Species Chalcophorotaenia cuprascens (Waterhouse, 1875)
- Chalcotaenia cuprascens Waterhouse, C.O. 1875. Descriptions of new Coleoptera from Australia. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 1875: 191-206 [203].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH sex unknown, Port Bowen, QLD. - Chalcotaenia australis Fairmaire, L. 1877. Diagnoses de Coléoptères australiens et mélanésiens. Petites Nouvelles Entomologiques 2(180): 166–167 [15 Sept. 1877] [166].
Type data:
Holotype MGH sex unknown, Rockhampton, QLD. - Chalcotaenia fairmairei 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] [nom. nov. for australis Fairmaire, 1877].
- Chalcotaenia australis Thomson, J. 1878. Typi Buprestidarum Musaei Thomsoniani. Paris : E. Deyrolle 103 pp. [19] [junior objective synonym of australis Fairmaire, 1877].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP sex unknown, Australia.
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 [66] (key)
Distribution
States
Queensland
IBRA
Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Queensland
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: diurnal, herbivore (associated flora: Pleiogynium cerasiferum (F.Muell.) R.Parker [ANACARDIACEAE] Queensland Hog-Plum (adults on foliage)), 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 [49] (Pleiogynium cerasiferum)
Brooks, J.G. 1969. North Queensland Coleoptera - their food and host plants. IV. North Queensland Naturalist 36: 3-5 [5] (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. 1922. Australian Coleoptera: Notes and new species. No. ii. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 47(2): 65-82 [66] (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]
Fairmaire, L. 1878. Descriptions de Coléoptères nouveaux ou peu connus du Musée Godeffroy. Journal des Museum Godeffroy, Hamburg 14: 1-35 [17] (australis Fairmaire)
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] (cuprascens 2630, fairmairei 2632)
Obenberger, J. 1926. Buprestidae 1. pp. 1-212 in W. Junk & S. Schenkling (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 84. [145]
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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03-Oct-2024 | BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 | 03-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | |
16-Jun-2022 | BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 | 10-Sep-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 | |
28-Jan-2014 | BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 | 03-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Federica Turco (QM) |
05-Sep-2012 | 03-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
03-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED |