Species Stigmodera macularia (Donovan, 1805)

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Species Stigmodera macularia (Donovan, 1805)

Buprestis macularia Donovan, E. 1805. An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of New Holland, New Zealand, New Guinea, Otaheite, and other Islands in the Indian, Southern, and Pacific Oceans: including Figures and Descriptions of One Hundred and Fifty-three Species of the more Splendid, Beautiful, and Interesting Insects, hitherto Discovered in those Countries, and which for the most Part have not appeared in the Works of any Preceding Author. London : Rivington iv + [167] pp. + [41] pls. [Date published January] [23].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown sex unknown, Australia (as New Holland).
Buprestis cicatricosa Dalman, J.W. 1823. Analecta Entomologica. Holmiae : Typis Lindhianis Vol. 4 vii 104 [4] pp. 4 pls. [53].
Type data:
Holotype NHRM sex unknown, locality unknown.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

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]

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: Angophora hispida (Sm.) Blaxell [MYRTACEAE] Dwarf Apple; Melaleuca linariifolia Sm. [MYRTACEAE] Flax-leaved Paperbark; Eucalyptus spp. [MYRTACEAE] Gum Trees; Angophora bakeri E.C.Hall [MYRTACEAE] Narrow-Leaved Apple; Leptospermum trinervium (Sm.) Joy Thomps. [MYRTACEAE] Paperbark Teatree; Leptospermum flavescens Sm. [MYRTACEAE] Tantoon; Leptospermum spp. [MYRTACEAE] Tea-trees; Kunzea ambigua (Sm.) Druce [MYRTACEAE] Tick Bush; Baeckea stenophylla F.Muell. [MYRTACEAE] Weeping Baeckea; Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps. [MYRTACEAE]; Leptospermum polygalifolium Salisb. [MYRTACEAE]), volant.

Larva: wood-borer.

Extra Ecological Information

Williams (1977) recorded this species from flowers of Leptospermum flavescens (Myrtaceae) which was confirmed by Hawkeswood (1978), Williams & Williams (1983) recorded this species from Angophora hispida and Leptospermum sp., Hawkeswood (1987) added Baeckea stenophylla (Myrtaceae), and Hawkeswood (1991) recorded it from Leptospermum phylicoides and Melaleuca linearifolia.

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 [312] (Angophora bakeri)

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

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 bakeri)

Hawkeswood, T.J. 1987. Beetles of Australia. North Ryde, NSW : Angus & Robertson 248 pp. [52, plate 61] (Angophora bakeri)

Hawkeswood, T.J. 1987. Notes on some Coleoptera from Baeckea stenophylla F. Muell. (Myrtaceae) in New South Wales, Australia. Giornale Italiano di Entomologia 3: 285-290 [288] (Angophora bakeri)

Hawkeswood, T.J. 1991. Additional notes on the jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from the lower Blue Mountains, New South Wales. Victorian Entomologist 21(2): 54-60 [56] (Angophora bakeri)

Tillyard, R.J. 1926. The Insects of Australia and New Zealand. Sydney : Angus and Robertson xi 560 pp. 44 pls. [217] (Angophora bakeri)

Turner, J. & Hawkeswood, T.J. 1994. Observations on some Buprestidae (Coleoptera) from the Kanangra-Boyd area, New South Wales, Australia. Giornale Italiano di Entomologia 7(36): 41-48 [46] (Angophora bakeri)

Webb, G.A. 1986. Flower-visiting beetles of some New South Wales Leptospermoidea. The Victorian Naturalist 103(6): 170-174 [172] (Angophora bakeri)

Webb, G.A. 1986. Some insect pollinators of Kunzea ambigua (Sm.) Druce (Myrtaceae) near Sydney, New South Wales. The Victorian Naturalist 103(1): 12-15 [14] (Angophora bakeri)

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 bakeri)

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 bakeri)

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 bakeri)

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 83)

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]

Gardner, J.A. 1988. Chromosome numbers and karyotypes of some Australian Stigmoderini (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 112(4): 163-167 [164] (chromosome number)

Gardner, J.A. 1989. Revision of the genera of the tribe Stigmoderini (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) with a discussion of phylogenetic relationships. Invertebrate Taxonomy 3: 291-361 [337]

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

Hawkeswood, T.J. 1987. Beetles of Australia. North Ryde, NSW : Angus & Robertson 248 pp. [52] (Plate 61 [colour])

Hawkeswood, T.J. 1991. Additional notes on the jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from the lower Blue Mountains, New South Wales. Victorian Entomologist 21(2): 54-60 [56] (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 [90] (2864)

Obenberger, J. 1934. Buprestidae 3. pp. 569-781 in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 132. [717]

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] [23]

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]

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
10-Sep-2024	BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815	10-Sep-2024	MOVED
16-Jun-2022	BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815	03-Oct-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

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