Species Selagis splendens (Macleay, 1872)

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Species Selagis splendens (Macleay, 1872)

Curis splendens 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 [244].
Type data:

Syntype(s) AM(MMUS) K32280 (K457809, K457810) 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 [286].
Curis brachelytra 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] [333].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP sex unknown, Australia.
Curis fairmairei Carter, H.J. 1924. Australian Coleoptera — notes and new species. No. iv. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 49: 521-544 [531] [unnecessary nom. nov. for splendens Fairmaire, 1877; Carter (1924) assumed that Fairmaire (1877) had redescribed Curis splendens by giving an alternative definition and so proposed a replacement name for the technically non-existent combination Curis splendens Fairmaire].

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]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

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: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Adult: diurnal, florivore (associated flora: Bursaria spinosa Cav. [PITTOSPORACEAE] Boxthorn (on flowers); Syzygium floribundum F.Muell. [MYRTACEAE] Weeping Satin Ash (on flowers); Syzygium smithii (Poir.) Nied. [MYRTACEAE] (on flowers)), volant.

Larva: wood-borer.

Extra Ecological Information

Hawkeswood (1981, 1990) recorded this species from flowers of Bursaria spinosa (Pittosporaceae); Williams (1995) recorded this species from Acmena smithii and Waterhousea floribunda (Myrtaceae); 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 [118] (Bursaria spinosa)

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] (Bursaria spinosa)

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] (Bursaria spinosa)

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 (Bursaria spinosa)

Hawkeswood, T.J. 1990. Insect pollination of Bursaria spinosa (Pittosporaceae) in the Armidale area, New South Wales, Australia. Giornale Italiano di Entomologia 5: 67-87 [72] (Bursaria spinosa)

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] (Bursaria spinosa)

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] (Bursaria spinosa)

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] (Bursaria spinosa)

General References

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 [277]

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] [332]

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]

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]

Hawkeswood, T.J. 1990. Insect pollination of Bursaria spinosa (Pittosporaceae) in the Armidale area, New South Wales, Australia. Giornale Italiano di Entomologia 5: 67-87 [76]

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] (host notes)

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, 78] (brachelytra 2729, splendens 2729)

Obenberger, J. 1930. Buprestidae 2. pp. 213-568 in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 111. [562] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement Neocuropsis)

Williams, G.A. 1993. Hidden Rainforests: subtropical rainforests and their invertebrate biodiversity. Kensington, NSW : New South Wales University Press Vol. 1 188 pp. [76]

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)
16-Jun-2022	BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815	16-Jun-2022	MODIFIED
04-Aug-2021	BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815	27-May-2022	MODIFIED
24-Dec-2020	BUPRESTOIDEA	16-Jun-2022	MODIFIED
01-Jul-2020	POLYPHAGA	16-Jun-2022	MODIFIED	Max Beatson
05-Mar-2019	BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815	16-Jun-2022	MODIFIED
05-Mar-2019	Buprestinae Leach, 1815	16-Jun-2022	MODIFIED
05-Mar-2019	Buprestinae Leach, 1815	16-Jun-2022	MODIFIED
28-Jan-2014	BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815	16-Jun-2022	MODIFIED	Dr Federica Turco (QM)
		16-Jun-2022	MODIFIED

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