Buprestidae of the Sydney Basin

(all 222 of them, so far)

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Text & hyperlink arrangement (but not names or taxonomic arrangement) Ó Allen Sundholm, 1998.

LAST UPDATE: 25th August 1998  

Taxonomic Arrangement: Taxonomic arrangement is after BELLAMY, C. L. 1986. The Higher Classification of Australian Buprestidae, with the Description of a New Genus and Species (Coleoptera). Aust. J. Zool., 1986, 34: 583-600.

Regional Boundaries: The Sydney Region is here largely treated as that area defined by Branigan et al being generally the water catchment areas of the Sydney Basin, as adapted by Beadle, Evans, Carolin & Tindale in "Flora of the Sydney Region" (Reed Books), and as modified by myself. The distributional definition using water catchments was first used as regards Buprestidae by WILLIAMS, G. AND WILLIAMS, T. A. 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. Aust. Ent. Mag., 9: 81-93. The Sydney region is quite a huge area, and the validity of encompassing such a large area becomes more a value judgement of the practicalities of that basis versus any other basis. The Sydney Region is so diverse in its landforms and habitats that Sydney and its surrounds cannot be defined solely by any one particular habitat, flora group or landform. Whether or not the use of catchments is a sufficient basis for defining the Sydney region is entirely valid is an open question, but until a better alternative is offered, I generally follow WILLIAMS & WILLIAMS. Therefore, some species listed here are species which have distributional ranges that just impinge into the region, and such species of note include Calodema and Metaxymorpha species. Perhaps these outlying areas should be given extra-limital status i.e. "abutting" the Sydney Region as defined by some smaller area, and a future revision of these pages may well reflect such a change.

Another basis that might be used to define the Sydney Region is "the average distance one can travel to from the centre of Sydney, and still have time for field work, during an average day's drive". This may be just as valid a basis as any, given the Sydney's regions' incredible ecological diversity, and certainly very practical from a Sydney day-tripper's point of view. In effect, the limits of the Sydney basin has considerable commonality with this latter "one day's travel-time" basis!

The subregions used here are largely my own devices.

Sources of Specimen & Locality Data: Williams & Williams 1983, Hawkeswood 1978a, Hawkeswood 1987b, Webb 1987, J. Bugeja unpub., M. Hanlon unpub., R. Mayo unpub., A. Sundholm unpub., A. Sundholm & R. de Keyzer unpub. This work is based on an unpublished report prepared by A. Sundholm (Ó A. Sundholm) for the State Crown Solicitor of New South Wales on behalf of the National Parks and Wildlife Service of New South Wales, 1996.

An illustrated glimpse into what it's like to go bupresting around Sydney is described in Bupresting Around Sydney

 

Key to Localities

Region

SB Entirity of Region which includes the outer regions not further subdivided as below (and as defined in Branigan et al)

Sub-region 1:

CP Cumberland Plain (as used by National Parks and Wildlife Service of New South Wales in its "Urban Bushland Biological Survey" and as defined in Beadle, Evans, Carolin & Tindale in "Flora of the Sydney Region", Reed Books).

Sub-region Sector 1: North-west Cumberland Plain

CW District 1: Wilberforce-East Kurrajong-Colo

CA District 2: Castlereagh - Londonderry - Agnes Banks

MP District 3: Marsden Park (Marsden Park & Riverstone)

Sub-region Sector 2: North-east Cumberland Plain

MK Maroota - Kuringai - Brisbane Waters

Sub-region Sector 3: South-east Cumberland Plain

HR Holsworthy - Sandy Point - Heathcote Road - Royal National Park

Sub-region 2:

BM Blue Mountains

Sub-region 3:

WY Wollemi - Yengo

Sub-region 4:

OU Peats Ridge - Ourimbah - Narara

Sub-region 5:

IL Illawarra

A species occurs within an area if an asterisk appears in the column below its heading. The numbers for each area are totalled at the bottom of each column. The urbanised area east of the Cumberland Plain, being the majority of the urbanised and industrialised portion of Sydney, is presently excluded, due to a lack of adequate historical data. Note also that this table represents the minimum number of species that are known to the author from each area. Further research will likely show that additional species have been omitted or overlooked, and additional field work may reveal undescribed species.

Any additional data or corrections that others may have to offer will be most welcome and will be fully accredited. 

Recent additions, received with thanks:

Themognatha fortnumi, Themognatha sanguiniventris, Themognatha vitticollis (per M. Hanlon, pers. comm.)

Clicking on a hyperlinked species name (i.e. written in blue) will take you to an illustration of that species elsewhere in this web site. You will then be able to return to where you left from that page (isn't hyperlinking wonderful when it works???).

