Species Castiarina helmsi (Carter, 1906)
- Stigmodera (Castiarina) helmsi Carter, H.J. 1906. Notes on the genus Cardiothorax: with descriptions of new species of Australian Coleoptera. Part II. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 31: 236-260, pl. XX [259].
Type data:
Syntype(s) NMPC sex unknown, Mount Kosciuski, 6000', NSW; AM K19344 sex unknown, Mount Kosciuski, 6000', NSW; NMV T12140 ♀, Mount Kosciuski, 6000', NSW; NMV T12139 ♀ (listed as holotype), Mount Kosciuski, 6000', NSW; MCZ 21955 1 specimen, sex unknown, Mount Kosciuski, 6000', NSW.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Victoria
IBRA
NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), 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), Victorian Midlands (VM)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: diurnal, florivore (associated flora: Leptospermum spp. [MYRTACEAE] Tea-trees (on flowers); Leptospermum lanigerum (Sol. ex Aiton) Sm. [MYRTACEAE] Woolly Tea-tree (on flowers)), volant.
Larva: wood-borer.
Associated Flora References
Carter, H.J. 1933. Gulliver in the bush. Wanderings of an Australian entomologists. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 234 pp. 9 pls. [116, 125] (Leptospermum lanigerum)
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 [18]
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 [31] (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 [11] (Map 153)
Carter, H.J. 1909. Notes on Australian Coleoptera: with descriptions of new species of Tenebrionidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 34: 120-156 [122] (distribution, adult host note)
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] [295]
Obenberger, J. 1934. Buprestidae 3. pp. 569-781 in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 132. [710]
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 |