Species Castiarina sexplagiata (Gory, 1841)
- Stigmodera (Castiarina) sexplagiata Gory, H.L. 1841. Histoire naturelle et iconographie des insectes Coléoptères. Supplement aux Buprestides. genera: Melanophila (pp. 73–77), Buprestis (pp. 107–111, 126), pp. 127–356, Stigmodera, Colobogaster, Chrysobothris, Belionota, Castalia, Poecilonota, Zemina, Stenogaster, Agrilus, Amorphosoma, Eumerus, Coraebus, Anthaxia, Evagora, Sphenoptera, Sponsor, Brachys, Trachys, Aphanisticus. Paris : P. Duménil Vol. 4(43-52) 73-356 pp. [132] [sexplagiata species group].
Type data:
Holotype MRSN sex unknown, Australia (as Nouvelle-Hollande). - Castiarina hopei Boheman, C.H. 1858. Coleoptera, species novas descripsit. Kongliga Svenska Fregatten Eugenies resa Omkring Jorden … 1851-1853. Vol. ii, Zoologi, 1, Insecta. Stockholm : P.A. Norstedt & Söner 112 pp. [61].
Type data:
Holotype NHRM sex unknown, Sydney (as Sidney, Nova Hollandia), NSW. - Castiarina similata Boheman, C.H. 1858. Coleoptera, species novas descripsit. Kongliga Svenska Fregatten Eugenies resa Omkring Jorden … 1851-1853. Vol. ii, Zoologi, 1, Insecta. Stockholm : P.A. Norstedt & Söner 112 pp. [62].
Type data:
Holotype NHRM sex unknown, Sydney (as Nova Hollandia (Sidney)), NSW. - Stigmodera krefftii 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 [245].
Type data:
Holotype AM K32425 sex unknown, Gayndah, QLD [25° 38' S 151° 37' E]. - Stigmodera (Castiarina) variata Kerremans, C. 1903. Coleoptera, Fam. Buprestidae. pp. 49-338 in Wytsman, P. (ed.). Genera Insectorum. Bruxelles : Verteneuil & Desmet Vol. 12b-d. [209].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH sex unknown, NSW (as Nouvelles-Galles du Sud). - Stigmodera (Castiarina) variata bohemaniella Obenberger, J. 1933. Notes on the Australian genus Stigmodera Eschsch. (Col. Bupr.). Acta Societatis Entomologicae Cechosloveniae 30: 65-76, 104-112 [76] [unavailable name, variety of variata Kerremans, 1903].
Type data:
Holotype NMPC sex unknown, none given.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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 [92]
- Carter, H.J. 1924. Australian Coleoptera — notes and new species. No. iv. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 49: 521-544 [521]
- Carter, H.J. 1940. Australian Buprestidae and the Junk Catalogue. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 11 6: 380-389 [388]
- 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 [21]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria
IBRA
NSW, Qld, SA, 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), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), 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), Nullarbor (NUL), 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), Stony Plains (STP), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales
- Queensland
- South Australia
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: diurnal, florivore (associated flora: Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps. [MYRTACEAE] Burgan (on flowers); Hakea teretifolia (Salisb.) Britten [PROTEACEAE] Dagger Hakea (on flowers); Conospermum taxifolium C.F.Gaertn. [PROTEACEAE] Devil's Rice (on flowers); Angophora hispida (Sm.) Blaxell [MYRTACEAE] Dwarf Apple (on flowers); Eucalyptus spp. [MYRTACEAE] Gum Trees (on flowers); Leptospermum trinervium (Sm.) Joy Thomps. [MYRTACEAE] Paperbark Teatree (on flowers); Leptospermum juniperinum Sm. [MYRTACEAE] Prickly Tea-tree (on flowers); Cassinia uncata A.Cunn. ex DC. [ASTERACEAE] Sticky Cassinia (on flowers); Leptospermum flavescens Sm. [MYRTACEAE] Tantoon (on flowers); Leptospermum spp. [MYRTACEAE] Tea-trees; Kunzea ambigua (Sm.) Druce [MYRTACEAE] Tick Bush (on flowers); Eucalyptus acmenoides Schauer, 1843 [MYRTACEAE] White Mahogany (on flowers); Eucalyptus ochrophloia F.Muell. [MYRTACEAE] Yapunyah (on flowers); Cassinia sp. [ASTERACEAE] (on flowers); Leptospermum parvifolium Sm. [MYRTACEAE] (on flowers); Leptospermum parvifolium Sm. [MYRTACEAE] (on flowers); Helichrysum sp. [ASTERACEAE] (on flowers); Angophora spp. [MYRTACEAE] (on flowers); Leptospermum polygalifolium Salisb. [MYRTACEAE] (on flowers)), volant.