CHECKLIST

Checklist hyperlink arrangement is Ó Allen Sundholm, April-August 1998. Note: from time to time these pages are revised and re-uploaded to my ISP. Once "on the net", a few hyperlinks sometimes no longer work, and such is the finicky nature of HTML Failed links will hopefully be corrected in future uploads. If you find any that don't appear to work I would be much appreciative if you could please tell me about them. My apologies.

Click on a name in the Checklist Index below to jump directly down to the subfamily, tribe or genus of your choice, then use the hyperlink arrows to navigate within the Checklist.

To return to the Checklist Index of Names after jumping to a subfamily, tribe or genus, click on the "Ý " arrow in the far left column of the table. A "ß " arrow in the table at the right of a name means jump down to the next subfamily, tribe or genus as appropriate to level and group you are presently in, and an "Ý " arrow at the right of the names means go up to the next subfamily, tribe or genus, similarly as appropriate.

 

CHECKLIST INDEX OF NAMES JUMP FACILITY

SUBFAMILY

TRIBE

GENUS

SUBGENUS

POLYCESTINAE

Astraeusini

Astraeus

Xyroscelini

Xyroscelis

Prospherini

Prospheres

MASTOGENINAE

Mastogenini

Helferella

CHALCOPHORINAE

Epistomentini

Cyria

Diadoxus

Chalcophorini

Iridotaenia

Pseudotaenia

Chalcotaenia

BUPRESTINAE

Buprestini

Neobubastes

Nascio

Nascioides

Melanophilini

Torresita

Pseudanilara

Melobasis

Anthaxini

Anilara

Notographus

Curis

Stigmoderini

Stigmodera

Themognatha

Castiarina

Calodema

Metaxymorpha

CHRYSOBOTHRINAE

Chrysobothrini

Chrysobothris

Actenodini

Merimna

AGRILINAE

Coraebini

Synechocera

Paracephala

Dinocephalia

Alcinous

Cisseis:

Cisseis (sensu stricto)

Pachycisseis

Neospades

Hypocisseis

Ethon

Agrilini

Agrilus

TRACHYINAE

Aphanisticini

Aphanisticus

Germaricini

Germarica

Taxon of Buprestidae recorded from the Sydney Basin.

No.

Taxon

SB

CP

 CW

CA

MP

 MK

HR

BM

WY

OU

IL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Ý

Subfamily POLYCESTINAE Lacordaire, 1857 ß

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Ý

Tribe Astraeusini Cobos, 1980 ß

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Ý

Genus Astraeus LaPorte & Gory, 1837

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Astraeus crassus van de Poll, 1889

*

*

 

*

*

 

*

*

2

Astraeus dilutipes van de Poll, 1889

*

*

 

*

*

 

*

*

 

 

 

3

Astraeus jansoni van de Poll, 1889

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

 

 

4

Astraeus pygmaeus van de Poll, 1886

*

*

 

*

*

*

 

*

 

 

 

 Ý

Tribe Xyroscelini Cobos, 1955 ß Ý

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Ý

Genus Xyroscelis Thomson, 1878

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

Xyroscelis bumanna Williams & Watkins

*

 

 

 

 

*

 

 

 

 

 

 Ý

Tribe Prospherini Cobos, 1980 Ý

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Ý

Genus Prospheres Thomson, 1878

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

Prospheres aurantiopictus LaPorte & Gory, 1837

*

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

 

 

 

7

Prospheres moestus Carter, 1915

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Ý

Subfamily MASTOGENINAE LeConte & Horn, 1883 ß Ý

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Ý

Tribe Mastogenini

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Ý

Genus Helferella Cobos, 1957

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8

Helferella frenchi (Théry), 1928

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Ý

Subfamily CHALCOPHORINAE Lacordaire, 1857 ß Ý

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Ý

Tribe Epistomentini Levey, 1978 ß

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Ý

Genus Cyria Solier, 1833 ß

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

Cyria australis Boisduval, 1832

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10

Cyria imperialis (Fabricius), 1801

*

*

*

*

 

*

*

 

*

 

 

 Ý

Genus Diadoxus Thomson, 1878 Ý

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

Diadoxus erythrurus (White), 1843

*

*

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

 

 

12

Diadoxus scalaris LaPorte & Gory, 1837

*

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Ý

Tribe Chalcophorini Ý

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Ý

Genus Iridotaenia Deyrolle, 1864 ß

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13

Iridotaenia albivittus Hope, 1845

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

 

 

