Species Pseudotaenia salamandra (Thomson, 1879)
- Chalcotaenia salamandra Thomson, J. 1879. M. James Thomson communique les descriptions qui suivent. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 5 9: xiii-clxv [clviii].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP sex unknown, Australia. - Chalcotaenia vittata Waterhouse, C.O. 1881. On some Buprestidae from Australia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 7: 462–464 [462].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH sex unknown, QLD.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Poll, J.R.H. Neervoort van de 1886. Some remarks about Australian Coleoptera. Notes from the Leyden Museum 8: 222 [222]
Generic Combinations
- Pseudotaenia salamandra (Thomson, 1879). —
Kerremans, C. 1903. Coleoptera, Fam. Buprestidae. pp. 49-338 in Wytsman, P. (ed.). Genera Insectorum. Bruxelles : Verteneuil & Desmet Vol. 12b-d. [81] - Chalcophora salamandra (Thomson, 1879). —
Kerremans, C. 1885. Enumeration des Buprestides decrits posterieurement au Catalogue de M. Gemminger & de Harold. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 29: 119-157 [127] - Chalcophora vittata (Waterhouse, 1881). —
Kerremans, C. 1885. Enumeration des Buprestides decrits posterieurement au Catalogue de M. Gemminger & de Harold. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 29: 119-157 [128]
Distribution
States
Queensland
IBRA
Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Queensland
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: diurnal, herbivore (associated flora: Casuarina sp. [CASUARINACEAE] She-Oak (adults on undetermined Casuarina sp.)), volant.
Larva: wood-borer.
Extra Ecological Information
Pullen (1987) cited Barnard (1890) who recorded adults of Chalcophora vittata on Casuarina sp.
Associated Flora References
Barnard, G. 1890. Chalcophora in the scrubs of central Queensland. The Entomologist 23: 179-181 [179] (Casuarina sp.)
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 [56] (Casuarina sp.)
Hawkeswood, T.J. 2006. Review of the biology of the Australian genus Pseudotaenia Kerremans, 1903 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Calodema 5: 19-23 [20] (Casuarina sp.)
Pullen, K.R. 1987. Pseudotaenia waterhousei (V. d. Poll) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) in New South Wales. Australian Entomological Magazine 14(1, 2): 23-28 [27] (Casuarina sp.)
General References
Barnard, G. 1890. Chalcophora in the scrubs of central Queensland. The Entomologist 23: 179-181 [179] (as vittata)
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] [300]
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] (salamadra 2644, vittata 2648)
Obenberger, J. 1926. Buprestidae 1. pp. 1-212 in W. Junk & S. Schenkling (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 84. [146]
Pullen, K.R. 1987. Pseudotaenia waterhousei (V. d. Poll) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) in New South Wales. Australian Entomological Magazine 14(1, 2): 23-28 [27] (adult host note)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 28-Jan-2014 | BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 | 03-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | Dr Federica Turco (QM) |
| 05-Sep-2012 | 03-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED | ||
| 03-Oct-2024 | MODIFIED |