Species Metaxymorpha hauseri Théry, 1926
- Metaxymorpha hauseri Théry, A. 1926. Recherches synonymiques sur les Buprestides et descriptions d'espèces nouvelles. Bulletin et Annales de la Société Royale Belgique d'Entomologie 66(4): 149-182 [167] [meeki species group].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP ♂, QLD.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Théry, A. 1926. Recherches synonymiques sur les Buprestides et descriptions d'espèces nouvelles. Bulletin et Annales de la Société Royale Belgique d'Entomologie 66(4): 149-182 [167]
Distribution
States
Queensland
IBRA
Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Queensland: NE coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: diurnal, florivore (associated flora: Elaeocarpus angustifolius Blume [ELAEOCARPACEAE] Blue Quandong (on flowers); Buckinghamia celsissima F.Muell. [PROTEACEAE] Buckinghamia Silky Oak (on flowers); Corymbia intermedia (R.T.Baker) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson [MYRTACEAE] Pink Bloodwood (on flowers); Melicope elleryana (F.Muell.) T.G.Hartley [RUTACEAE] Pink-flowered Doughwood (on flowers); Corymbia gummifera (Gaertn.) K.D.Hill & L.A.S.Johnson [MYRTACEAE] Red Bloodwood (on flowers); Macadamia whelanii (F.M.Bailey) F.M.Bailey [PROTEACEAE] Silky Oak (on flowers); Syzigium spp. [MYRTACEAE] (on flowers); Melicope platynema (F.Muell.) Engl. [RUTACEAE] (on flowers)), volant.
Larva: wood-borer.
Extra Ecological Information
Brooks (1948) recorded this species from flowers of Eucalyptus gummifera.
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 [309] (Corymbia gummifera)
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 [55] (Corymbia gummifera)
Brooks, J.G. 1948. Some North Queensland Coleoptera and their food plants. North Queensland Naturalist 15(87): 26-29 [27] (Corymbia gummifera)
General References
Brooks, J.G. 1948. Some North Queensland Coleoptera and their food plants. North Queensland Naturalist 15(87): 26-29 [27] (adult host plant note)
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] [289]
Gardner, J.A. 1989. Revision of the genera of the tribe Stigmoderini (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) with a discussion of phylogenetic relationships. Invertebrate Taxonomy 3: 291-361 [345]
Nylander, U. 2001. The New Guinea species of the genus Metaxymorpha and descriptions of four new species and the allotype of Metaxymorpha apicalis (Coleoptera, Buprestidae, Stigmoderini). Lambillionea, Revue Internationale d'Entomologie 101(2): 324-341 [324]
Obenberger, J. 1934. Buprestidae 3. pp. 569-781 in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 132. [752]
Sainval, T. Neef de & Lander, T. 1993. Iconographie des espèces décrites genres Calodema et Metaxymorpha (Coleoptera Buprestidae). Bulletin de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de l'Ouest de la France 79: 6-7 [7]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03-Oct-2024 | BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 | 03-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 10-Sep-2024 | BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 | 10-Sep-2024 | MOVED | |
| 16-Jun-2022 | BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 | 03-Oct-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 |