 Ý

Genus Chalcotaenia Deyrolle, 1864 Ý ß

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14

Chalcotaenia lamberti LaPorte & Gory, 1835

*

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

 

 

 

 Ý

Genus Pseudotaenia Kerremans, 1902 Ý

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15

Pseudotaenia waterhousei Van de Poll, 1886

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Ý

Subfamily BUPRESTINAE Lacordaire, 1857 ß Ý

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Ý

Tribe Buprestini ß

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Ý

Genus Neobubastes Blackburn, 1892 ß

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16

Neobuprestis ?albosparsa Carter, 1924

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Ý

Genus Nascio Gory & Laporte, 1837 ß Ý

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

17

Nascio vetusta (Boisduval), 1832

*

*

 

 

 

 

*

 

 

 

*

18

Nascio xanthura LaPorte & Gory, 1837

*

 

 

 

 

*

 

 

 

 

 

19

Nascio subsimillus

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Ý

Genus Nascioides Kerremans, 1903 Ý

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20

Nascioides carissima Waterhouse, 1882

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21

Nascioides costatus Carter, 1913

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

 

*

22

Nascioides macalpinei Williams, 1987

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23

Nascioides parryi Hope, 1845

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24

Nascioides pulcher (van de Poll) 1886

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Ý

Tribe Melanophilini Bedel, 1921 ß Ý

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Ý

Genus Torresita Gemminger & Harold, 1869 ß

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25

Torresita cuprifera var. chrysochloris (Gory & LaPorte, 1837)

*

*

*

*

 

*

*

*

*

 

 

26

Torresita cuprifera var. dilatata Redt., Reise Novara, 1867

*

*

 

*

 

*

*

*

*

 

 

 Ý

Genus Pseudanilara Théry, 1908 ß Ý

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

27

Pseudanilara cupripes (Macleay), 1872

*

*

 

*

 

 

 

*

 

 

 

28

Pseudanilara purpureicollis Macleay, 1872

*

*

 

*

 

 

 

*

 

 

 

 Ý

Genus Melobasis Gory & Laporte, 1837 Ý

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

29

Melobasis fasciata Carter, 1923

*

 

 

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30

Melobasis apicalis Macleay, 1872

*

*

 

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31

Melobasis costata Macleay, 1872

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32

Melobasis cruentata Thomson, 1879

*

*

 

*

 

*

 

*

 

 

 

33

Melobasis cupriceps (Kirby), 1818

*

*

 

 

 

 

*

 

 

 

 

34

Melobasis cuprifera LaPorte & Gory, 1837

*

*

*

*

 

*

*

*

*

 

 

35

Melobasis fulgurans Thomson, 1879

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

 

 

36

Melobasis nitidiventris Kerremans, 1898

*

*

 

 

 

*

*

 

 

 

 

37

Melobasis obscurella Thomson, 1879

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

38

Melobasis purpurescens (Fabricius), 1801 (variety unknown)

*

*

 

*

 

 

 

*

 

 

 

39

Melobasis purpurescens var. miranda Kerremans, 1898 

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

40

Melobasis purpurescens var. splendida (Donovan), 1805

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Ý

Tribe Anthaxini Gory & LaPorte, 1837 ß Ý

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Ý

Genus Anilara Thomson, 1879 ß

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

41

Anilara obscura Macleay, 1872

*

*

 

*

 

 

 

*

 

 

 

42

Anilara pagana Obenberger, 1915

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

 

 

43

Anilara sulcipennis Kerremans, 1898

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

 

 

 Ý

Genus Notographus Thomson, 1879 ß Ý

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

44

Notographus sp. 1

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

 

 

 Ý

Genus Curis LaPorte & Gory, 1838 ß Ý

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

45

Curis aurifera LaPorte & Gory, 1838

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

46

Curis caloptera Boisduval, 1832 sensu stricto

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

47

Curis caloptera var. formosa Gestro, 1877

*

*

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Ý

Genus Neocuris Fairmaire, 1877 Ý

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

48

Neocuris ?crassa Obenberger, 1923

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

49

Neocuris anthaxoides var. livida Carter, 1924

*

*

 

 

 

*

*

*

 

 

 

50

Neocuris coerulans Fairmaire, 1877

*

*

 

*

 

 

*

 

 

 

 

51

Neocuris cuprilatera Fairmaire, 1877

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

 

 

 

 

52

Neocuris gracilis Macleay, 1872

*

*

*

*

 

*

*

*

 

 

 

53

Neocuris guerini Hope, 1845

*

*

 

*

*

 

*

 

 

 

 

