Species Xyroscelis bumana Williams & Watkins, 1986

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• Xyroscelis bumana Williams, G.A. & Watkins, S. 1986. A revision of the genus Xyroscelis Saunders (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 25: 295-299 [297].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM K11933 (K72000) ♂, Woy Woy, NSW [33° 29' 10" S 151° 19' 24" E].
  Paratype(s) AM K32023 1 ♀, none given; ANIC 2 ♂ (9.iii.1901, J.J. Walker), Woy Woy, NSW; GWC 2 ♂, 2 ♀ (18.xii.1984, G. Williams), Kurnell Pen., Sydney, NSW; MNHP 1 ♀ (18.xii.1984, G. Williams), Kurnell Pen., Sydney, NSW; OUM 1 ♀ (18.xii.1984, G. Williams), Kurnell Pen., Sydney, NSW; SAMA 1 ♂ (30.xi.1982, S. Watkins), Kurnell Pen., Sydney, NSW; WAM 1 ♂ (30.xi.1982, S. Watkins), Kurnell Pen., Sydney, NSW; CLBC 3 sex unknown, Kurnell Pen., Sydney, NSW; SWC 14 ♂, 4 ♀, Kurnell Pen., Sydney, NSW; AM K11933 1 ♂, Woy Woy, NSW; ANIC 1 ♀ (on zamia palm,xi.1935, J. L. Armstrong), Coonabarabran, NSW.

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Sydney Basin (SB)

Ecological Descriptors

Terrestrial (associated flora: Macrozamia communis L.A.S.Johnson [ZAMIACEAE] Burrawang (larvae in plant and adults on foliage)).

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 [43] (Macrozamia communis)

Crowson, R.A. 1991. The relations of Coleoptera to Cycadales. pp. 13-28 in Zunino, M., Belles, X. & Blass, M. Advances in coleopterology. Barcelona : European Association of Coleopterology pp. 323. [15] (Macrozamia communis)

Hawkeswood, T.J. 2006. Review of the biology of the Australian genus Xyroscelis Saunders, 1868 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Calodema 5: 1-2 [1] (Macrozamia communis)

Mulder, R.H. 1984. Xyroscelis crocata, an uncommon buprestid. Circular Entomological Section. Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 34: 4 [4] (Macrozamia communis)

Williams, G. & Watkins, S. 1986. A revision of the genus Xyroscelis Saunders (Coleoptera : Buprestidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 25: 295–299 [297] (Macrozamia communis)

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