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Species Austrophorella quadrisignata (Saunders, 1872)

 

Distribution

States

Queensland


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Queensland

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: diurnal, herbivore (associated flora: Alphitonia excelsa (A.Cunn. ex Fenzl) Benth. [RHAMNACEAE] Red Ash; Alphitonia petriei Braid & C.T.White [RHAMNACEAE] White Ash), volant.

Larva: wood-borer.

Extra Ecological Information

Pullen (1987) recorded adults of this species from red ash (Alphitonia excelsa) and sarsaparilla (A. petriei).

Associated Flora References

Barnard, G. 1890. Chalcophora in the scrubs of central Queensland. The Entomologist 23: 179-181 [181] (Alphitonia excelsa)

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 [56] (Alphitonia excelsa)

Bílý, S. & Volkovitsh, M.G. 2003. Larvae of Australian Buprestidae (Coleoptera). Part 1. Genera Austrophorella and Pseudotaenia. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae 67: 99-114 [112] (Alphitonia excelsa)

Pullen, K.R. 1987. Pseudotaenia waterhousei (V. d. Poll) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) in New South Wales. Australian Entomological Magazine 14(1, 2): 23-28 [27] (Alphitonia excelsa)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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
28-Jan-2014 BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 03-Oct-2024 MODIFIED Dr Federica Turco (QM)
22-Sep-2010 22-Sep-2010 MOVED
05-Sep-2012 03-Oct-2024 MODIFIED
03-Oct-2024 MODIFIED