Species Castiarina tricolor (Kirby, 1818)
- Buprestis tricolor Kirby, W. 1818. XXVIII. A description of several new species of insects collected in New Holland by Robert Brown, Esq. F.R.S. Lib. Linn. Soc. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 12: 454-482 pls XXI-XXIII [455].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown sex unknown, Australia. - Stigmodera curta Saunders, E. 1868. Descriptions of fifty new species of the genus Stigmodera. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 9: 460-493 [467].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH sex unknown, Australia. - Stigmodera (Castiarina) opima Kerremans, C. 1903. Coleoptera, Fam. Buprestidae. pp. 49-338 in Wytsman, P. (ed.). Genera Insectorum. Bruxelles : Verteneuil & Desmet Vol. 12b-d. [207].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH sex unknown, Australia (as Australie).
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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] [299]
- 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]
Distribution
States
New South Wales
IBRA
NSW: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), 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)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: diurnal, florivore (associated flora: Hakea teretifolia (Salisb.) Britten [PROTEACEAE] Dagger Hakea (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 flavescens Sm. [MYRTACEAE] Tantoon (on flowers); Leptospermum spp. [MYRTACEAE] Tea-trees (on flowers); Kunzea ambigua (Sm.) Druce [MYRTACEAE] Tick Bush (on flowers); Kunzea sp. [MYRTACEAE] (on flowers); Angophora spp. [MYRTACEAE] (on flowers)), volant.
Larva: wood-borer.
Extra Ecological Information
Williams & Williams (1983) recorded this species from Hakea teretifolia (Proteaceae), Angophora hispida, Eucalyptus sp., Leptospermum attenuatum, L. flavescens and one unidentified species of Leptospermum.
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 [297] (Leptospermum flavescens)
Hawkeswood, T.J. 1987. Beetles of Australia. North Ryde, NSW : Angus & Robertson 248 pp. [55, plate 68] (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 [62] (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 [22]
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)
Barker, S. 1988. Contributions to the taxonomy of Stigmodera (Castiarina) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 112(3): 133-142 [135] (note)
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] [299]
Hawkeswood, T.J. 1987. Beetles of Australia. North Ryde, NSW : Angus & Robertson 248 pp. [55] (Plate 68 [colour])
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 [97] (2950)
Obenberger, J. 1934. Buprestidae 3. pp. 569-781 in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 132. [743]
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] [64]
History of changes
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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 |