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Species Castiarina andersoni (Gory & Laporte, 1838)

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Species Castiarina andersoni (Gory & Laporte, 1838)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria


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

NSW, Qld, Vic: 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), Flinders (FLI), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), 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), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales
    • Queensland
    • Victoria: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: diurnal, florivore (associated flora: Bursaria spinosa Cav. [PITTOSPORACEAE] Boxthorn (on flowers); Angophora hispida (Sm.) Blaxell [MYRTACEAE] Dwarf Apple (on flowers); Corymbia polycarpa (F.Muell.) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson [MYRTACEAE] Long-Fruited Bloodwood (on flowers); Angophora floribunda (Sm.) Sweet [MYRTACEAE] Rough-Barked Apple (on flowers); Leptospermum flavescens Sm. [MYRTACEAE] Tantoon (on flowers); Leptospermum sp. [MYRTACEAE] Tea-tree (on flowers); Baeckea stenophylla F.Muell. [MYRTACEAE] Weeping Baeckea (on flowers); Syzygium floribundum F.Muell. [MYRTACEAE] Weeping Satin Ash (on flowers); Eucalyptus acmenoides Schauer, 1843 [MYRTACEAE] White Mahogany (on flowers); Eucalyptus ochrophloia F.Muell. [MYRTACEAE] Yapunyah (on flowers); Homalium brachybotrys (F.Muell.) F.Muell. [SALICACEAE] (on flowers); Bursaria sp. [PITTOSPORACEAE] (on flowers)), volant.

Larva: wood-borer.

Extra Ecological Information

Williams (1977) recorded this species from flowers of Leptospermum flavescens (Myrtaceae), Hawkeswood (1978) added Angophora floribunda, Williams & Williams (1983) recorded it from Angophora hispida and Leptospermum sp., and Hawkeswood (1987) added Baeckea stenophylla (Myrtaceae).

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 [188] (Angophora floribunda)

Brooks, J.G. 1969. North Queensland Coleoptera - their food and host plants. IV. North Queensland Naturalist 36: 3-5 [3] (Angophora floribunda)

Froggatt, W.W. 1914. Insects associated with Angophora cordifolia. The Australian Naturalist 3: 18-20 [18] (Angophora floribunda)

Hawkeswood, T.J. 1978. Observations on some Buprestidae (Coleoptera) from the Blue Mountains, N.S.W. The Australian Zoologist 19(3): 257-275 [260] (Angophora floribunda)

Hawkeswood, T.J. 1987. Notes on some Coleoptera from Baeckea stenophylla F. Muell. (Myrtaceae) in New South Wales, Australia. Giornale Italiano di Entomologia 3: 285-290 [288] (Angophora floribunda)

Webb, G.A. 1987. Beetle visitors to flowers of Angophora hispida (Sm.) Blaxell (Myrtaceae) and some other Angophora in the Sydney Region. Australian Zoologist 23: 59-62 [61] (Angophora floribunda)

Williams, G.A. 1977. A list of Buprestidae (Coleoptera) collected from Leptospermum flavescens Sm. at East Minto, New South Wales. Australian Entomological Magazine 3: 81-82 [81] (Angophora floribunda)

Williams, G.A. & Williams, T. 1983. A list of the Buprestidae (Coleoptera) of the Sydney basin, New South Wales, with adult food plant records and biological notes on food plant associations. Australian Entomological Magazine 9(6): 81-93 [87] (Angophora floribunda)

 

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 [28] (checklist)

Burns, G.G. & Burns, A.J. 1992. The distribution of Victorian jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) - an ENTRECS project. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Victoria 5: 1-53 [10] (Map 111)

Carter, H.J. 1924. Australian Coleoptera — notes and new species. No. iv. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 49: 521-544 [533] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement dicax = mastersi)

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]

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] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement verax as variety; dicax as valid species)

Hawkeswood, T.J. 1978. Observations on some Buprestidae (Coleoptera) from the Blue Mountains, N.S.W. The Australian Zoologist 19(3): 257-275 [260] (adult host note)

Hawkeswood, T.J. 1987. Notes on some Coleoptera from Baeckea stenophylla F. Muell. (Myrtaceae) in New South Wales, Australia. Giornale Italiano di Entomologia 3: 285-290 [286] (colour photo, host note)

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 [80] (2753)

Obenberger, J. 1928. Opuscula Buprestologica I. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Buprestiden (Col.). Archiv für Naturgeschichte 92(9-11): 1-350 [72]

Obenberger, J. 1934. Buprestidae 3. pp. 569-781 in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 132. [682] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement dicax as variety, verax as valid species)

Obenberger, J. 1934. Buprestidae 3. pp. 569-781 in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 132. [682]

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] [42]

Williams, G.A. 1977. A list of Buprestidae (Coleoptera) collected from Leptospermum flavescens Sm. at East Minto, New South Wales. Australian Entomological Magazine 3: 81-82 [81] (adult host plant)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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