Species Calodema regalis (Gory & Laporte, 1838)
- Stigmodera (Calodema) regale Gory, H.L. & Laporte de Castelnau, F.L. 1838. Histoire naturelle et iconographie des insectes Coléoptères. Monographie des buprestides. genera: Stigmodera, Polycesta, Belionota, Eurybia (genera paged separately). Paris : P. Duménil Vol. 2(17-24). [71] [regale species group].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP sex unknown, Australia (as Nouv.-Holl.). - Stigmodera kirbii Hope, F.W. 1836. Prodromus of the Buprestidae of New Holland. Privately published by author in London. [publication supressed by ICZN ruling 1945 (see Carter, H.J. 1945. Proposal that the pamphlet entitled "Buprestidae" privately and anonymously issued by Hope (F.W.) in 1836 should be suppressed for nomenclatural purposes. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 1: 117–118)] [2] [unavailable name].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Calodema regale Gory & Laporte, 1838 [original speliing].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
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: Elaeocarpus angustifolius Blume [ELAEOCARPACEAE] Blue Quandong (on flowers); Buckinghamia celsissima F.Muell. [PROTEACEAE] Buckinghamia Silky Oak (on flowers); Eucalyptus moluccana Roxb. [MYRTACEAE] Grey Box (on flowers); Melicope micrococca (F.Muell.) T.G.Hartley [RUTACEAE] Hairy-leaved Doughwood (on flowers); Syzygium sp. [MYRTACEAE] Lilly-pilly (on flowers); Cuttsia viburnea F.Muell. [ROUSSEACEAE] Native Elderberry (on flowers); Bauhinia monandra Kurz [CAESALPINACEAE] Orchid Tree (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); 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); Leptospermum sp. [MYRTACEAE] Tea-tree (on flowers); Tristaniopsis laurina (Sm.) Peter G.Wilson & J.T.Waterh. [MYRTACEAE] Water Gum (on flowers); Kunzea sp. [MYRTACEAE] (on flowers)), volant.
Larva: wood-borer.
Extra Ecological Information
Brooks (1948) recorded this species from flowers of Eucalyptus gummifera, Williams (1995) listed Cuttsia viburnea (Escalloniaceae).
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 [179] (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 16(89): 6-7 [7] (Corymbia gummifera)
Brooks, J.G. 1965. North Queensland Coleoptera - their food and host plants. III. North Queensland Naturalist 32(138): 29-30 [29] (Corymbia gummifera)
Hawkeswood, T.J. 1987. Beetles of Australia. North Ryde, NSW : Angus & Robertson 248 pp. [50, plate 57] (Corymbia gummifera)
Hawkeswood, T.J. 2006. Review of the biology and host plants of the Australian buprestid beetle Calodema regale (Gory & Laporte, 1838) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Calodema 7: 5 [5] (Corymbia gummifera)
Williams, G.A. 1993. Hidden Rainforests: subtropical rainforests and their invertebrate biodiversity. Kensington, NSW : New South Wales University Press Vol. 1 188 pp. [95] (Corymbia gummifera)
Williams, G.A. & Adam, P. 1998. Pollen loads collected from large insects in Australian subtropical rainforests. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 120: 49-67 [54] (Corymbia gummifera)
General References
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]
Carter, H.J. 1940. Australian Buprestidae and the Junk Catalogue. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 11 6: 380-389 [386, 388]
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]
Hawkeswood, T.J. 1987. Beetles of Australia. North Ryde, NSW : Angus & Robertson 248 pp. [50] (Plate 57 [colour])
Kerremans, C. 1892. Catalogue synonymique des Buprestides decrits de 1758 à 1890. Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 1: 1-304 [142]
Kerremans, C. 1903. Coleoptera, Fam. Buprestidae. pp. 49-338 in Wytsman, P. (ed.). Genera Insectorum. Bruxelles : Verteneuil & Desmet Vol. 12b-d. [203]
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 [100] (2976)
Novak, G. 1994. Calodema margotanae n.sp. und Beschreibung des noch unbekannten Männchens von Calodema mariettae Nylander, 1993 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreichischer Entomologen 46(3/4): 126-130 [126]
Novak, G. 1994. Vorläufige Beschreibung von Calodema margotanae n. sp. aus Papua Neuguinea. Entomologisches Nachrichtenblatt. Troppau 1(1): 9 [9]
Obenberger, J. 1934. Buprestidae 3. pp. 569-781 in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 132. [741] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement regalis [sic] as synonym of kirbyi)
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]
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] [22]
Saunders, E. 1871. Catalogus Buprestidarum Synonymicus et Systematicus. London : Janson 171 pp. [65]
Williams, G.A. 1993. Hidden Rainforests: subtropical rainforests and their invertebrate biodiversity. Kensington, NSW : New South Wales University Press Vol. 1 188 pp. [95, Plate 33] (note, colour photo)
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