Species Diphucrania rubriceps (Barker, 2006)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cisseis rubriceps Barker, S. 2006. Twenty-five new species of Cisseis (sensu stricto) and two new synonyms (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 130(2): 257-284 [277].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA I 21 748 ♂ (on Acacia leaves), 9 km S Pingelly, W.A.

Generic Combinations

• Diphucrania rubriceps (Barker, 2006). —
  ICZN 2008. Opinion 2214 (Case 3366): Cisseis Gory & Laporte de Castelnau, 1839 and Curis Gory & Laporte de Castelnau, 1838 (Insecta, Coleoptera, BUPRESTIDAE): generic names not conserved. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 65(4): 325-326

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Coolgardie (COO), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA)

Ecological Descriptors

Folivore (associated flora: Eucalyptus sp. [MYRTACEAE] Gum Tree (on flowers); Acacia sp. [FABACEAE] Wattle (on foliage); Grevillea sp. [PROTEACEAE] (on foliage)).

General References

Bellamy, C.L., Williams, G.A., Hasenpusch, J. & Sundholm, A. 2013. A summary of the published data on host plants and morphology of immature stages of Australian jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), with additional new records. Insecta Mundi 0293: 1-172 [69]

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