Species Castiarina acuminata (Kerremans, 1898)
- Stigmodera acuminata Kerremans, C. 1898. Buprestides nouveaux de l'Australie et des régiones voisines. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 42: 113-182 [142] [producta species group].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH sex unknown, NSW (as Nouvelles-Galles du Sud).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
IBRA
NSW, Qld: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales
- Queensland
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: diurnal, florivore (associated flora: Acronychia imperforata F.Muell. [RUTACEAE] Beach Acronychia (on flowers); Ceratopetalum gummiferum Sm. [CUNONIACEAE] Christmas Bush (on flowers); Guioa semiglauca (F.Muell.) Radlk. [SAPINDACEAE] Guioa, Wild Quince (on flowers); Cuttsia viburnea F.Muell. [ROUSSEACEAE] Native Elderberry (on flowers); Alphitonia excelsa (A.Cunn. ex Fenzl) Benth. [RHAMNACEAE] Red Ash (on flowers)), volant.
Larva: wood-borer.
Extra Ecological Information
Williams (1995) listed Cuttsia viburnea (Escalloniaceae), Alphitonia excelsa (Rhamnaceae) and Guioa semiglauca (Sapindaceae).
Associated Flora References
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 [182] (Ceratopetalum gummiferum)
Williams, G.A. 1995. Pollination Ecology of Lowland Subtropical Rainforests in New South Wales. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of New South Wales, Kensington. (Ceratopetalum gummiferum)
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 [52] (Ceratopetalum gummiferum)
Williams, G.A. & Adam, P. 2001. The insect assemblage visiting the flowers of the subtropical rainforest pioneer tree Alphitonia excelsa (Fenzl) Reiss. ex Benth. (Rhamnaceae). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 123: 235-259 [246] (Ceratopetalum gummiferum)
General References
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 [14]
Barker, S. 1986. Stigmodera (Castiarina) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae): taxonomy, new species and a checklist. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 110(1): 1-36 [27] (checklist)
Blackburn, T. 1900. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XXVI. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 24: 35-68 [Date published Aug. 1900] [41] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement synonym of acutipennis)
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] [292]
Obenberger, J. 1934. Buprestidae 3. pp. 569-781 in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 132. [679]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03-Oct-2024 | BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 | 03-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 10-Sep-2024 | BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 | 10-Sep-2024 | MOVED | |
| 16-Jun-2022 | BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 | 03-Oct-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 | |
| 05-Mar-2019 | Buprestinae Leach, 1815 | 03-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Mar-2019 | Buprestinae Leach, 1815 | 03-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 28-Jan-2014 | BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 | 03-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Federica Turco (QM) |
| 15-Nov-2012 | 03-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 03-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED |