Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement

• Gory, H.L. & Laporte de Castelnau, F.L. 1838. Histoire naturelle et iconographie des insectes Coléoptères. Monographie des buprestides. genera: Stigmodera, Polycesta, Belionota, Eurybia (genera paged separately). Paris : P. Duménil Vol. 2(17-24). [49]
• Théry, A. 1934. Études sur les Buprestides (quartième partie). Bulletin et Annales de la Société Royale Belgique d'Entomologie 47: 131-151 [141]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria

IBRA

NSW, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales
  • South Australia
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: diurnal, florivore, volant.

Larva: wood-borer.

Extra Ecological Information

Williams & Williams (1983) recorded this species from Leptospermum sp. and Melaleuca armillaris (Myrtaceae); Williams (1995) added Waterhousea floribunda (Myrtaceae).

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 [9] (Map 63)

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 [276]

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] [289]

Fairmaire, L. 1877. Synopsis des espèces australiennes du genre Curis de la famille des Buprestides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 5 7: 327–333 [25 July 1877] [329]

Gestro, R. 1877. Descrizione di una nuova specie del genere Curis, della famiglia dei Buprestidi. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 9: 429-432 [429]

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 [77] (2718)

Obenberger, J. 1930. Buprestidae 2. pp. 213-568 in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 111. [566]

Obenberger, J. 1956. Sur la morphologie du genre Curis Cast. et Gory avec les diagnoses des espèces nouvelles (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 30: 243-252 [252]

Saunders, E. 1868. A revision of the Australian Buprestidae described by the Rev. F. W. Hope. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 16: 1-67 [Date published April 1868] [21]

History of changes

• Stigmodera (Curis) aurifera Gory, H.L. & Laporte de Castelnau, F.L. 1838. Histoire naturelle et iconographie des insectes Coléoptères. Monographie des buprestides. genera: Stigmodera, Polycesta, Belionota, Eurybia (genera paged separately). Paris : P. Duménil Vol. 2(17-24). [49].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP sex unknown, Australia (as Nouv.-Holl.).
• Curis aurovittata Boheman, C.H. 1858. Coleoptera, species novas descripsit. Kongliga Svenska Fregatten Eugenies resa Omkring Jorden … 1851-1853. Vol. ii, Zoologi, 1, Insecta. Stockholm : P.A. Norstedt & Söner 112 pp. [60].

  Type data:

   Holotype NHRM sex unknown, Sydney (as Nova Hollandia (Sidney)), NSW.
• Curis aurifera castelnaudi Obenberger, J. 1956. Sur la morphologie du genre Curis Cast. et Gory avec les diagnoses des espèces nouvelles (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 30: 243-252 [251] [variety of aurifera Gory & Laporte, 1838].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMPC 22880 sex unknown, Paramatta, NSW.
• Curis aurifera viridisuturalis Obenberger, J. 1956. Sur la morphologie du genre Curis Cast. et Gory avec les diagnoses des espèces nouvelles (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 30: 243-252 [251] [variety of aurifera Gory & Laporte, 1838].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMPC 22886 sex unknown, Gawler (as Gawlerstown), SA.
• Curis aurifera gawlerensis Obenberger, J. 1956. Sur la morphologie du genre Curis Cast. et Gory avec les diagnoses des espèces nouvelles (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 30: 243-252 [251] [variety of aurifera Gory & Laporte, 1838].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMPC 22887 sex unknown, Gawler (as Gawlerstown), SA.

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 [276]
• 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] [289]
• 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 varieties castelnaudi, gawlerensis, viridisuturalis)

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria

IBRA

NSW, SA, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales
  • South Australia
  • Victoria

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: diurnal, florivore (associated flora: Melaleuca armillaris (Sol. ex Gaertn..) Sm. [MYRTACEAE] Bracelet Honey-myrtle (on flowers); Angophora hispida (Sm.) Blaxell [MYRTACEAE] Dwarf Apple (on flowers); Angophora floribunda (Sm.) Sweet [MYRTACEAE] Rough-Barked Apple (on flowers); Syzygium floribundum F.Muell. [MYRTACEAE] Weeping Satin Ash (on flowers)), volant.

Larva: wood-borer (associated flora: Eucalyptus gracilis F.Muell., 1855 [MYRTACEAE] Red Mallee, Yorrell).

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 [34, 113] (Angophora floribunda)

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 [55] (Angophora floribunda)

Froggatt, W.W. 1914. Insects associated with Angophora cordifolia. The Australian Naturalist 3: 18-20 [18] (Angophora floribunda)

Goudie, J.C. 1920. Notes on the Coleoptera of north-western Victoria. Part VIII. Victorian Naturalist 37: 28-34 [31] (Angophora floribunda)

Hawkeswood, T.J. 2002. A review of the biology and host plants of Australian Buprestidae (Coleoptera) known to breed in Eucalyptus species (Myrtaceae). Journal of the Entomological Research Society 4(2): 31-58 [34] (Angophora floribunda)

Hawkeswood, T. J., & Turner, J. R. 2003. The first larval host plant record for Curis caloptera (Boisduval, 1835) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) with notes on the biology and larval host plants of other species of Curis Laporte & Gory from Australia. Mauritiana (Altenburg) 18: 421-426 [424] (Angophora floribunda)

Tepper, J.G.O. 1887. Common native insects of South Australia. A popular guide to South Australian Entomology. Part 1. Coleoptera or beetles. Adelaide : E.S. Wiggs & Son 46 pp. [16] (Angophora floribunda)

Webb, G.A. 1987. Beetle visitors to flowers of Angophora hispida (Sm.) Blaxell (Myrtaceae) and some other Angophora in the Sydney Region. Australian Zoologist 23: 59-62 [61] (Angophora floribunda)

Williams, G.A. & Adam, P. 1998. Pollen loads collected from large insects in Australian subtropical rainforests. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 120: 49-67 [52] (Angophora floribunda)

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] (Angophora floribunda)

General References

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] [289]

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 [77] (aurifera 2718, aurovittata 2719)

History of changes

• Curis aurifera nicolayi Théry, A. 1934. Études sur les Buprestides (quartième partie). Bulletin et Annales de la Société Royale Belgique d'Entomologie 47: 131-151 [141].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP ♂, SA.

Distribution

States

South Australia

IBRA

SA: Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Ranges (CR), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Nullarbor (NUL), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • South Australia

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: diurnal, florivore, volant.

Larva: wood-borer.

History of changes