Species Stigmodera roei Saunders, 1868
- Stigmodera roei 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] [24] [in order to maintain nomenclatural stability, roei Saunders, 1868 is retained as the valid name over the little used senior synonym, vescoi Géhin, 1855].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH sex unknown, Australia. - Buprestis cancellata Boisduval, J.A. 1835. Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826–1827–1828–1829, sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont d'Urville. Faune Entomologique de l'Océan Pacifique, avec l'illustration des insectes nouveaux recueillis pendant le voyage. 2me Partie. Coléoptères et autres Ordres. Paris : J. Tastu vii 716 pp. [Date published 27-III-1835] [62] [junior homonym of Buprestis cancellata Donovan, 1805].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP sex unknown, Nouvelle-Holland. - Stigmodera vescoi Géhin, J.-B. 1855. Coléoptères nouveaux ou peu connus. Première Décade. Buprestiens. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle (du Département de la Moselle) de Metz 7: 53-65 [56] [in order to maintain nomenclatural stability, roei Saunders, 1868 is retained here as the valid name over the little used senior synonym, vescoi Géhin, 1855].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP sex unknown, Australia (as Nouvelle-Hollande).
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Kerremans, C. 1900. Buprestides nouveaux et remarques synonymiques. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 44: 282-351 [312]
- 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
Western Australia
IBRA
WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pilbara (PIL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Western Australia
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: diurnal, florivore (associated flora: Chamelaucium uncinatum Schauer [MYRTACEAE] Geraldton Wax; Leptospermum spp. [MYRTACEAE] Tea-trees; Melaleuca spp. [MYRTACEAE]), volant.
Larva: wood-borer (associated flora: Agonis flexuosa (Willd.) Sweet [MYRTACEAE] Peppermint).
Extra Ecological Information
McMillan (1952) reported adults on a variety of hosts such as Geraldton Wax, Melaleuca and Leptospermum and breeding in Agonis flexuosa, and this was noted by Hawkeswood & Peterson (1982).
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 [313] (Chamelaucium uncinatum)
Hangay, G. & Zborowski, P. 2010. A guide to the beetles of Australia. Collingwood, Victoria : CSIRO Publishing pp. 248. [111] (Chamelaucium uncinatum)
Hawkeswood, T.J. & Peterson, M. 1982. A review of larval host records for Australian jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Victorian Naturalist 99: 240-251 [244] (Chamelaucium uncinatum)
McMillan, R.P. 1952. Western Australian Stigmodera. Western Australian Naturalist 3(7): 145-147 [146] (Chamelaucium uncinatum)
Tillyard, R.J. 1926. The Insects of Australia and New Zealand. Sydney : Angus and Robertson xi 560 pp. 44 pls. [217] (Chamelaucium uncinatum)
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]
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. & Peterson, M. 1982. A review of larval host records for Australian jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Victorian Naturalist 99: 240-251 [244] (larval 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 [94] (roei 2912, vescoi 2962)
McMillan, R.P. 1952. Western Australian Stigmodera. Western Australian Naturalist 3(7): 145-147 [146] (adult and larval hosts)
Obenberger, J. 1934. Buprestidae 3. pp. 569-781 in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 132. [689] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement roei, vescoei as synonym of cancellata Boisduval)
History of changes
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| 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 |