Species Temognatha heros Géhin, 1855
- Temognatha heros 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 [57] [as Themognatha].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP sex unknown, Australia (as Nouvelle-Hollande).
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
IBRA
NSW, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tanami (TAN), Victorian Midlands (VM)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin
- South Australia: Murray-Darling basin, W plateau
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin
- Western Australia: W plateau
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: diurnal, florivore (associated flora: Melaleuca uncinata R.Br. [MYRTACEAE] Broombush (on flowers); Eucalyptus foecunda Schauer, 1844 [MYRTACEAE] Fremantle Mallee, Narrow-Leaved Red Mallee (on flowers); Melaleuca pauperiflora F.Muell. [MYRTACEAE] (on flowers)), volant.
Larva: wood-borer (associated flora: Eucalyptus foecunda Schauer, 1844 [MYRTACEAE] Fremantle Mallee, Narrow-Leaved Red Mallee; Eucalyptus oleosa F.Muell. ex. Miq. [MYRTACEAE] Giant Mallee; Eucalyptus sp. [MYRTACEAE] Gum Tree; Eucalyptus gracilis F.Muell., 1855 [MYRTACEAE] Red Mallee, Yorrell; Casuarina sp. [CASUARINACEAE] She-Oak; Melaleuca uncinata [MYRTACEAE]).
Extra Ecological Information
French (1911) recorded this species breeding in Casuarina and Eucalyptus, Hawkeswood (1980) recorded this species feeding on nectar and pollen of Melaleuca sp., Hawkeswood & Peterson (1982) recorded this species emerging from an unidentified mallee, Eucalyptus sp., and Hawkeswood (1988) cited French's (1911) illustration of a larva in Melaleuca uncinata. Hawkeswood & Knowles (1985) recorded possible predation of this species by the Western Magpie, Gymnorhina dorsalis.
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 [324] (Eucalyptus foecunda)
French, C.A. 1911. Handbook of Destructive Insects of Victoria. Melbourne : R.S. Brain, Government Printer 166 pp. [115] (Eucalyptus foecunda)
Froggatt, W.W. 1907. Family 29. Jewel Beetles. Buprestidae. 162-165, pl. xviii in Froggatt, W.W. Australian Insects. Sydney : W. Brooks & Co. xiv 449 pp., 37 pls. [Date published April 11, 1907] [164] (Eucalyptus foecunda)
Froggatt, W.W. 1923. Forest Insects of Australia. Sydney : Alfred James Kent, Government Printer viii 171 pp. 2 colour pls. [148] (Eucalyptus foecunda)
Goudie, J.C. 1902. Natural history notes from the mallee. The Victorian Naturalist 19: 118-120 [119] (Eucalyptus foecunda)
Goudie, J.C. 1920. Notes on the Coleoptera of north-western Victoria. Part VIII. Victorian Naturalist 37: 28-34 [31] (Eucalyptus foecunda)
Hawkeswood, T.J. 1980. Jewel beetles as pollinators of Melaleuca pauperiflora F. Muell between Eucla (W.A.) and Koonalda (S.A.). Western Australian Naturalist 14(8): 238-239 [238] (Eucalyptus foecunda)
Hawkeswood, T. J. 1988. A review of larval host records for twelve Australian Buprestidae (Coleoptera). Giornale Italiano di Entomologia 4: 81-88 [86] (Eucalyptus foecunda)
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 [39] (Eucalyptus foecunda)
Hawkeswood, T.J. 2007. Review of the larval host plants and biology for fifteen species of the genus Temognatha Solier, 1833 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Calodema Supplementary Paper 71: 1-7 [4] (Eucalyptus foecunda)
Hawkeswood, T.J. & Knowles, D.G. 1985. Observations on some jewel beetles (Buprestidae: Coleoptera) in Western Australia. Victorian Naturalist 102(6): 205-206 [205] (Eucalyptus foecunda)
Hawkeswood, T.J. & Peterson, M. 1982. A review of larval host records for Australian jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Victorian Naturalist 99: 240-251 [244] (Eucalyptus foecunda)
Hawkeswood, T. J. & Peterson, M. 2004. Jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from the Lake Magenta and the East Hyden districts, Western Australia. Calodema 2: 6-7 [6] (Eucalyptus foecunda)
Slater, P. & Lindgren, E. 1955. A Visit to Queen Victoria Spring, January, 1955. Western Australian Naturalist 5: 10-18 [18] (Eucalyptus foecunda)
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. [17] (Eucalyptus foecunda)
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 92)
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] [290]
French, C.A. 1911. Chapter cxxvii. She-oak root borer (Stigmodera heros Géhin). pp. 115-116 in Anon. (ed.). Handbook of the destructive insects of Victoria, with notes on the methods to be adopted to check and extirpate them. Melbourne : Victorian Department of Agriculture Vol. 5. [115]
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)
Hawkeswood, T.J. 1980. Jewel beetles as pollinators of Melaleuca pauperiflora F. Muell between Eucla (W.A.) and Koonalda (S.A.). Western Australian Naturalist 14(8): 238-239 [238] (adult food plant)
Hawkeswood, T.J. 1988. A review of larval host records for twelve Australian Buprestidae (Coleoptera). Giornale Italiano di Entomologia 4: 81-88 [86] (larval food plants)
Hawkeswood, T.J. & Knowles, D.G. 1985. Observations on some jewel beetles (Buprestidae: Coleoptera) in Western Australia. Victorian Naturalist 102(6): 205-206 [205] (predation)
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 [88] (2838)
Obenberger, J. 1934. Buprestidae 3. pp. 569-781 in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 132. [710]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 16-Jun-2022 | BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 | 25-Jan-2023 | 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 |