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Species Cyrioides imperialis (Fabricius, 1801)

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Species Cyrioides imperialis (Fabricius, 1801)

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Australian Capital Territory
    • New South Wales
    • Queensland: Bulloo River basin, Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
    • South Australia: SE coastal
    • Tasmania
    • Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: diurnal, herbivore (associated flora: Angophora hispida (Sm.) Blaxell [MYRTACEAE] Dwarf Apple; Banksia spinulosa Sm. [PROTEACEAE] Hairpin Banksia (on flowers or foliage); Banksia ericifolia L.f. [PROTEACEAE] Heath Leaved Banksia (on flowers or foliage); Banksia serrata L.f. [PROTEACEAE] Saw Banksia (on flowers or foliage); Banksia marginata Cav. [PROTEACEAE] Silver Banksia (on flowers or foliage); Leptospermum sp. [MYRTACEAE] Tea-tree (on flowers or foliage); Leptospermum polygalifolium Salisb. [MYRTACEAE]; Banksia spp. [PROTEACEAE] (on flowers or foliage)), volant.

Larva: wood-borer (associated flora: Banksia integrifolia L.f. [PROTEACEAE] Coast Banksia; Banksia spinulosa Sm. [PROTEACEAE] Hairpin Banksia; Banksia serrata L.f. [PROTEACEAE] Saw Banksia; Banksia serrata L.f. [PROTEACEAE] Saw Banksia; Banksia marginata Cav. [PROTEACEAE] Silver Banksia; Banksia spp. [PROTEACEAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

Williams (1977) recorded this species from foliage of Leptospermum flavescens (Myrtaceae); Hawkeswood (1978) listed this species from Banksia spinulosa (Proteaceae); Williams & Williams (1983) recorded this species from Banksia sp. and one unidentified species of Leptospermum; Hawkeswood (1988) cited French's (1900) record of biology and larval hosts, Banksia integrifolia; Cowie (2001) recorded this species from Banksia marginata from dune and heath country in Tasmania.

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 [132] (Angophora hispida)

Cowie, D. 2001. Jewel Beetles of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Field Naturalists' Club Inc. 41 pp. [5] (Angophora hispida)

French, C. 1900. A handbook of the destructive insects of Victoria, with notes on the methods to be adopted to check and extirpate them. Melbourne : Government Printer. Vol. 3 pp. 1-229. [67] (Angophora hispida)

Froggatt, W.W. 1907. Family 29. Jewel Beetles. Buprestidae. 162-165, pl. xviii in Froggatt, W.W. Australian Insects. Sydney : W. Brooks & Co. xiv 449 pp., 37 pls. [Date published April 11, 1907] [162] (Angophora hispida)

Froggatt, W.W. 1914. Insects associated with Angophora cordifolia. The Australian Naturalist 3: 18-20 [18] (Angophora hispida)

Hangay, G. & Zborowski, P. 2010. A guide to the beetles of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria : CSIRO Publishing pp. 248. [107] (Angophora hispida)

Hanlon, T.M.S. 1981. Jewel beetles. Hemisphere 26(6): 322-326 [324] (Angophora hispida)

Hawkeswood, T.J. 1978. Observations on some Buprestidae (Coleoptera) from the Blue Mountains, N.S.W. The Australian Zoologist 19(3): 257-275 [260] (Angophora hispida)

Hawkeswood, T. J. 1988. A review of larval host records for twelve Australian Buprestidae (Coleoptera). Giornale Italiano di Entomologia 4: 81-88 [84] (Angophora hispida)

Hawkeswood, T.J. 2007. A review of the biology and a new larval host plant for Cyrioides imperialis (Fabricius, 1801) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Calodema Supplementary Paper 25: 1-3 [1] (Angophora hispida)

McKeown, K.C. 1942. Australian Insects. An Introductory Handbook. Sydney : Sydney & Melbourne Publishing Co. Pty Ltd 303 pp. [134] (Angophora hispida)

Sorauer, P., and Reh, L. 1913. Handbuch der Pflanzenkrankheiten. Volume 3. Berlin : Paul Parey 1, pp. 485. [485] (Angophora hispida)

