Species Castiarina rubicunda (Carter, 1931)

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Regional Maps

• Stigmodera (Castiarina) rubicunda Carter, H.J. 1931. Notes on the genus Stigmodera (Family Buprestidae) together with descriptions of new species of and a retabulation of the subgenus Castiarina. The Australian Zoologist 6(4): 337-367 [346] [klugii species group].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV T3423 ♀, N.W. Australia, Upper Herbert River, WA.
• Stigmodera (Castiarina) violatra Deuquet, C.M. 1956. Notes on Australian Buprestidae, with descriptions of three new species and two subspecies of the genus Stigmodera, subgenus Castiarina. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 81: 153-156 [156].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ANIC ♂, the granite belt of Stanthorpe, S QLD.
  Paralectotype(s) ANIC ♀; AM ♀; RIB 2 specimens, sex unknown, Stanthorpe, QLD.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Britton, E.B. 1967. Transfer of type specimens of Stigmodera spp. from the Gemmell Collection of Coleoptera and a lectotype designation. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 6: 12 [12].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Central Arnhem (CA), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: N Gulf
  • Queensland: N Gulf

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 [20]

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 violatra valid species)

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)

Obenberger, J. 1934. Buprestidae 3. pp. 569-781 in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 132. [732]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-Sep-2024	BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815	10-Sep-2024	MOVED
15-Nov-2012		15-Nov-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)