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Species Castiarina scalaris (Boisduval, 1835)

 

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), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), 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), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
    • Queensland: NE coastal
    • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: diurnal, florivore (associated flora: Bursaria spinosa Cav. [PITTOSPORACEAE] Boxthorn (on flowers); Hakea teretifolia (Salisb.) Britten [PROTEACEAE] Dagger Hakea (on flowers); Angophora hispida (Sm.) Blaxell [MYRTACEAE] Dwarf Apple (on flowers); Ozothamnus obcordatus DC. [ASTERACEAE] Grey Everlasting (on flowers); Angophora bakeri E.C.Hall [MYRTACEAE] Narrow-Leaved Apple (on flowers); Leptospermum trinervium (Sm.) Joy Thomps. [MYRTACEAE] Paperbark Teatree (on flowers); Cassinia uncata A.Cunn. ex DC. [ASTERACEAE] Sticky Cassinia (on flowers); Leptospermum flavescens Sm. [MYRTACEAE] Tantoon (on flowers); Leptospermum sp. [MYRTACEAE] Tea-tree (on flowers); Kunzea ambigua (Sm.) Druce [MYRTACEAE] Tick Bush (on flowers); Kunzea sp. [MYRTACEAE] (on flowers); Xanthorrhoea sp. [XANTHORRHOEACEAE] (on flowers); Leptospermum morrisonii Joy Thomps. [MYRTACEAE] (on flowers); Helichrysum sp. [ASTERACEAE] (on flowers)), volant.

Larva: wood-borer.

Extra Ecological Information

Hawkeswood (1978) listed this species from Angophora bakeri and Leptospermum flavescens, Williams & Williams (1983) recorded this species from Angophora hispida, Leptospermum attenuatum, and two unidentified species of Leptospermum, and Hawkeswood (1978, 1991) recorded it from Cassinia uncata.

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 [283] (Leptospermum flavescens)

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 [49] (Leptospermum flavescens)

Carter, H.J. 1933. Gulliver in the bush. Wanderings of an Australian entomologists. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 234 pp. 9 pls. [176] (Leptospermum flavescens)

Froggatt, W.W. 1914. Insects associated with Angophora cordifolia. The Australian Naturalist 3: 18-20 [18] (Leptospermum flavescens)

Hawkeswood, T.J. 1978. Observations on some Buprestidae (Coleoptera) from the Blue Mountains, N.S.W. The Australian Zoologist 19(3): 257-275 [260] (Leptospermum flavescens)

Hawkeswood, T.J. 1987. Pollination of Leptospermum flavescens Sm. (Myrtaceae) by beetles (Coleoptera) in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia. Giornale Italiano di Entomologia 3: 261-269 [266] (Leptospermum flavescens)

Hawkeswood, T.J. 1991. Additional notes on the jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from the lower Blue Mountains, New South Wales. Victorian Entomologist 21(2): 54-60 [57] (Leptospermum flavescens)

Tepper, J.G.O. 1887. Common native insects of South Australia. A popular guide to South Australian Entomology. Part 1. Coleoptera or beetles. Adelaide : E.S. Wiggs & Son 46 pp. [19] (Leptospermum flavescens)

Turner, J. & Hawkeswood, T.J. 1994. Observations on some Buprestidae (Coleoptera) from the Kanangra-Boyd area, New South Wales, Australia. Giornale Italiano di Entomologia 7(36): 41-48 [46] (Leptospermum flavescens)

Webb, G.A. 1986. Some insect pollinators of Kunzea ambigua (Sm.) Druce (Myrtaceae) near Sydney, New South Wales. The Victorian Naturalist 103(1): 12-15 [14] (Leptospermum flavescens)

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] (Leptospermum flavescens)

Webb, G.A. 1987. Insect visitors to Helichrysum bracteatum (Vent.) and some other Asteraceae near Bombala, New South Wales. The Victorian Naturalist 104(5): 145-149 [147] (Leptospermum flavescens)

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 [88] (Leptospermum flavescens)

 

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 [19, 22] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement macleayi, transversepicta 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)

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 [13] (Map 205)

Carter, H.J. 1924. Australian Coleoptera — notes and new species. No. iv. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 49: 521-544 [533] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement crucioides = cyanicollis)

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] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement macleayi 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] [297]

Hawkeswood, T.J. 1978. Observations on some Buprestidae (Coleoptera) from the Blue Mountains, N.S.W. The Australian Zoologist 19(3): 257-275 [260] (host notes)

Hawkeswood, T.J. 1991. Additional notes on the jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from the lower Blue Mountains, New South Wales. Victorian Entomologist 21(2): 54-60 [57] (host notes)

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] (macleayi)

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 [84, 95, 99] (cyanicollis 2799, scalaris 2926, viridis 2967)

Obenberger, J. 1928. Opuscula Buprestologica I. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Buprestiden (Col.). Archiv für Naturgeschichte 92(9-11): 1-350 [71]

Obenberger, J. 1934. Buprestidae 3. pp. 569-781 in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 132. [735]

Obenberger, J. 1934. Buprestidae 3. pp. 569-781 in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 132. [695, 717, 722, 748] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement cyanicollis, macleayi, viridis as valid species, transversepicta as variety of obscura, crucioides as subspecies)

Saunders, E. 1868. A revision of the Australian Buprestidae described by the Rev. F. W. Hope. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 16: 1-67 [Date published April 1868] [44]

 

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