Species Chalcophorotaenia quadriimpressa (Waterhouse, 1875)
- Chalcotaenia quadriimpressa Waterhouse, C.O. 1875. Descriptions of new Coleoptera from Australia. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 1875: 191-206 [204].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH sex unknown, North Australia. - Chalcotaenia sulciventris 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. [270].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH sex unknown, Crown Point.
Paratype(s) NMV T12015 sex unknown. - Chalcotaenia boucardi Théry, A. 1923. Études sur les Buprestides. (Troisième partie). Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 52: 193-270 [225].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP sex unknown, N QLD. - Chalcotaenia finitima Obenberger, J. 1928. Opuscula Buprestologica I. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Buprestiden (Col.). Archiv für Naturgeschichte 92(9-11): 1-350 [54] [nom. nud.].
Secondary source:
Obenberger, J. 1928. Opuscula Buprestologica I. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Buprestiden (Col.). Archiv für Naturgeschichte 92(9-11): 1-350 [54].
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]
- Carter, H.J. 1924. Australian Coleoptera — notes and new species. No. iv. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 49: 521-544 [522]
- Théry, A. 1926. Recherches synonymiques sur les Buprestides et descriptions d'espèces nouvelles. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 66(1-2): 33-74 [66]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
IBRA
NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gascoyne (GAS), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Yalgoo (YAL)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
- Queensland: N Gulf
- Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: diurnal, herbivore (associated flora: Eucalyptus spp. [MYRTACEAE] Gum Trees (on foliage)), volant.
Larva: wood-borer (associated flora: Gastrolobium grandiflorum F.Muell. [FABACEAE] Wallflower Poison).
Extra Ecological Information
Hawkeswood (1986) recorded this species bred from Gastrolobium grandiflorum (Fabaceae).
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 [50] (Eucalyptus spp.)
Golding, M.R. 2008. A pictorial field guide to the beetles of Australia. Part 3: Chalcophorinae. Joondalup, Western Australia : Ocean Publishing pp. 45. [6] (Eucalyptus spp.)
Hawkeswood, T.J. 1986. New larval host records for eight Australian jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Giornale Italiano di Entomologia 3: 173-177 [175] (Eucalyptus spp.)
General References
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]
Carter, H.J. 1940. Australian Buprestidae and the Junk Catalogue. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 11 6: 380-389 [382]
Hawkeswood, T.J. 1986. New larval host records for eight Australian jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Giornale Italiano di Entomologia 3: 173-177 [175] (larval host plant)
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] (sulciventris)
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 [69] (2642)
Obenberger, J. 1926. Buprestidae 1. pp. 1-212 in W. Junk & S. Schenkling (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 84. [145] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement boucardi as valid species)
Obenberger, J. 1926. Buprestidae 1. pp. 1-212 in W. Junk & S. Schenkling (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 84. [146]
Théry, A. 1926. Recherches synonymiques sur les Buprestides et descriptions d'espèces nouvelles. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 66(1-2): 33-74 [66]
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 |