Species Nascioides carissima (Waterhouse, 1882)

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• Nascio carissimus Waterhouse, C.O. 1882. Descriptions of new Buprestidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 9: 50–52 [51].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂, N Australia (as North New Holland).

  Subsequent designation references:

  Williams, G.A. 1987. A revision of the genus Nascioides Kerremans (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 1: 121-145 [127].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Tas, Vic: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: diurnal, herbivore (associated flora: Acacia longifolia (Andrews) Willd. [FABACEAE] Sydney Golden Wattle; Acacia sp. [FABACEAE] Wattle (on foliage); Angophora sp. [MYRTACEAE] (on foliage)), volant.

Larva: wood-borer.

Extra Ecological Information

Adults of this species has been recorded from Acacia longifolia (Mimosaceae) (Williams & Williams 1983) and Angophora sp. (Mytaceae) (Olliff 1886).

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 [171] (Acacia longifolia)

Hawkeswood, T.J. 2007. Review of the biology of the Australian species of the genus Nascioides Kerremans, 1903 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Calodema Supplementary Paper 22: 1-7 [1] (Acacia longifolia)

Olliff, A.S. 1886. Contributions towards a knowledge of the Coleoptera of Australia. III. On the genus Nascio (Fam. Buprestidae). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 11: 861-864 [861] (Acacia longifolia)

Williams, G. & Bellamy, C.L. 2002. New species and new records for the genus Nascioides Kerremans, 1903 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Zootaxa 58: 1-9 [5] (Acacia longifolia)

Williams, G.A. 1987. A revision of the genus Nascioides Kerremans (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 1: 121-145 [123] (Acacia longifolia)

Williams, G.A. & Williams, T. 1983. A list of the Buprestidae (Coleoptera) of the Sydney basin, New South Wales, with adult food plant records and biological notes on food plant associations. Australian Entomological Magazine 9(6): 81-93 [89] (Acacia longifolia)

General References

Carter, H.J. 1913. Descriptions of some new species of Coleoptera. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 37 [1912]: 480–491, pls L, LI [485]

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] [282]

Kerremans, C. 1892. Catalogue synonymique des Buprestides decrits de 1758 à 1890. Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 1: 1-304 [93]

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 [70] (2649)

Obenberger, J. 1930. Buprestidae 2. pp. 213-568 in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 111. [368]

Olliff, A.S. 1886. Contributions towards a knowledge of the Coleoptera of Australia. III. On the genus Nascio (Fam. Buprestidae). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 11: 861-864 [861] (adult host note)

Poll, J.R.H. Neervoort van de 1889. Description of three new species and a synopsis of the buprestid genus Nascio, C. & G. Notes from the Leyden Museum 8: 121-125 [124]

Williams, G.A. 1987. A revision of the genus Nascioides Kerremans (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 1: 121-145 [127]

Williams, G.A. & Watkins, S. 1985. A new species of Nascioides Kerremans (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 24: 255-259 [257] (key)

Williams, G.A. & Williams, T. 1983. A list of the Buprestidae (Coleoptera) of the Sydney basin, New South Wales, with adult food plant records and biological notes on food plant associations. Australian Entomological Magazine 9(6): 81-93 [89] (adult host note)

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