Species Calodema plebeia Jordan, 1895

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• Calodema plebeium Jordan, K. 1895. On some new species of Coleoptera in the museum of the Hon. Walter Rothschild. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 15: 218-222 [220] [plebeium species group].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown ♀, Cairns, QLD.

  Secondary source:

   Gardner, J.A. 1989. Revision of the genera of the tribe Stigmoderini (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) with a discussion of phylogenetic relationships. Invertebrate Taxonomy 3: 291-361 [343].

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Calodema plebius Jordan, 1895 [original spelling of name].
• Calodema plebeia Jordan, 1895 [alternative ending to name].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: diurnal, florivore (associated flora: Buckinghamia celsissima F.Muell. [PROTEACEAE] Buckinghamia Silky Oak (on flowers); Syzygium sp. [MYRTACEAE] Lilly-pilly (on flowers); Corymbia intermedia (R.T.Baker) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson [MYRTACEAE] Pink Bloodwood (on flowers); Melicope elleryana (F.Muell.) T.G.Hartley [RUTACEAE] Pink-flowered Doughwood (on flowers); Corymbia gummifera (Gaertn.) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson [MYRTACEAE] Red Bloodwood (on flowers); Macadamia whelanii (F.M.Bailey) F.M.Bailey [PROTEACEAE] Silky Oak (on flowers)), volant.

Larva: wood-borer.

Extra Ecological Information

Brooks (1948) recorded this species from flowers of Eucalyptus gummifera.

Associated Flora References

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 [178] (Corymbia gummifera)

Bellamy, C.L., Williams, G.A., Hasenpusch, J. & Sundholm, A. 2013. A summary of the published data on host plants and morphology of immature stages of Australian jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), with additional new records. Insecta Mundi 0293: 1-172 [54] (Corymbia gummifera)

Brooks, J.G. 1948. Some North Queensland Coleoptera and their food plants. North Queensland Naturalist 15(87): 26-29 [27] (Corymbia gummifera)

Carter, H.J. 1933. Gulliver in the bush. Wanderings of an Australian entomologists. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 234 pp. 9 pls. [201] (Corymbia gummifera)

 

General References

Brooks, J.G. 1941. Buprestidae of north Queensland. North Queensland Naturalist 10(66): 4 [4] (note)

Brooks, J.G. 1948. Some North Queensland Coleoptera and their food plants. North Queensland Naturalist 15(87): 26-29 [27] (adult host plant note)

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] [288]

Gardner, J.A. 1989. Revision of the genera of the tribe Stigmoderini (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) with a discussion of phylogenetic relationships. Invertebrate Taxonomy 3: 291-361 [343]

Kerremans, C. 1903. Coleoptera, Fam. Buprestidae. pp. 49-338 in Wytsman, P. (ed.). Genera Insectorum. Bruxelles : Verteneuil & Desmet Vol. 12b-d. [203]

Obenberger, J. 1934. Buprestidae 3. pp. 569-781 in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 132. [751]

Sainval, T. Neef de & Lander, T. 1993. Iconographie des espèces décrites genres Calodema et Metaxymorpha (Coleoptera Buprestidae). Bulletin de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de l'Ouest de la France 79: 6-7 [6]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
16-Jun-2022	BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815	16-Jun-2022	MODIFIED
04-Aug-2021	BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815	27-May-2022	MODIFIED
24-Dec-2020	BUPRESTOIDEA	16-Jun-2022	MODIFIED
01-Jul-2020	POLYPHAGA	16-Jun-2022	MODIFIED	Max Beatson
05-Mar-2019	BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815	16-Jun-2022	MODIFIED
05-Mar-2019	Buprestinae Leach, 1815	16-Jun-2022	MODIFIED
05-Mar-2019	Buprestinae Leach, 1815	16-Jun-2022	MODIFIED
28-Jan-2014	BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815	16-Jun-2022	MODIFIED	Dr Federica Turco (QM)
		16-Jun-2022	MODIFIED