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Species Castiarina crux (Saunders, 1868)

Stigmodera crux Saunders, E. 1868. Descriptions of fifty new species of the genus Stigmodera. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 9: 460-493 [473].
Type data:

Syntype(s) BMNH number and sex unknown, Australia; NMPC 3 specimens, sex unknown, Australia.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, 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)

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drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

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IBRA

NSW, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victorian Midlands (VM)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin
- South Australia: Murray-Darling basin
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: diurnal, florivore, volant.

Larva: wood-borer.

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 [16]

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 [29] (checklist)

Bernet Kempers, K.J.W. 1923. Abbildungen von Flügelgeäder der Coleopteren. Entomologische Mitteilungen. Berlin-Dahlem 12: 71-115 [90] (wing venation)

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 [11] (Map 130)

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] [294]

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 [84] (2795)

Obenberger, J. 1934. Buprestidae 3. pp. 569-781 in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 132. [694]

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)
10-Sep-2024	BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815	10-Sep-2024	MOVED
15-Nov-2012		15-Nov-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)