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Species Castiarina insularis (Blackburn, 1897)

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Species Castiarina insularis (Blackburn, 1897)

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania, 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

Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Tasmania
    • Victoria: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: diurnal, florivore (associated flora: Eucalyptus spp. [MYRTACEAE] Gum Trees (on flowers); 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: Eucalyptus l'Hérit. [MYRTACEAE] Gum trees).

Extra Ecological Information

Cowie (2001) suggested that this species might visit the blossom of various Leptospermum and tall Eucalyptus species.

Associated Flora References

Bashford, R. 1990. Tasmanian forest insects and their host plants. Records from the Tasmanian Forestry Commission Insect Collection. Government Printer, Hobart. 32 pp. [16] (Leptospermum lanigerum)

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 [243] (Leptospermum lanigerum)

Carter, H.J. 1933. Gulliver in the bush. Wanderings of an Australian entomologists. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 234 pp. 9 pls. [116] (Leptospermum lanigerum)

Cowie, D. 2001. Jewel Beetles of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Field Naturalists' Club Inc. 41 pp. [9] (Leptospermum lanigerum)

Hawkeswood, T.J. 2002. A review of the biology and host plants of Australian Buprestidae (Coleoptera) known to breed in Eucalyptus species (Myrtaceae). Journal of the Entomological Research Society 4(2): 31-58 [41] (Leptospermum lanigerum)

Hawkeswood, T.J. 2007. Review of the larval host plants and biology for nine species of the genus Castiarina Gory & Laporte, 1838 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Calodema Supplementary Paper 73: 1-6 [1] (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 [16] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement cognata as valid species)

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 [12] (Map 162)

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] [296]

Cowie, D. 2001. Jewel Beetles of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Field Naturalists' Club Inc. 41 pp. [9] (host and distribution)

Lea, A.M. 1912. The late Rev. Canon Thomas Blackburn, B.A., and his entomological work. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 36: v-xl [xxxviii]

Obenberger, J. 1934. Buprestidae 3. pp. 569-781 in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 132. [712]

Obenberger, J. 1934. Buprestidae 3. pp. 569-781 in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 132. [692] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement cognata as valid species)

 

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