Species Ethonion roei (Saunders, 1868)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Ethon roei 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] [54].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH sex unknown, Australia.
• Ethon roei obscurum Carter, H.J. 1934. Australian and New Guinea Coleoptera. Notes and new species. No. iii. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 59(3-4): 252-269 [261] [variety of roei Saunders, 1868].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) AM K67284 sex unknown, Albany, WA [35° 1' S 117° 53' E].
• Ethon subfasciatum 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] [55].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH sex unknown, Australia.

 

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 [160]
• Bellamy, C.L. & Peterson, M. 2000. Contributions to the taxonomy of Australian Buprestidae (Coleoptera) Part I. New synonymy, combinations, and names. Folia Heyrovskyana 8(2): 72–100 [31 Oct. 2000] [93] (synonymy of variety obscurum)

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: diurnal, herbivore, volant.

Larva: gall-inducer.

 

General References

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 [160] (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] [276]

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 [102] (2993)

Obenberger, J. 1935. Buprestidae 4. pp. 785-934 in W. Junk & S. Schenkling (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. 's-Gravenhage : W. Junk Vol. 143. [862]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
28-Jan-2014	BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815	23-Nov-2016	MODIFIED	Dr Federica Turco (QM)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)