Larva: wood-borer.
Extra Ecological Information
Williams (1977) recorded this species from flowers of Leptospermum flavescens (Myrtaceae). Williams & Williams (1983) recorded this species from Hakea teretifolia (Proteaceae), Angophora hispida, Eucalyptus sp., Leptospermum attenuatum, L. juniperinum, L. parvifolium, one unidentified species of Leptospermum (Myrtaceae) and Cassinia sp. (Asteraceae), Hawkeswood (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 [287] (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 [50] (Leptospermum flavescens)
Brooks, J.G. 1969. North Queensland Coleoptera - their food and host plants. IV. North Queensland Naturalist 36: 3-5 [3] (Leptospermum flavescens)
Burns, J. & Burns, G. 1988. Buprestidae. Victorian Entomologist 18(2): 26-28 [26] (Leptospermum flavescens)
Carter, H.J. 1933. Gulliver in the bush. Wanderings of an Australian entomologists. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 234 pp. 9 pls. [218] (Leptospermum flavescens)
Hawkeswood, T.J. 1986. Observations on some Buprestidae (Coleoptera) from the Blue Mountains, N.S.W. (Corrections). Contributions to Australian Biological Science 2: 1-2 [2] (Leptospermum flavescens)
Hawkeswood, T.J. 1987. Beetles of Australia. North Ryde, NSW : Angus & Robertson 248 pp. [55, plate 67] (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)
Hawkeswood, T.J. 2007. Pollination of Conospermum taxifolium R. Br. (Proteaceae) by jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) in north-eastern New South Wales, Australia. Calodema Supplementary Paper 26: 1-4 [1] (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. Flower-visiting beetles of some New South Wales Leptospermoidea. The Victorian Naturalist 103(6): 170-174 [172] (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 [60] (Leptospermum flavescens)
Williams, G.A. 1977. A list of Buprestidae (Coleoptera) collected from Leptospermum flavescens Sm. at East Minto, New South Wales. Australian Entomological Magazine 3: 81-82 [82] (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 [21]
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 [34] (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 211)
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] [298]
Hawkeswood, T.J. 1987. Beetles of Australia. North Ryde, NSW : Angus & Robertson 248 pp. [55] (Plate 67 [colour])
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)
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 [89] (kreffti 2854, plagiata 2896)
Obenberger, J. 1933. Notes on the Australian genus Stigmodera Eschsch. (Col. Bupr.). Acta Societatis Entomologicae Cechosloveniae 30: 65-76, 104-112 [75] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement variata as senior synonym of sexplagiata; hopei, similata varieties)
Obenberger, J. 1934. Buprestidae 3. pp. 569-781 in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 132. [735] (variety of variata)
Obenberger, J. 1934. Buprestidae 3. pp. 569-781 in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 132. [744] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement variata as senior synonym)
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] [42]
Williams, G.A. 1977. A list of Buprestidae (Coleoptera) collected from Leptospermum flavescens Sm. at East Minto, New South Wales. Australian Entomological Magazine 3: 81-82 [82] (adult host plant)
History of changes
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| 04-Aug-2021 | BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 | 27-May-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 24-Dec-2020 | BUPRESTOIDEA | 16-Jun-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 01-Jul-2020 | POLYPHAGA | 16-Jun-2022 | MODIFIED | Max Beatson |
| 05-Mar-2019 | BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 | 16-Jun-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Mar-2019 | Buprestinae Leach, 1815 | 16-Jun-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Mar-2019 | Buprestinae Leach, 1815 | 16-Jun-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 28-Jan-2014 | BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 | 16-Jun-2022 | MODIFIED | Dr Federica Turco (QM) |
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