 Ý

Tribe Stigmoderini Lacordaire, 1857 Ý

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Ý

Genus Stigmodera Eschscholtz, 1829 ß

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

54

Stigmodera jacquinoti Boisduval, 1835

*

*

*

*

 

*

*

 

*

 

 

55

Stigmodera macularia (Donovan), 1805

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

 Ý

Genus Themognatha Solier, 1833 ß Ý

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

56

Themognatha affinis Saunders, 1868

*

*

*

*

 

*

*

*

*

*

 

57

Themognatha donovani LaPorte & Gory, 1838

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

 

58

Themognatha fallaciosa Kerremans, 1890

*

*

 

*

 

 

 

 

*

 

 

59

Themognatha fortnumi Hope, 1842

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

60

Themognatha goryi LaPorte & Gory, 1838

*

*

 

*

 

 

 

 

*

 

 

61

Themognatha grandis (Donovan), 1805

*

*

*

 

 

*

*

 

*

*

 

62

Themognatha limbata (Donovan), 1805

*

*

*

*

 

*

*

*

*

 

 

63

Themognatha maculiventris Macleay, 1862

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

 

64

Themognatha mitchelli Hope, 1846

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

 

 

65

Themognatha sexmaculata Saunders, 1868

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

 

66

Themognatha sanguiniventris

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

 

67

Themognatha suturalis (Donovan), 1805

*

*

*

*

 

*

*

*

*

*

*

68

Themognatha thoracica Saunders, 1868

*

*

 

*

 

*

 

 

*

 

 

69

Themognatha variabilis (Donovan), 1805

*

*

*

*

 

*

*

*

*

*

*

70

Themognatha vitticolis Macleay, 1862

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Ý

Genus Castiarina Gory & Laporte, 1838 ß Ý

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

71

Castiarina abdominalis Saunders, 1868

*

*

 

*

*

 

*

 

 

 

 

72

Castiarina acuminata Kerremans, 1898

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

*

73

Castiarina alecgemmelli Barker,

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

 

74

Castiarina alternecosta Thomson, 1879

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

 

 

75

Castiarina amplipennis Saunders, 1868

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

 

 

76

Castiarina analis Saunders, 1869

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

77

Castiarina andersoni LaPorte & Gory, 1837

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

 

 

78

Castiarina armata Thomson, 1879

*

*

*

*

 

 

*

 

*

 

 

79

Castiarina australasiae LaPorte & Gory, 1837

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

80

Castiarina balteata Saunders, 1869

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

 

*

 

 

81

Castiarina beatrix Barker, 1988

*

                

*

  

82

Castiarina bella Saunders, 1871

*

*

*

*

 

*

*

*

*

*

*

83

Castiarina bifasciata (Hope), 1831

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

84

Castiarina bremei (Hope), 1845

*

*

 

 

 

*

*

*

 

 

*

85

Castiarina brutella Thomson, 1879

*

*

 

 

 

 

*

*

*

*

*

86

Castiarina burchelli LaPorte & Gory, 1837

*

*

 

*

*

 

*

 

 

 

 

87

Castiarina caillaina Barker, 1987

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

 

88

Castiarina coeruleipes Saunders, 1869

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

 

*

89

Castiarina commixta Carter, 1924

*

*

 

*

 

 

*

*

 

 

 

90

Castiarina costata Saunders, 1868

*

*

*

*

 

 

*

 

 

 

*

91

Castiarina costipennis Saunders, 1869

*

*

 

 

 

 

*

*

 

 

 

92

Castiarina crenata (Donovan), 1805

*

*

*

*

 

*

*

*

*

*

*

93

Castiarina cruenta LaPorte & Gory, 1837

*

*

 

 

 

*

*

*

*

 

 

94

Castiarina cruentata (Kirby), 1818

*

*

 

 

 

*

*

 

 

 

 

95

Castiarina cydista Rainbow, 1904

*

*

 

 

 

 

*

*

 

 

*

96

Castiarina daedalea Barker, 1990

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

97

Castiarina decemmaculata (Kirby), 1818

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

98

Castiarina delicatula Kerremans, 1902

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

99

Castiarina delta Thomson, 1879

*

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

 

*

*

100

Castiarina deuqueti Carter, 1927

*

*

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

101

Castiarina deyrollei Thomson, 1879

*

*

 

 

 

 

*

*

 

 

 

102

Castiarina dimidiata Carter, 1908

*

*

 

 

 

 

*

*

 

 

 

103

Castiarina discoidea Carter, 1931

*

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

 

 

 

104

Castiarina erythromelas (Boisduval), 1835

*

*

 

*

 

 

 

*