Species Diphucrania roseocuprea (Hope, 1846)
- Ethon roseocupreum Hope, F.W. 1846. Descriptions of new species of Buprestidae from New Holland. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 17: 62-65 [64].
Type data:
Holotype OUM COLE0889 sex unknown, Morialta (as Moriatta), SA. - Cisseis dispar Blackburn, T. 1891. Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part X. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 14: 292-345 [297].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH sex unknown, VIC. - Cisseis fairmairei Kerremans, C. 1898. Buprestides nouveaux de l'Australie et des régiones voisines. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 42: 113-182 [169].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH sex unknown, Australia (as Australie). - Cisseis cuprea Kerremans, C. 1903. Coleoptera, Fam. Buprestidae. pp. 49-338 in Wytsman, P. (ed.). Genera Insectorum. Bruxelles : Verteneuil & Desmet Vol. 12b-d. [228].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH sex unknown, NSW (as Nouvelles-Galles du Sud).
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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 [167]
- Barker, S. 2002. A check list of the Cisseis (sensu stricto) Gory & Laporte, 1839 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 35(1): 85-90 [88]
Generic Combinations
- Cisseis roseocuprea (Hope, 1846).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
IBRA
NSW, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), 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), Stony Plains (STP), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales
- South Australia
- Victoria: SE coastal
- Western Australia
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: diurnal, herbivore (associated flora: Leptospermum sp. [MYRTACEAE] Tea-tree (on foliage); Goodia sp. [FABACEAE] (on foliage (misspelled as "Goodenia" by Bellamy (2013))); Baeckea sp. [MYRTACEAE] (on foliage); Dillwynia floribunda teretifolia (DC.) Blakely [FABACEAE]; Epacris sp. [ERICACEAE] (on foliage); Xyris sp. [XYRIDACEAE] (on foliage)), volant.
Larva: wood-borer.
Extra Ecological Information
Hawkeswood (1978) listed this species from Dillwynia floribunda var. teretifolia (Fabaceae).
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 [68]
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 [15] (Map 264)
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 [167] (key)
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] [279]
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)
Hope, F.W. 1846. Descriptions of new species of Buprestidae from New Holland, chiefly collected by D. E. Fortnum, Esq. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 4: 208-220 [Date published 2 Mar. 1846] [219] (second description)
Lea, A.M. 1912. The late Rev. Canon Thomas Blackburn, B.A., and his entomological work. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 36: v-xl [xviii] (dispar)
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 [103, 104] (impressicollis 3006, roseocuprea 3014)
Obenberger, J. 1935. Buprestidae 4. pp. 785-934 in W. Junk & S. Schenkling (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. 's-Gravenhage : W. Junk Vol. 143. [853]
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) |
| 13-Jan-2011 | 16-Jun-2022 | MODIFIED | ||
| 16-Jun-2022 | MODIFIED |