Species Xyroscelis crocata (Gory & Laporte, 1839)

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• Acmaeodera melanosticta Hope, F.W. 1846. Descriptions of new species of Buprestidae from New Holland. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 17: 62-65 [64].

  Type data:

   Holotype OUM COLE0942 ♂, Swan River.

  Secondary source:

   Williams, G.A. & Watkins, S. 1986. A revision of the genus Xyroscelis Saunders (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 25: 295-299 [298].
• Acmaeodera nodosa Hope, F.W. 1846. Descriptions of new species of Buprestidae from New Holland. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 17: 62-65 [64].

  Type data:

   Holotype OUM COLE0941 ♀, Swan River.

  Secondary source:

   Williams, G.A. & Watkins, S. 1986. A revision of the genus Xyroscelis Saunders (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 25: 295-299 [298].
• Amorphosoma crocatum Gory, H.L. & Laporte de Castelnau, F.L. 1839. Histoire naturelle et iconographie des insectes Coléoptères. Monographie des buprestides. genera: Anthaxia, Evagora, Sphenoptera, Cratomerus, Sponsor, Cisseis, Castalia, Poecilonota, Zemina, Stenogaster, Pseudagrilus, Amorphosoma, Eumerus, Coraebus, Ethon, Brachys [pp. 1-3, genera paged separately; see Laporte & Gory for Volume 1]. Paris : P. Duménil Vol. 2(25-35). [13].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP ♂, Australia (as Nouvelle Holland).
  Paratype(s) MNHP 1 ♂, Swan River; MNHP 2 ♀, none given.

  Secondary source:

   Williams, G.A. & Watkins, S. 1986. A revision of the genus Xyroscelis Saunders (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 25: 295-299 [298].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• 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] [53]
• Obenberger, J. 1926. Buprestidae 1. pp. 1-212 in W. Junk & S. Schenkling (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 84. [54]
• Williams, G.A. & Watkins, S. 1986. A revision of the genus Xyroscelis Saunders (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 25: 295-299 [298]

Ecological Descriptors

Terrestrial (associated flora: Macrozamia riedlei (Fisch. ex Gaudich.) C.A.Gardner [ZAMIACEAE] Zamia Palm (larvae in and adults on foliage)).

Associated Flora References

Bellamy, C.L. 1997. Phylogenetic relationships of Xyroscelis (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 11: 569-574 [570, fig. 1] (Macrozamia riedlei)

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 [434] (Macrozamia riedlei)

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 riedlei)

Hawkeswood, T.J. 1987. Beetles of Australia. North Ryde, NSW : Angus & Robertson 248 pp. [66, plate 96] (Macrozamia riedlei)

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

Williams, G. & Watkins, S. 1986. A revision of the genus Xyroscelis Saunders (Coleoptera : Buprestidae). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 25: 295–299 [298] (Macrozamia riedlei)

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