Species Chalcophorotaenia australasiae (Saunders, 1872)
- Chalcotaenia australasiae Saunders, E. 1872. Description of twenty new species of Buprestidae. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 20: 239-254 [248].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH sex unknown, NW Australia. - Chalcotaenia occidentalis Waterhouse, C.O. 1875. Descriptions of new Coleoptera from Australia. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 1875: 191-206 [205].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH sex unknown, Nicol Bay, WA. - Chalcotaenia angulipennis Blackburn, T. 1896. Coleoptera (exclusive of the Carabidae). pp. 254-308 in Spencer, B. (ed.). Report on the work of the Horn Scientific Expedition to Central Australia. Part ii. Zoology. London : Dulau iv 431 pp. [269].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH sex unknown, Illara water, Illamurta, Carmichael Creek, Alice Springs, NT.
Paratype(s) NMV T12009 sex unknown.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Carter, H.J. 1922. Australian Coleoptera: Notes and new species. No. ii. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 47(2): 65-82 [65]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Western Australia
IBRA
NT, WA: Burt Plain (BRT), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Yalgoo (YAL)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Northern Territory: W plateau
- Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: diurnal, herbivore (associated flora: Eucalyptus spp. [MYRTACEAE] Gum Trees; Pleiogynium cerasiferum (F.Muell.) R.Parker [ANACARDIACEAE] Queensland Hog-Plum; Grevillea sp. [PROTEACEAE]), volant.
Larva: wood-borer.
Extra Ecological Information
Brooks (1969) listed this species from Burdekin Plum (Pleiogynium cerasiferum, Anacardiaceae).
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 [48] (Pleiogynium cerasiferum)
Brooks, J.G. 1969. North Queensland Coleoptera - their food and host plants. IV. North Queensland Naturalist 36: 3-5 [5] (Pleiogynium cerasiferum)
Golding, M.R. 2008. A pictorial field guide to the beetles of Australia. Part 3: Chalcophorinae. Joondalup, Western Australia : Ocean Publishing pp. 45. [6] (Pleiogynium cerasiferum)
General References
Brooks, J.G. 1969. North Queensland Coleoptera - their food and host plants. IV. North Queensland Naturalist 36: 3-5 (adult food plant)
Carter, H.J. 1921. Results of Dr. E. Mjöberg's Swedish scientific expeditions to Australia 1910–1913. 25. Buprestidae. Arkiv för Zoologi 13(22): 1-6 [2]
Carter, H.J. 1922. Australian Coleoptera: Notes and new species. No. ii. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 47(2): 65-82 [65, 66] (note, key)
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] [301]
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 [xviii] (angulipennis)
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 [68] (australasiae 2629, occidentalis 2639)
Obenberger, J. 1926. Buprestidae 1. pp. 1-212 in W. Junk & S. Schenkling (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 84. [145]
Obenberger, J. 1928. Opuscula Buprestologica I. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Buprestiden (Col.). Archiv für Naturgeschichte 92(9-11): 1-350 [54] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement australasiae, angulipennis distinct species)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16-Jun-2022 | BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 | 16-Jun-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 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 | |
| 28-Jan-2014 | BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 | 16-Jun-2022 | MODIFIED | Dr Federica Turco (QM) |
| 05-Sep-2012 | 16-Jun-2022 | MODIFIED | ||
| 16-Jun-2022 | MODIFIED |