Species Aaaaba nodosus (Deyrolle, 1865)
- Alcinous nodosus Deyrolle, H. 1865. Description des Buprestides de la Malaisie recueillis par M. Wallace. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 8: 1-269 pls i-iv [Date published Mar 1965: publication bears the date of 1864 but was not published until March 1865] [115].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH sex unknown, Australia (as Australie). - Alcinous minor Kerremans, C. 1898. Buprestides nouveaux de l'Australie et des régiones voisines. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 42: 113-182 [176].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH sex unknown, NSW (as Nouvelles-Galles du Sud).
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Carter, H.J. 1923. Revision of the genera Ethon, Cisseis and their allies (Buprestidae). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 48(2): 159-176 [176]
- Carter, H.J. 1940. Australian Buprestidae and the Junk Catalogue. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 11 6: 380-389 [388]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria
IBRA
NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales
- Queensland: NE coastal
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: diurnal, herbivore (associated flora: Rubus moorei F.Muell. [ROSACEAE] Bush Lawyer (feeding on leaves); Rubus hillii F.Muell. [ROSACEAE] Molucca Bramble (feeding on leaves); Rubus parvifolius L. [ROSACEAE] Native Raspberry (on leaves); Rubus spp. [ROSACEAE] (on leaves)), volant.
Larva: wood-borer (associated flora: Rubus parvifolius L. [ROSACEAE] Native Raspberry; Rubus spp. [ROSACEAE]).
Extra Ecological Information
Williams (1983) recorded adults of this species from Rubus hillii and R. moorei (Rosaceae).
General References
Bellamy, C.L., Williams, G.A., Hasenpusch, J. & Sundholm, A. 2013. A summary of the published data on host plants and morphology of immature stages of Australian jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), with additional new records. Insecta Mundi 0293: 1-172 [73]
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 [14] (Map 247)
Carter, H.J. 1909. Notes on Australian Coleoptera: with descriptions of new species of Tenebrionidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 34: 120-156 [122] (minor)
Carter, H.J. 1921. Results of Dr. E. Mjöberg's Swedish scientific expeditions to Australia 1910–1913. 25. Buprestidae. Arkiv för Zoologi 13(22): 1-6 [5] (minor)
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] [276]
Deyrolle, H. 1865. Description des Buprestides de la Malaisie recueillis par M. Wallace. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 8: 1-269 pls i-iv [Date published Mar 1965: publication bears the date of 1864 but was not published until March 1865] [115]
Hawkeswood, T.J. 1987. Beetles of Australia. North Ryde, NSW : Angus & Robertson 248 pp. [60] (Plate 81 [colour])
Kerremans, C. 1893. Essai de groupement des Buprestides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 37: 94-122 [122]
Kerremans, C. 1903. Coleoptera, Fam. Buprestidae. pp. 49-338 in Wytsman, P. (ed.). Genera Insectorum. Bruxelles : Verteneuil & Desmet Vol. 12b-d. [222]
Obenberger, J. 1935. Buprestidae 4. pp. 785-934 in W. Junk & S. Schenkling (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. 's-Gravenhage : W. Junk Vol. 143. [791] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement minor as valid species)
Williams, G.A. 1983. Observations on the genus Alcinous Deyrolle (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Victorian Naturalist 100: 37-39 [37]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 28-Jan-2014 | BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 | 16-Jun-2022 | MODIFIED | Dr Federica Turco (QM) |
| 16-Jun-2022 | MODIFIED |