laporte & Gory (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 99(9): 105-142 [122].
• Astraeus splendens embrikiellus Obenberger, J. 1936. Eine Festarbeit zum sechzigjährigen Jubiläum meines Freundes Univ.-Prof. Dr. Embrik Strand. Festschrift für Prof. Dr. Embrik Strand, Riga 1: 97-145 [133] [unavailable name, variety of splendens van de Poll, 1889].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMPC 21989 sex unknown, Comara, NSW.

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 [122]

Ecological Descriptors

Adults: shrubs and small trees (associated flora: Allocasuarina littoralis (Salisb.) L.A.S.Johnson [CASUARINACEAE] Black She-Oak; Allocasuarina verticillata (Lam.) L.A.S.Johnson [CASUARINACEAE] Drooping She-Oak; Casuarina sp. [CASUARINACEAE] She-Oak; Allocasuarina littoralis (Salisb.) L.A.S.Johnson [CASUARINACEAE]).

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] (Allocasuarina littoralis)

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 [25] (Allocasuarina littoralis)

Brooks, J.G. 1965. North Queensland Coleoptera - their food and host plants. III. North Queensland Naturalist 32(138): 29-30 [30] (Allocasuarina littoralis)

Hawkeswood, T.J. 2007. A review of the biology and a new larval host plant for Cyrioides imperialis (Fabricius, 1801) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Calodema Supplementary Paper 25: 1-3 [3] (Allocasuarina littoralis)

Williams, G. & Watkins, S. 1985. A new species of Nascioides Kerremans (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 24(4): 255–259 [258] (Allocasuarina littoralis)

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