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Species Selagis caloptera (Boisduval, 1835)

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Species Selagis caloptera (Boisduval, 1835)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), 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), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

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

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: diurnal, florivore (associated flora: Bursaria spinosa Cav. [PITTOSPORACEAE] Boxthorn (on flowers); Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps. [MYRTACEAE] Burgan (on flowers); Angophora hispida (Sm.) Blaxell [MYRTACEAE] Dwarf Apple (on flowers); Eucalyptus sp. [MYRTACEAE] Gum Tree (on flowers); Angophora floribunda (Sm.) Sweet [MYRTACEAE] Rough-Barked Apple (on flowers); Leptospermum flavescens Sm. [MYRTACEAE] Tantoon (on flowers)), volant.

Larva: wood-borer (associated flora: Allocasuarina littoralis (Salisb.) L.A.S.Johnson [CASUARINACEAE] Black She-Oak; Acacia [FABACEAE] Wattle (emerging ex. dead trunk)).

Extra Ecological Information

Williams (1977) and Hawkeswood (1978) recorded this species from flowers of Leptospermum flavescens (Myrtaceae); Hawkeswood (1981) recorded this species from flowers of Bursaria spinosa (Pittosporaceae); Williams & Williams (1983) recorded this species from Angophora hispida; Hawkeswood (1993) summarized the biology and hosts.

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 [114] (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 [56] (Angophora floribunda)

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

Hangay, G. & Zborowski, P. 2010. A guide to the beetles of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria : CSIRO Publishing pp. 248. [110] (Angophora floribunda)

Hawkeswood, T.J. 1978. Observations on some Buprestidae (Coleoptera) from the Blue Mountains, N.S.W. The Australian Zoologist 19(3): 257-275 [260] (Angophora floribunda)

Hawkeswood, T.J. 1981. Observations on some jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from the Armidale district, North-eastern New South Wales. Victorian Naturalist 98: 152-155 [152] (Angophora floribunda)

Hawkeswood, T.J. 1986. A list and notes on the Buprestidae (Coleoptera) collected during 1977-79 from the Armidale district, New South Wales. Contributions to Australian Biological Science 1: 1-12 (Angophora floribunda)

Hawkeswood, T.J. 1986. Observations on some Buprestidae (Coleoptera) from the Blue Mountains, N.S.W. (Corrections). Contributions to Australian Biological Science 2: 1-2 [2] (Angophora floribunda)

Hawkeswood, T.J. 1987. Beetles of Australia. North Ryde, NSW : Angus & Robertson 248 pp. [51, plate 58] (Angophora floribunda)

Hawkeswood, T.J. 1993. A list and notes on some Buprestidae (Coleoptera) from the Armidale area, New South Wales, Australia. Giornale Italiano di Entomologia 6: 437-447 [442] (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 [421] (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. 1994. Some insects found on blackthorn, Bursaria spinosa Cav. (Pittosporaceae) flowers at Bombala, New South Wales. Victorian Entomologist 111: 238-240 [239] (Angophora floribunda)

Williams, G.A. 1977. A list of Buprestidae (Coleoptera) collected from Leptospermum flavescens Sm. at East Minto, New South Wales. Australian Entomological Magazine 3: 81-82 [81] (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

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 64)

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, 330] (formosa, caloptera)

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] (caloptera)

Gokan, N. & Meyer Rochow, V.B. 1984. Fine structure of the compound eye of the buprestid beetle Curis caloptera (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). Zeitschrift für Mikroskopisch-anatomische Forschung (Leipzig) 98(1): 17-35 [17] (eye structure)

Hawkeswood, T.J. 1978. Observations on some Buprestidae (Coleoptera) from the Blue Mountains, N.S.W. The Australian Zoologist 19(3): 257-275 [260] (host note)

Hawkeswood, T.J. 1981. Observations on some jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from the Armidale district, North-eastern New South Wales. Victorian Naturalist 98: 152-155 [153]

Hawkeswood, T.J. 1987. Beetles of Australia. North Ryde, NSW : Angus & Robertson 248 pp. [51] (Plate 58 [colour])

Hawkeswood, T.J. 1993. A list and notes on some Buprestidae (Coleoptera) from the Armidale area, New South Wales, Australia. Giornale Italiano di Entomologia 6: 437-447 [442] (adult food plant)

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] (caloptera 2721, formosa 2725)

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

Obenberger, J. 1930. Buprestidae 2. pp. 213-568 in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 111. [567] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement confusa as valid species; clara as variety)

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]

Williams, G.A. 1977. A list of Buprestidae (Coleoptera) collected from Leptospermum flavescens Sm. at East Minto, New South Wales. Australian Entomological Magazine 3: 81-82 [81] (adult host plant)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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
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