Species Diphucrania cyaneopyga (Carter, 1923)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Cisseis laticollis cyaneopyga Carter, H.J. 1923. Revision of the genera Ethon, Cisseis and their allies (Buprestidae). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 48(2): 159-176 [170] [variety of laticollis Carter, 1923].

  Type data:

   Lectotype AM K67292 sex unknown, Lake Austin, WA [27° 37' 24" S 117° 54' 48" E].
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1 ♀, none given.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Barker, S. 1999. Designation of lectotypes of three species of Cisseis (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 123(4): 155 [155].
• Cisseis goerlingi Carter, H.J. 1936. Australian Coleoptera. Notes and new species. No. X. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 61(3-4): 98-110 [104].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM K67466 sex unknown, Marloo Station, Wurarga, WA [28° 18' 59" S 116° 10' 56" E].
  Paratype(s) AM 3 specimens, sex unknown, same as holotype.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Barker, S. 1999. Designation of lectotypes of three species of Cisseis (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 123(4): 155 [155]

 

Generic Combinations

• Diphucrania cyaneopyga (Carter, 1923). —
  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

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

WA: Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Tanami (TAN)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: diurnal, herbivore, volant.

Larva: wood-borer.

 

General References

Barker, S. 1999. Designation of lectotypes of three species of Cisseis (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 123(4): 155 [155] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement cyaneopyga as full 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] [278]

Obenberger, J. 1935. Buprestidae 4. pp. 785-934 in W. Junk & S. Schenkling (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. 's-Gravenhage : W. Junk Vol. 143. [848]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
28-Jan-2014	BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815	23-Oct-2013	MODIFIED	Dr Federica Turco (QM)
13-Jan-2011		23-Oct-2013	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)