Genus Castiarina Gory & Laporte, 1838

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Genus Castiarina Gory & Laporte, 1838

Castiarina 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). [22] [name conserved by International Commission of Zoological Nomenclature 1991. Opinion 1628. Castiarina Gory & Laporte, 1837 (Insecta, Coleoptera): conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 48(1): 74–75 (74)].
Type species:
Stigmodera pertii Gory & Laporte, 1838 by subsequent designation, see Barker, S. 1979. New species and a catalogue of Stigmodera (Castiarina) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 103(1): 1-23 [1].
Secondary source:
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1991. Opinion 1628. Castiarina Gory & Laporte, 1837 (Insecta, Coleoptera): conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 48(1): 74-75.
Polychroma Dejean, P.F.M.A. 1833. Catalogue des Coléoptères de la collection de M. le comte Dejean. Paris : Méquignon-Marvis, Father & Sons Vol. 1 96 pp. [79] [name suppressed by International Commission of Zoological Nomenclature 1991. Opinion 1628. Castiarina Gory & Laporte, 1837 (Insecta, Coleoptera): conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 48(1): 74–75 (74)].
Type species (included species):
Buprestis decemmaculata Kirby, 1818; Buprestis undulata Donovan, 1805; Buprestis crenata Donovan, 1805; Buprestis rufipennis Kirby, 1818
Secondary source:
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1991. Opinion 1628. Castiarina Gory & Laporte, 1837 (Insecta, Coleoptera): conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 48(1): 74-75.
Archaeozodes Obenberger, J. 1920. Ueber neue Buprestidengattungen (Col.). Entomologische Mitteilungen. Berlin-Dahlem 9: 157-172 [164].
Type species:
Archaeozodes strandi Obenberger, 1920 by monotypy.
Hypostigmodera Blackburn, T. 1892. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 15(2): 207-261 [215].
Type species:
Hypostigmodera variegata Blackburn, 1892 by monotypy.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Kerremans, C. 1903. Coleoptera, Fam. Buprestidae. pp. 49-338 in Wytsman, P. (ed.). Genera Insectorum. Bruxelles : Verteneuil & Desmet Vol. 12b-d. [203] (Hypostigmodera as synonym of Stigmodera)
Carter, H.J. 1916. Revision of the genus Stigmodera, and descriptions of some new species of Buprestidae. (Order Coleoptera). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 40: 78–144, pls 9,10 [86] (general synonymy)
Carter, H.J. 1925. Revision of the Australian species of Chrysobothris (Fam. Buprestidae), together with notes and descriptions of new species of Coleoptera. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 50: 225–244 [231]
Théry, A. 1926. Recherches synonymiques sur les Buprestides et descriptions d'espèces nouvelles. Bulletin et Annales de la Société Royale Belgique d'Entomologie 66(4): 149-182 [168]
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] [299] (Archaeozodes as synonym)
Gardner, J.A. 1989. Case 2672. Castiarina Gory and Laporte, 1837 (Insecta, Coleoptera): proposed conservation. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 46(3): 170-172 [170]
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 [340, 341] (elevated from subgenus of Stigmodera)
International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1991. Opinion 1628. Castiarina Gory & Laporte, 1837 (Insecta, Coleoptera): conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 48(1): 74-75 [74] (Polychroma suppressed, Castiarina conserved)

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

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

Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD) ; ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), 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), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales: Central E coast, Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Northern Territory: N Gulf
- Queensland: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, N Gulf, NE coast, NE coastal
- South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, W plateau
- Tasmania
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Western Australia: Lower W coast, N coastal, NW coastal, SW coastal, W plateau
Papua New Guinea

Note

This, the largest genus of Australian jewel beetles, awaits the anticipated monograph and key by Barker. The following definition of species groups and synonymies follow the many papers by Barker on this genus from the last 25 years.