Species Austrophorella quadrisignata (Saunders, 1872)
- Chalcotaenia quadrisignata Saunders, E. 1872. Description of twenty new species of Buprestidae. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 20: 239-254 [245].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH sex unknown, QLD. - Chalcotaenia quadrisignata ignita Poll, J.R.H. Neervoort van de 1886. Some remarks about Australian Coleoptera. Notes from the Leyden Museum 8: 222 [222] [unavailable name, variety of quadrisignata Saunders, 1872].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP sex unknown, none cited.
Generic Combinations
- Austrophorella quadrisignata (Saunders, 1872). —
Tôyama, M. 1986. The buprestid genus Chalcophorella Kerremans and its related genera. Entomological Papers Presented to Yoshihiko Kurosawa on the Occasion of his Retirement, March 20, 1986. 188-193 pp. [192] - Chalcophora quadrisignata (Saunders, 1872). —
Kerremans, C. 1885. Enumeration des Buprestides decrits posterieurement au Catalogue de M. Gemminger & de Harold. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 29: 119-157 [127] - Pseudotaenia quadrisignata (Saunders, 1872). —
Kerremans, C. 1903. Coleoptera, Fam. Buprestidae. pp. 49-338 in Wytsman, P. (ed.). Genera Insectorum. Bruxelles : Verteneuil & Desmet Vol. 12b-d. [81]
Distribution
States
Queensland
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)
General References
Carter, H.J. 1929. A check list of the Australian Buprestidae. With tables and keys to sub-families, tribes, and genera (by A. Théry). The Australian Zoologist 5(4): 265-304 [Date published 24 Mar 1929] [300]
Masters, G. 1886. Catalogue of the described Coleoptera of Australia. Part III. Lucanidae and Scarabaeidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 1: 21-126 [70] (2643)
Obenberger, J. 1926. Buprestidae 1. pp. 1-212 in W. Junk & S. Schenkling (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 84. [146]
Obenberger, J. 1926. Buprestidae 1. pp. 1-212 in W. Junk & S. Schenkling (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 84. [146] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement ignita as variety)
Pullen, K.R. 1987. Pseudotaenia waterhousei (V. d. Poll) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) in New South Wales. Australian Entomological Magazine 14(1, 2): 23-28 [27] (adult host note)
Waterhouse, C.O. 1875. Descriptions of new Coleoptera from Australia. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 1875: 191-206 [203]
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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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 |