Species Castiarina liliputana (Thomson, 1857)
- Stigmodera liliputana Thomson, J. 1857. Description de trente-trois espèces de Coléoptères. Archives Entomologiques 1: 109-127 [114].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP ♂, Australia (as Nouvelle-Hollande). - Neocuris mastersii Macleay, W.J. 1872. Notes on a collection of insects from Gayndah. Second paper. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 2(4): 239-318 [241].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ANIC(MMUS) 2 specimens, sex unknown, Gayndah, QLD. - Stigmodera dawsonensis Blackburn, T. 1890. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part VIII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 13: 121-160 [155].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH ♀, Dawson River district, QLD. - Stigmodera ocularis Kerremans, C. 1898. Buprestides nouveaux de l'Australie et des régiones voisines. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 42: 113-182 [155].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH sex unknown, QLD. - Stigmodera pulchella Carter, H.J. 1916. Revision of the genus Stigmodera, and descriptions of some new species of Buprestidae. (Order Coleoptera). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 40: 78–144, pls 9,10 [135].
Type data:
Syntype(s) NMV sex unknown, QLD; NMV 1 ♂, 1 ♀, QLD.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Blackburn, T. 1900. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XXVI. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 24: 35-68 [Date published Aug. 1900] [42]
- 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 [121]
- Barker, S. 1980. New species and new synonyms of Stigmodera (Castiarina) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 104(1): 1-7 [1]
- 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 [8]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
IBRA
NSW, Qld: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), 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), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales
- Queensland
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: diurnal, florivore (associated flora: Allocasuarina littoralis (Salisb.) L.A.S.Johnson [CASUARINACEAE] Black She-Oak; Buckinghamia celsissima F.Muell. [PROTEACEAE] Buckinghamia Silky Oak; Allocasuarina nana (Sieber ex Spreng.) L.A.S.Johnson [CASUARINACEAE] Dwarf She-Oak; Allocasuarina torulosa (Aiton) L.A.S.Johnson [CASUARINACEAE] Forest She Oak; Geissois biagiana (F.Muell.) F.Muell. [CUNONIACEAE] Northern Brush Mahogany; Cardwellia sublimis F.Muell. [PROTEACEAE] Northern Silky Oak; Darlingia darlingiana (F.Muell.) L.A.S.Johnson [PROTEACEAE] Rose Silky Oak; Psydrax odorata (G.Forst.) A.C.Sm. & S.P.Darwin [RUBIACEAE] Shiny-leaved Canthium; Leptospermum sp. [MYRTACEAE] Tea-tree; Tristaniopsis laurina (Sm.) Peter G.Wilson & J.T.Waterh. [MYRTACEAE] Water Gum; Syzygium floribundum F.Muell. [MYRTACEAE] Weeping Satin Ash; Cassinia sp. [ASTERACEAE]; Grevillea baileyana McGill. [PROTEACEAE]; Syzygium smithii (Poir.) Nied. [MYRTACEAE]), volant.
Larva: wood-borer.
Extra Ecological Information
Williams (1995) recorded this species from Acmena smithii,Tristaniopsis laurina and Waterhousea floribunda (Myrtaceae).
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 [250] (Allocasuarina littoralis)
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 [43] (Allocasuarina littoralis)
Carter, H.J. 1933. Gulliver in the bush. Wanderings of an Australian entomologists. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 234 pp. 9 pls. [44] (Allocasuarina littoralis)
Williams, G.A. 1995. Pollination Ecology of Lowland Subtropical Rainforests in New South Wales. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of New South Wales, Kensington. (Allocasuarina littoralis)
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 dawsonensis, pulchella 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 [32] (checklist)
Blackburn, T. 1892. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part XII. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 15(2): 207-261 [220] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement dawsonensis as variety of liliputana)
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] [297] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement pulchella as valid species)
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]
Fairmaire, L. 1877. Synopsis des espèces australiennes du genre Neocuris de la famille des Buprestides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 5 7: 334–340 [25 July 1877] [338] (mastersii)
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] (dawsonensis)
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 [76, 89] (mastersi 2712, liliputana 2858)
Obenberger, J. 1934. Buprestidae 3. pp. 569-781 in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 132. [715]
Obenberger, J. 1934. Buprestidae 3. pp. 569-781 in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 132. [716, 729] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement dawsonensis as variety, pulchella as valid species)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 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 |