Subspecies Cyphogastra pistor pistor (Laporte & Gory, 1835)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Chrysodema pistor Laporte de Castelnau, F.L. & Gory, H.L. 1835. Histoire Naturelle et Iconographie des Insectes Coléoptères. Monographie des Buprestides. Sternocera, Julodis, Acmaeodera, Chrysochroa, Chrysodema, Ptosima. Paris : P. Duménil Vol. 1(1-7). [25].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MNHP number unknown, Australia (as Nouv.-Hollande).
• Cyphogastra browni Carter, H.J. 1921. Australian Coleoptera: Notes and new species. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 46(3): 301-323 [305].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV T12005 sex unknown, NT.
• Chrysodema saundersi Macleay, W.J. 1888. The insects of the vicinity of King's Sound, N.W. Australia. Part III.–The Sternoxes, Family Buprestidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 2 3(3): 1227-1246 [Date published Dec. 7, 1888] [1227].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ANIC(MMUS) 4 specimens, sex unknown, King Sound (as King's Sound), WA.

  Secondary source:

   Britton, E.B. & Stanbury, P.J. 1981. Type specimens in the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney. VIII. Insects: Beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 105(4): 241-293 [284].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Carter, H.J. 1916. Revision of the genus Stigmodera, and descriptions of some new species of Buprestidae. (Order Coleoptera). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 40: 78–144, pls 9,10 [139]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

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 (associated flora: Planchonia careya (F.Muell.) R.Knuth [LECYTHIDACEAE] Cocky Apple; Acacia bidwillii Benth. [FABACEAE] Dogwood; Terminalia petiolaris Benth. [COMBRETACEAE] Marool; Pleiogynium cerasiferum (F.Muell.) R.Parker [ANACARDIACEAE] Queensland Hog-Plum; Terminalia catappa L. [COMBRETACEAE] Tropical Almond), volant.

Larva: wood-borer (associated flora: Acacia bidwillii Benth. [FABACEAE] Dogwood; Terminalia petiolaris Benth. [COMBRETACEAE] Marool; Terminalia catappa L. [COMBRETACEAE] Tropical Almond).

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 [54] (Terminalia catappa)

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 [18] (Terminalia catappa)

Brooks, J.G. 1969. North Queensland Coleoptera - their food and host plants. IV. North Queensland Naturalist 36: 3-5 [4, 5] (Terminalia catappa)

Golding, M.R. 2008. A pictorial field guide to the beetles of Australia. Part 3: Chalcophorinae. Joondalup, Western Australia : Ocean Publishing pp. 45. [6] (Terminalia catappa)

Hawkeswood, T.J. 1986. New larval host records for eight Australian jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Giornale Italiano di Entomologia 3: 173-177 [176] (Terminalia catappa)

 

General 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 [53]

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. 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] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement browni as valid species)

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]

Obenberger, J. 1926. Buprestidae 1. pp. 1-212 in W. Junk & S. Schenkling (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 84. [119]

Obenberger, J. 1926. Buprestidae 1. pp. 1-212 in W. Junk & S. Schenkling (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 84. [116] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement browni as valid species)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
16-Jun-2022	BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815	16-Jun-2022	MODIFIED
04-Aug-2021	BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815	27-May-2022	MODIFIED
24-Dec-2020	BUPRESTOIDEA	16-Jun-2022	MODIFIED
01-Jul-2020	POLYPHAGA	16-Jun-2022	MODIFIED	Max Beatson
05-Mar-2019	BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815	16-Jun-2022	MODIFIED
28-Jan-2014	BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815	16-Jun-2022	MODIFIED	Dr Federica Turco (QM)
05-Sep-2012		16-Jun-2022	MODIFIED
		16-Jun-2022	MODIFIED