Species Cyphogastra pistor (Laporte & Gory, 1835)
Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement
- 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 [71]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
IBRA
NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
- Queensland: N Gulf
- Western Australia: N coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: diurnal, herbivore, volant.
Larva: wood-borer.
Extra Ecological Information
Brooks (1969) listed this species from Burdekin Plum (Pleiogynium cerasiferum, Anacardiaceae) and Planchonia careya (Lecythidaceae); Hawkeswood (1986) recorded this species emerging from Terminalia catappa (Combretaceae).
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. Australian Coleoptera: Notes and new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 46(3): 301-323 [303]
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. 1927. Australian Coleoptera: Notes and new species. No. v. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 52(2): 222-234 [222]
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] [300]
Hawkeswood, T.J. 1986. New larval host records for eight Australian jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Giornale Italiano di Entomologia 3: 173-177 [176] (larval host plant)
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] (2640)
Obenberger, J. 1926. Buprestidae 1. pp. 1-212 in W. Junk & S. Schenkling (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 84. [119]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Sep-2012 | 05-Sep-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |