Species Hypocisseis suturalis (Saunders, 1868)
- Cisseis suturalis 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] [60].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH sex unknown, Swan River. - Coraebus marmoratus Macleay, W.J. 1872. Notes on a collection of insects from Gayndah. Second paper. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 2(4): 239-318 [248].
Type data:
Holotype AM K32750 sex unknown, Gayndah, QLD.
Paratype(s) AM sex unknown. - Cisseoides albopicta Kerremans, C. 1898. Buprestides nouveaux de l'Australie et des régiones voisines. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 42: 113-182 [171].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH sex unknown, Australia (as Australie). - Cisseoides aeneipes Kerremans, C. 1898. Buprestides nouveaux de l'Australie et des régiones voisines. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 42: 113-182 [173].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH sex unknown, Australia (as Australie). - Cisseoides gebhardti Obenberger, J. 1924. Kritische studien über die Buprestiden (Col.). Archiv für Naturgeschichte 90A(3): 1-171 [108].
Type data:
Syntype(s) NMPC 23780-2 3 specimens, sex unknown, QLD.
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 [174]
Distribution
States
Victoria, Western Australia
IBRA
Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Dampierland (DL), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Murchison (MUR), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Yalgoo (YAL)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: diurnal, herbivore (associated flora: Leptospermum flavescens Sm. [MYRTACEAE] Tantoon (on foliage); Casuarina spp. [CASUARINACEAE] (on foliage); Hakea spp. [PROTEACEAE] (on foliage)), volant.
Larva: wood-borer (associated flora: Exocarpos cupressiformis Labill. [SANTALACEAE] Native Cherry).
Extra Ecological Information
Turner (2001) recorded Exocarpus cupressiformis (Native Cherry) as a larval host.
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 [72]
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 276)
Carter, H.J. 1921. Results of Dr. E. Mjöberg's Swedish scientific expeditions to Australia 1910–1913. 25. Buprestidae. Arkiv för Zoologi 13(22): 1-6 [4] (marmorata)
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 [174] (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] [277]
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] [1231]
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 [104, 105] (suturalis 3019, marmoratus 3022)
Obenberger, J. 1935. Buprestidae 4. pp. 785-934 in W. Junk & S. Schenkling (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. 's-Gravenhage : W. Junk Vol. 143. [858] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement gebhardti as valid species)
Obenberger, J. 1935. Buprestidae 4. pp. 785-934 in W. Junk & S. Schenkling (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. 's-Gravenhage : W. Junk Vol. 143. [859]
Turner, J.R. 2001. The first recorded larval host plant for the Australian jewel beetle Hypocisseis suturalis Saund. (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from Australia. Jewel Beetles 10: 73-75 [73] (larval host note)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 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) |
| 16-Jun-2022 | MODIFIED |