Species Prospheres aurantiopictus (Laporte & Gory, 1837)

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• Stigmodera gulielmi White, A. 1859. Descriptions of unrecorded species of Australian Coleoptera of the families Carabidae, Buprestidae, Lamellicornia, Longicornia, etc. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1859: 117–123 pls 58–59 [120].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH sex unknown, Moreton Bay, QLD.
• Buprestis moesta Carter, H.J. 1915. Descriptions of six new species of Buprestidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 40(1): 76-82 [77] [junior homonym of moesta Fabricius, 1792].

  Type data:

   Lectotype NMV T12003 ♂, Dorrigo, NSW.
  Paralectotype(s) AM K35977 ♀, Dorrigo, W.H., NSW [30° 20' 28" S 152° 42' 50" E]; NMV T12004 ♀.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Levey, B. 1978. A taxonomic revision of the genus Prospheres (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 26: 713-726 [Date published dated 1978, published 24 Jan. 1979] [721].
• Buprestis aurantiopicta Laporte de Castelnau, F.L. & Gory, H.L. 1837. Histoire Naturelle et Iconographie des Insectes Coléoptères. Monographie des Buprestides. Histoire naturelle de iconographie des insectes Coléoptères. Monographie des buprestides. Buprestis, Nascio, Acherusia, Asthraeus, Bulis, Acantha, Apatura. Paris : P. Duménil Vol. 1(12–16) 65-160 pp. [132].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MNHP sex unknown, Australia (as Nouvelle-Hollande).
  Paralectotype(s) MNHP sex unknown.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Levey, B. 1978. A taxonomic revision of the genus Prospheres (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 26: 713-726 [Date published dated 1978, published 24 Jan. 1979] [721].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Levey, B. 1978. A taxonomic revision of the genus Prospheres (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 26: 713-726 [Date published dated 1978, published 24 Jan. 1979] [721]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Larvae: shrubs (associated flora: Pinus patula Schiede ex Schltdl. & Cham. [PINACEAE] Mexican Weeping Pine; Acer sp. [SAPINDACEAE]), terrestrial (associated flora: Araucaria cunninghamii Mudie [ARAUCARIACEAE] Hoop Pine).

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 [40] (Araucaria cunninghamii)

Brimblecombe, A.R. 1956. Destructive wood borers and their damage. Queensland Department of Primary Industries, Division of Plant Industry, Advisory Leaflet 165: 1-43 [18] (Araucaria cunninghamii)

Froggatt, W.W. 1923. Forest Insects of Australia. Sydney : Alfred James Kent, Government Printer viii 171 pp. 2 colour pls. [33] (Araucaria cunninghamii)

Froggatt, W.W. 1924. Forest Insects. No. 5. The Hoop Pine Buprestes. Prosopheres moesta. Australian Forestry Journal 7: 315-317 [315] (Araucaria cunninghamii)

Froggatt, W.W. 1927. Forest Insects and Timber Borers. Sydney : Government Printer iv 107 pp. [20, plate iv [as P. moesta]] (Araucaria cunninghamii)

Hadlington, P. 1951. Forest insects and wood-destroying insects of New South Wales, Part VI. Insects attacking the living and dying trees. Technical Notes, Division of Wood Technology, Forestry Commission of New South Wales 5(4): 7-9 [8] (as P. moestis) (Araucaria cunninghamii)

Hawkeswood, T.J. 2006. Review of the biology of Prospheres aurantiopictus (Laporte & Gory, 1837) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Calodema 5: 3-4 [3] (Araucaria cunninghamii)

Hawkeswood, T.J. & Peterson, M. 1982. A review of larval host records for Australian jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Victorian Naturalist 99: 240-251 [241] (Araucaria cunninghamii)

Levey, B. 1978. A taxonomic revision of the genus Prospheres (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 26: 713-726 [Date published dated 1978, published 24 Jan. 1979] [722] (Araucaria cunninghamii)

McKeown, K.C. 1942. Australian Insects. An Introductory Handbook. Sydney : Sydney & Melbourne Publishing Co. Pty Ltd 303 pp. [134] (Araucaria cunninghamii)

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