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Species Castiarina producta (Saunders, 1868)

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Species Castiarina producta (Saunders, 1868)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, 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

NSW, Qld, Vic: 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), Flinders (FLI), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales
    • Queensland
    • Victoria: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: diurnal, florivore (associated flora: Muellerina eucalyptoides (DC.) Barlow [LORANTHACEAE] Creeping Mistletoe; Angophora hispida (Sm.) Blaxell [MYRTACEAE] Dwarf Apple; Scolopia braunii (Klotzsch) Sleumer [SALICACEAE] Flintwood; Guioa semiglauca (F.Muell.) Radlk. [SAPINDACEAE] Guioa, Wild Quince; Eucalyptus spp. [MYRTACEAE] Gum Trees; Cuttsia viburnea F.Muell. [ROUSSEACEAE] Native Elderberry; Euroschinus falcatus Hook.f. [ANACARDIACEAE] Pink Poplar; Alphitonia excelsa (A.Cunn. ex Fenzl) Benth. [RHAMNACEAE] Red Ash; Leptospermum flavescens Sm. [MYRTACEAE] Tantoon; Tristaniopsis laurina (Sm.) Peter G.Wilson & J.T.Waterh. [MYRTACEAE] Water Gum; Syzygium floribundum F.Muell. [MYRTACEAE] Weeping Satin Ash; Ceratopetalum sp. [CUNONIACEAE]; Angophora spp. [MYRTACEAE]; Kunzea sp. [MYRTACEAE]; Leptospermum polygalifolium Salisb. [MYRTACEAE]; Syzygium smithii (Poir.) Nied. [MYRTACEAE]), volant.

Larva: wood-borer (associated flora: Muellerina eucalyptoides (DC.) Barlow [LORANTHACEAE] Creeping Mistletoe; Angophora hispida (Sm.) Blaxell [MYRTACEAE] Dwarf Apple; Eucalyptus spp. [MYRTACEAE] Gum Trees; Leptospermum flavescens Sm. [MYRTACEAE] Tantoon; Leptospermum polygalifolium Salisb. [MYRTACEAE]; Angophora spp. [MYRTACEAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

Hawkeswood & Peterson (1982) recorded this species' larval host as Muellerina eucalyptoides (Loranthaceae), Williams (1995) recorded this species from Euroschinus falcata (Anacardiaceae), Scolopia braunii (Flacourtiaceae), Acmena smithii, Tristaniopsis laurina, Waterhousea floribunda (Myrtaceae), Alphitonia excelsa (Rhamnaceae) and Guioa semiglauca (Sapindaceae).

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 [271] (Angophora hispida)

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 [47] (Angophora hispida)

Hawkeswood, T.J. 1987. Beetles of Australia. North Ryde, NSW : Angus & Robertson 248 pp. [57, plate 52] (Angophora hispida)

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 [2] (Angophora hispida)

Hawkeswood, T.J. & Peterson, M. 1982. A review of larval host records for Australian jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Victorian Naturalist 99: 240-251 [246] (Angophora hispida)

Turner, J. & Hawkeswood, T.J. 1998. Taxonomy, biology, geographic distribution and conservation of the rare Australian jewel beetle Stigmodera (Castiarina) armata Thomson (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Giornale Italiano di Entomologia 8(44): 191-206 [203] (Angophora hispida)

Webb, G.A. 1987. Beetle visitors to flowers of Angophora hispida (Sm.) Blaxell (Myrtaceae) and some other Angophora in the Sydney Region. Australian Zoologist 23: 59-62 [61] (Angophora hispida)

Williams, G.A. 1995. Pollination Ecology of Lowland Subtropical Rainforests in New South Wales. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of New South Wales, Kensington. (Angophora hispida)

Williams, G.A. & Adam, P. 1998. Pollen loads collected from large insects in Australian subtropical rainforests. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 120: 49-67 [52] (Angophora hispida)

Williams, G.A. & Adam, P. 2001. The insect assemblage visiting the flowers of the subtropical rainforest pioneer tree Alphitonia excelsa (Fenzl) Reiss. ex Benth. (Rhamnaceae). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 123: 235-259 [246] (Angophora hispida)

Williams, G.A. & Williams, T. 1983. A list of the Buprestidae (Coleoptera) of the Sydney basin, New South Wales, with adult food plant records and biological notes on food plant associations. Australian Entomological Magazine 9(6): 81-93 [89] (Angophora hispida)

 

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 [20]

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 [33] (checklist)

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] [41] (acutipennis)

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 196)

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]

Gardner, J.A. 1989. Revision of the genera of the tribe Stigmoderini (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) with a discussion of phylogenetic relationships. Invertebrate Taxonomy 3: 291-361 [341]

Hawkeswood, T.J. 1987. Beetles of Australia. North Ryde, NSW : Angus & Robertson 248 pp. [57] (Plate 72 [colour])

Hawkeswood, T.J. & Peterson, M. 1982. A review of larval host records for Australian jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Victorian Naturalist 99: 240-251 [246] (larval food plant)

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 [93] (2897)

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

Obenberger, J. 1934. Buprestidae 3. pp. 569-781 in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 132. [728]

 

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