Species Temognatha suturalis (Donovan, 1805)
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown sex unknown, Australia (as New Holland).- Buprestis vertebralis 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] [66].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP sex unknown, NSW (as Nouvelles-Galles du Sud). - Stigmodera (Temognatha) suturalis tincticollis Obenberger, J. 1922. Beiträge zur Kenntnis Buprestiden (Col). Archiv für Naturgeschichte 88A 12: 64-168 [112] [variation of suturalis; as Themognatha].
Type data:
Holotype NMPC 23390 sex unknown, QLD.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Kerremans, C. 1903. Coleoptera, Fam. Buprestidae. pp. 49-338 in Wytsman, P. (ed.). Genera Insectorum. Bruxelles : Verteneuil & Desmet Vol. 12b-d. [206]
- Bellamy, C.L. & Peterson, M. 2000. Contributions to the taxonomy of Australian Buprestidae (Coleoptera) Part I. New synonymy, combinations, and names. Folia Heyrovskyana 8(2): 72–100 [31 Oct. 2000] [94] (synonymy of var. tincticollis)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Victoria
IBRA
NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: SE coastal
- Victoria: SE coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: diurnal, florivore (associated flora: Angophora hispida (Sm.) Blaxell [MYRTACEAE] Dwarf Apple (on flowers); Leptospermum morrisonii Joy Thomps. [MYRTACEAE] (on flowers)), volant.
Larva: wood-borer (associated flora: Allocasuarina verticillata (Lam.) L.A.S.Johnson [CASUARINACEAE] Drooping She-Oak; Allocasuarina torulosa (Aiton) L.A.S.Johnson [CASUARINACEAE] Forest She Oak; Allocasuarina littoralis (Salisb.) L.A.S.Johnson [CASUARINACEAE] Black She-Oak).
Extra Ecological Information
Hawkeswood & Peterson (1982) reported this species' larvae from Casuarina torulosa; Williams & Williams (1983) recorded this species from Angophora hispida; Hawkeswood (1988) summarized French's (1909) earlier account of possible hosts and predators and recorded Casuarina stricta as a larval host.
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 [338] (Angophora hispida)
French, C.A. 1909. Chapter lxxxii. The steel-blue she-oak borer (Stigmodera vertebralis Donovan). 95-96, pl. lxxv 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. 4. [95] (Angophora hispida)
Froggatt, W.W. 1914. Insects associated with Angophora cordifolia. The Australian Naturalist 3: 18-20 [18] (Angophora hispida)
Hawkeswood, T. J. 1988. A review of larval host records for twelve Australian Buprestidae (Coleoptera). Giornale Italiano di Entomologia 4: 81-88 [87] (Angophora hispida)
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 [6] (Angophora hispida)
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] (Angophora hispida)
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 hispida)
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 [62] (Angophora hispida)
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 [87] (Angophora hispida)
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 [10] (Map 101)
Carter, H.J. 1916. Revision of the genus Stigmodera, and descriptions of some new species of Buprestidae. (Order Coleoptera). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 40: 78–144, pls 9,10 [93]
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] [291]
French, C.A. 1909. Chapter lxxxii. The steel-blue she-oak borer (Stigmodera vertebralis Donovan). 95-96, pl. lxxv 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. 4. [95] (as vertebralis)
Hawkeswood, T.J. 1988. A review of larval host records for twelve Australian Buprestidae (Coleoptera). Giornale Italiano di Entomologia 4: 81-88 [87] (larval food plants)
Hawkeswood, T.J. & Peterson, M. 1982. A review of larval host records for Australian jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Victorian Naturalist 99: 240-251 [245] (larval food plant)
Kerremans, C. 1892. Catalogue synonymique des Buprestides decrits de 1758 à 1890. Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 1: 1-304 [157]
Kerremans, C. 1903. Coleoptera, Fam. Buprestidae. pp. 49-338 in Wytsman, P. (ed.). Genera Insectorum. Bruxelles : Verteneuil & Desmet Vol. 12b-d. [206]
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 [98] (2961)
Obenberger, J. 1928. Opuscula Buprestologica I. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Buprestiden (Col.). Archiv für Naturgeschichte 92(9-11): 1-350 [62]
Obenberger, J. 1934. Buprestidae 3. pp. 569-781 in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 132. [747]
Obenberger, J. 1934. Buprestidae 3. pp. 569-781 in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 132. [747] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement vertebralis as senior synonym)
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] [27]
History of changes
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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) |
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