Genus Buprestis Linnaeus, 1758
Compiler and date details
2013-14 - ABRS (addition of plant associates from Bellamy et al. (2013))
2006 - ABRS, genus Castiarina updated, following Barker (2006)
2002 - C.L. Bellamy, California Department of Food and Agriculture, Sacramento, California, USA (Bellamy, C.L., 2002)
Type species:
Buprestis octoguttata Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1994. Opinion 1784. Buprestis Linnaeus, 1758 and Chrysobothris Eschscholtz, 1829 (Insecta, Coleoptera): conserved by the designation of Buprestis octoguttata Linnaeus, 1758 as the type species of Buprestis, and Chrysobothris and Dicerca Eschscholtz, 1829: conserved as the correct original spellings. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 51(3): 280-282 [280].- Cypriacis Casey, T.L. 1909. Studies in the American Buprestidae. Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences 11(2): 47-178 [116].
Type species:
Anchylocheira lauta LeConte, 1854 by original designation.
Excluded Taxa
- Misidentifications
BUPRESTIDAE: Buprestis lapidosa Macleay, 1826 [for further information on this taxon, see also Saunders (1868: 64); Masters (1886: 103); Carter (1923: 163); Obenberger (1935: 857)] — 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 (synonymised under Dicerca crassicollis LeConte, 1857 by
; the holotype, in ANIC(MMUS) and described in [441], is likely either a one-time introduction or simply a mislabelled specimen)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia
IBRA
NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales
- Victoria
Nearctic Region
- Canada
- United States of America
Neotropical Region
Oriental Region
Palaearctic Region
General References
Carter, H.J. 1923. Revision of the genera Ethon, Cisseis and their allies (Buprestidae). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 48(2): 159-176
Kerremans, C. 1903. Coleoptera, Fam. Buprestidae. pp. 49-338 in Wytsman, P. (ed.). Genera Insectorum. Bruxelles : Verteneuil & Desmet Vol. 12b-d. [140] (generic characters, checklist)
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
Matthews, E.G. 1985. A guide to the genera of beetles of South Australia, Part 4 Polyphaga: Byrrhoidea, Buprestoidea, Dyropoidea, Elateroidea, Cantharoidea, Derodontoidea, and Bostrichoidea. South Australian Museum, Special Education Bulletin 7: 1-68 [5]
Obenberger, J. 1935. Buprestidae 4. pp. 785-934 in W. Junk & S. Schenkling (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. 's-Gravenhage : W. Junk Vol. 143.
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]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16-Jun-2022 | BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 | 10-Sep-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 04-Aug-2021 | BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 | 10-Sep-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 24-Dec-2020 | BUPRESTOIDEA | 10-Sep-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 01-Jul-2020 | POLYPHAGA | 10-Sep-2024 | MODIFIED | Max Beatson |
| 05-Mar-2019 | BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 | 10-Sep-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Mar-2019 | Buprestinae Leach, 1815 | 10-Sep-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Mar-2019 | Buprestinae Leach, 1815 | 10-Sep-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 19-May-2014 | Buprestis Linnaeus, 1758 | 10-Sep-2024 | MODIFIED | ABRS |
| 28-Jan-2014 | BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 | 10-Sep-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Federica Turco (QM) |
| 10-Sep-2024 | MODIFIED |