Species Castiarina decemguttata (Gory, 1841)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Stigmodera (Castiarina) decemguttata Reiche, L.J. in Gory, H.L. 1841. Histoire naturelle et iconographie des insectes Coléoptères. Monographie des buprestides, Supplement. Paris : P. Duménil Vol. 4. [132].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP sex unknown, Australia (as Nouvelle-Hollande).
• Stigmodera parva Saunders, E. 1869. Buprestidae. Part I. pp. 1-27 in Saunders, E. (ed.). Insecta Saundersiana: or characters of undescribed species in the collection of William Wilson Saunders, Esq. London : J. van Voorst Vol. 3. [26].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH sex unknown, SA.
• Stigmodera subversicolor 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].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM K67327 sex unknown, Tammin, WA [31° 38' 31" S 117° 29' 10" E].
  Paratype(s) NMV T7571 ♂; NMV T7572 ♀.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Carter, H.J. 1940. Australian Buprestidae and the Junk Catalogue. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 11 6: 380-389 [386]
• Barker, S. 1983. New synonyms and new species of Stigmodera (Castiarina) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 107(3): 139-169 [140]

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia

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 [22] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement decemguttata, parva, subversicolor synonyms of versicolor)

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)

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] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement subversicolor as valid species)

Carter, H.J. 1931. Checklist of the Australian Buprestidae. Corrigenda, Addenda and Synonyms omitted. The Australian Zoologist 6: 107-108 [108] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement decemguttata, parva as synonyms of versicolor)

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 [85] (decemguttata 2803, parva 2888)

Obenberger, J. 1934. Buprestidae 3. pp. 569-781 in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 132. [697, 742] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement parva as variety, subversicolor as valid species)

Obenberger, J. 1934. Buprestidae 3. pp. 569-781 in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 132. [697]

Saunders, E. 1871. Catalogus Buprestidarum Synonymicus et Systematicus. London : Janson 171 pp. [73] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement synonym of versicolor)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Nov-2012		15-Nov-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)