Sundholm, A. 1983. The jewel beetle: Cyria imperialis (Fabricius) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Chalcophorinae). Circular Entomological Section. Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 28: 12-14 [12] (Angophora hispida)

Tepper, J.G.O. 1887. Common native insects of South Australia. A popular guide to South Australian Entomology. Part 1. Coleoptera or beetles. Adelaide : E.S. Wiggs & Son 46 pp. [15] (Angophora hispida)

Tillyard, R.J. 1926. The Insects of Australia and New Zealand. Sydney : Angus and Robertson xi 560 pp. 44 pls. [219] (Angophora hispida)

Webb, G.A. 1987. Beetle visitors to flowers of Angophora hispida (Sm.) Blaxell (Myrtaceae) and some other Angophora in the Sydney Region. Australian Zoologist 23: 59-62 [61] (Angophora hispida)

Williams, G.A. 1977. A list of Buprestidae (Coleoptera) collected from Leptospermum flavescens Sm. at East Minto, New South Wales. Australian Entomological Magazine 3: 81-82 [82] (Angophora hispida)

Williams, G.A. & Williams, T. 1983. A list of the Buprestidae (Coleoptera) of the Sydney basin, New South Wales, with adult food plant records and biological notes on food plant associations. Australian Entomological Magazine 9(6): 81-93 [88] (Angophora hispida)

Wilson, P. 1977. The living bush: a naturalist's guide. Melbourne : Thomas Nelson pp. 104. [54] (Angophora hispida)

 

General References

Boisduval, J.A. 1835. Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826–1827–1828–1829, sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont d'Urville. Faune Entomologique de l'Océan Pacifique, avec l'illustration des insectes nouveaux recueillis pendant le voyage. 2me Partie. Coléoptères et autres Ordres. Paris : J. Tastu vii 716 pp. [Date published 27-III-1835] [61]

Burns, G.G. & Burns, A.J. 1992. The distribution of Victorian jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) - an ENTRECS project. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Victoria 5: 1-53 [6] (Map 11)

Carter, H.J. 1908. Revision of the genus Seirotrana, together with descriptions of new species of other Australian Coleoptera. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 33(2): 392-422 [418]

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]

Cowie, D. 2001. Jewel Beetles of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Field Naturalists' Club Inc. 41 pp. [5] (host and distribution)

French, C.A. 1900. Chapter l. The Banksia borer (Cyria imperialis Donovan). 67-69, pl. xliv in Anon. (ed.). Handbook of the destructive insects of Victoria, with notes on the methods to be adopted to check and extirpate them. Melbourne : Victorian Department of Agriculture Vol. 3 229 pp. [67] (biology)

Hawkeswood, T.J. 1978. Observations on some Buprestidae (Coleoptera) from the Blue Mountains, N.S.W. The Australian Zoologist 19(3): 257-275 [260] (host note)

Hawkeswood, T.J. 1988. A review of larval host records for twelve Australian Buprestidae (Coleoptera). Giornale Italiano di Entomologia 4: 81-88 [84] (larval food plants)

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). [19] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement Cyria)

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 [67] (2621)

Matthews, E.G. 1985. A guide to the genera of beetles of South Australia, Part 4 Polyphaga: Byrrhoidea, Buprestoidea, Dyropoidea, Elateroidea, Cantharoidea, Derodontoidea, and Bostrichoidea. South Australian Museum, Special Education Bulletin 7: 1-68 [4]

Obenberger, J. 1926. Buprestidae 1. pp. 1-212 in W. Junk & S. Schenkling (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 84. [113]

Saunders, E. 1868. A revision of the Australian Buprestidae described by the Rev. F. W. Hope. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 16: 1-67 [Date published April 1868] [3]

Williams, G.A. 1977. A list of Buprestidae (Coleoptera) collected from Leptospermum flavescens Sm. at East Minto, New South Wales. Australian Entomological Magazine 3: 81-82 [82] (adult host plant)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
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
05-Mar-2019 Buprestinae Leach, 1815 03-Oct-2024 MODIFIED
05-Mar-2019 Buprestinae Leach, 1815 03-Oct-2024 MODIFIED
28-Jan-2014 BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 03-Oct-2024 MODIFIED Dr Federica Turco (QM)
03-Oct-2024 MODIFIED