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Species Castiarina bremei (Hope, 1843)

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Species Castiarina bremei (Hope, 1843)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, 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, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), 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)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales
    • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: diurnal, florivore (associated flora: Acacia melanoxylon R.Br. [FABACEAE] Blackwood (emergence of adults); Lomatia fraseri R.Br. [PROTEACEAE] Silky Lomatia; Leptospermum flavescens Sm. [MYRTACEAE] Tantoon; Leptospermum sp. [MYRTACEAE] Tea-tree; Leptospermum morrisonii Joy Thomps. [MYRTACEAE]), volant.

Larva: wood-borer (associated flora: Acacia melanoxylon R.Br. [FABACEAE] Blackwood (adults recorded as emerging from this species)).

Extra Ecological Information

Williams & Williams (1983) recorded this species from Leptospermum flavescens and Leptospermum spp.

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 [198] (Leptospermum flavescens)

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 [34] (Acacia melanoxylon)

Pullen, K. 1985. Some beetles from the Goonmirk Range, East Gippsland. Victorian Entomologist 15(5): 64-66 [84] (Leptospermum flavescens)

Turner, J. & Hawkeswood, T.J. 1994. Observations on some Buprestidae (Coleoptera) from the Kanangra-Boyd area, New South Wales, Australia. Giornale Italiano di Entomologia 7(36): 41-48 [46] (Leptospermum flavescens)

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] (Leptospermum flavescens)

 

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 [15]

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 118)

Carter, H.J. 1919. Notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 44(1): 137–173, pls IV,V [137]

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] [293]

Hope, F.W. 1845. Descriptions of some new species of Coleoptera from Adelaide in New Holland. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 4: 100-113, pls VI-VII [102] (second description)

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 [81] (2769)

Obenberger, J. 1934. Buprestidae 3. pp. 569-781 in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 132. [688]

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] [52]

 

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