Species Nascioides quadrinotatus (van de Poll, 1889)
- Nascio quadrinotatus 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 [123].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP sex unknown, TAS.
Distribution
States
Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Tas, Vic: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), 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 melanoxylon R.Br. [FABACEAE] Blackwood; Nothofagus cunninghamii (Hook.) Oerst. [FAGACEAE] Myrtle Beech), volant.
Larva: wood-borer (associated flora: Nothofagus cunninghamii (Hook.) Oerst. [FAGACEAE] Myrtle Beech).
Extra Ecological Information
Williams (1987) and Cowie (2001) recorded this species' larvae as borers in the cambium of Nothofagus cunninghamii, with adults sometimes common on freshly felled trunks.
Associated Flora References
Bashford, R. 1990. Tasmanian forest insects and their host plants. Records from the Tasmanian Forestry Commission Insect Collection. Government Printer, Hobart. 32 pp. [13] (Nothofagus cunninghamii)
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 [7] (Nothofagus cunninghamii)
Carter, H.J. 1933. Gulliver in the bush. Wanderings of an Australian entomologists. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 234 pp. 9 pls. [172] (Nothofagus cunninghamii)
Cowie, D. 2001. Jewel Beetles of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Field Naturalists' Club Inc. 41 pp. [15] (Nothofagus cunninghamii)
Elliott, H.J. & deLittle, D.W. 1985. Insect Pests of Trees and Timber in Tasmania. Hobart, Tasmania, Australia : Forestry Commission 90 pp. [50] (Nothofagus cunninghamii)
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 [5] (Nothofagus cunninghamii)
Williams, G.A. 1987. A revision of the genus Nascioides Kerremans (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 1(2): 121–145 [123] (Nothofagus cunninghamii)
General References
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 [7] (Map 25)
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]
Cowie, D. 2001. Jewel Beetles of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Field Naturalists' Club Inc. 41 pp. [15] (host and distribution)
Obenberger, J. 1930. Buprestidae 2. pp. 213-568 in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 111. [369]
Williams, G.A. 1987. A revision of the genus Nascioides Kerremans (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 1: 121-145 [139]
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)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 03-Oct-2024 | BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 | 03-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 16-Jun-2022 | BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 | 10-Sep-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 |