Species Neocuris gracilis Macleay, 1872

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• Neocuris gracilis 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 [241].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) AM(MMUS) K32265 sex unknown, Gayndah, QLD [25° 38' S 151° 37' E]; ANIC(MMUS) 2 specimens, sex unknown, Gayndah, QLD.

  Secondary source:

   Britton, E.B. & Stanbury, P.J. 1981. Type specimens in the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney. VIII. Insects: Beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 105(4): 241-293 [261].
• Neocuris soror Fairmaire, L. 1877. Synopsis des espèces australiennes du genre Neocuris de la famille des Buprestides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 5 7: 334–340 [25 July 1877] [337].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP sex unknown, Sydney (as Sidney), NSW.
• Neocuris atra Obenberger, J. 1923. Description of new Australian Buprestidae. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 1: 72-81 [74].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMPC 22853 sex unknown, S QLD.
• Neocuris ignota Obenberger, J. 1923. Description of new Australian Buprestidae. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 1: 72-81 [74].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMPC 22855 sex unknown, Cape York, QLD.
• Neocuris gracilis lepida Obenberger, J. 1923. Description of new Australian Buprestidae. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 1: 72-81 [75].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMPC 22856 sex unknown, Sydney, NSW.
• Neocuris oblongula Obenberger, J. 1923. Description of new Australian Buprestidae. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 1: 72-81 [75].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMPC 22857 sex unknown, Strathfield, NSW.
• Neocuris oblongata Carter, H.J. 1928. Revision of the Australian species of the genera Curis, Neocuris and Trachys, together with notes and descriptions of new species of other Coleoptera. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 53(3): 270-290 [279] [nom. nud.].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Carter, H.J. 1928. Revision of the Australian species of the genera Curis, Neocuris and Trachys, together with notes and descriptions of new species of other Coleoptera. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 53(3): 270-290 [279]
• 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 lepida)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • Victoria: SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: diurnal, florivore (associated flora: Bursaria spinosa Cav. [PITTOSPORACEAE] Boxthorn (on flowers); Epacris microphylla R.Br. [EPACRIDACEAE] Coral Heath (on flowers); Actinotus helianthi Labill. [APIACEAE] Flannel Flower (on flowers); Backhousia myrtifolia Hook. & Harv. [MYRTACEAE] Grey Myrtle (on flowers); Leptospermum trinervium (Sm.) Joy Thomps. [MYRTACEAE] Paperbark Teatree (on flowers); Leptospermum juniperinum Sm. [MYRTACEAE] Prickly Tea-tree (on flowers); Angophora woodsiana F.M.Bailey [MYRTACEAE] Rough-Barked Apple (on flowers); Leptospermum flavescens Sm. [MYRTACEAE] Tantoon (on flowers); Kunzea ambigua (Sm.) Druce [MYRTACEAE] Tick Bush (on flowers); Baeckea stenophylla F.Muell. [MYRTACEAE] Weeping Baeckea (on flowers); Cassinia sp. [ASTERACEAE] (on flowers); Leptospermum polygalifolium Salisb. [MYRTACEAE] (on flowers); Leptospermum whitei Cheel [MYRTACEAE] (on flowers)), volant.

Larva: wood-borer (associated flora: Pultenaea villosa Willd. [FABACEAE] Hairy Bush-Pea).

Extra Ecological Information

Williams & Williams (1983) recorded this species from Backhousia myrtifolia, Leptospermum attenuatum, L. flavescens, L. juniperinum, Kunzea ambigua (Myrtaceae) and Actinotus helianthi (Apiaceae); Hawkeswood (1985) recorded Pultenaea villosa as a larval host; Hawkeswood (1991a) confirmed the record of L. flavescens; Hawkeswood (1991b) recorded this species from Angophora woodsiana, Baeckea stenophylla and L. whitei.

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 [124] (Leptospermum flavescens)

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 [57] (Leptospermum flavescens)

Hawkeswood, T.J. 1985. New larval host records for two Australian jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 39: 258 [258] (Leptospermum flavescens)

Hawkeswood, T.J. 1991. Additional notes on the jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from the lower Blue Mountains, New South Wales. Victorian Entomologist 21(2): 54-60 [58] (Leptospermum flavescens)

Hawkeswood, T.J. 1991. Review of the biology and host plants of the Australian jewel beetle Neocuris gracilis Macleay (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Giornale Italiano di Entomologia 5: 239-242 [239] (Leptospermum flavescens)

Hawkeswood, T.J. 2007. Review of the biology of the genus Neocuris Saunders, 1868 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Calodema Supplementary Paper 18: 1-5 [3] (Leptospermum flavescens)

Webb, G.A. 1994. Some insects found on blackthorn, Bursaria spinosa Cav. (Pittosporaceae) flowers at Bombala, New South Wales. Victorian Entomologist 111: 238-240 [239] (Leptospermum flavescens)

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 [86] (Leptospermum flavescens)

 

General References

Bellamy, C.L. 1990. A new species of Maoraxia Obenberger from Mindanao, with a comments on its relationships within the Anthaxiini (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Elytron 3: 187-194 [191]

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 [9] (Map 76)

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] [288]

Fairmaire, L. 1877. Synopsis des espèces australiennes du genre Neocuris de la famille des Buprestides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 5 7: 334–340 [25 July 1877] [340]

Hawkeswood, T.J. 1985. New larval host records for two Australian jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 39: 258 [258] (larval host)

Hawkeswood, T.J. 1991. Additional notes on the jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from the lower Blue Mountains, New South Wales. Victorian Entomologist 21(2): 54-60 [58] (adult host)

Hawkeswood, T.J. 1991. Review of the biology and host plants of the Australian jewel beetle Neocuris gracilis Macleay (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Giornale Italiano di Entomologia 5: 239-242 [239] (review of biology and host plants)

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 [76] (gracilis 2710, soror 2715)

Obenberger, J. 1930. Buprestidae 2. pp. 213-568 in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 111. [562, 564] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement atra, ignota, lepida, oblongula, soror as valid species)

Obenberger, J. 1930. Buprestidae 2. pp. 213-568 in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 111. [563]

Volkovitsh, M.G. & Hawkeswood, T.J. 1987. The larva of Neocuris gracilis Macleay (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Zoologischer Anzeiger 219(5/6): 274-282 [274] (larval description)

 

History of changes

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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)
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