Species Chalcophorotaenia cerata (Kerremans, 1891)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Chalcotaenia cerata Kerremans, C. 1891. Buprestides nouveaux et remarques synonymiques. Bulletin ou Comptes-rendus des Séances de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 35: clvi-clxiv [clix].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH sex unknown, S Australia.

 

Generic Combinations

• Pseudotaenia cerata (Kerremans, 1891). —
  Kerremans, C. 1903. Coleoptera, Fam. Buprestidae. pp. 49-338 in Wytsman, P. (ed.). Genera Insectorum. Bruxelles : Verteneuil & Desmet Vol. 12b-d. [77]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA: Channel Country (CHC), Finke (FIN), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • South Australia: Lake Eyre basin

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: diurnal, herbivore, volant.

Larva: wood-borer.

 

General References

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. [268]

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] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement Chalcotaenia)

Obenberger, J. 1926. Buprestidae 1. pp. 1-212 in W. Junk & S. Schenkling (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 84. [146]

 

History of changes

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