Buprestidae Images: Australia
Part 2.
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Saunders, 1868
A beautiful but normally rare species that occurs in the western part of Sydney, to the north-west, in the high country north of Bathurst, and in the New England Tableland and Granite Country areas of north-eastern New SouthWales and south-east Queensland. For a long time this species was treated as a form of the very similar Castiarina pertyi, but visually differs in that the latter species has a yellow pronotum. Occurs on the flowers of Leptospermum species. Not shown to be endangered. Click
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Thomson, 1879
Occurs from near Sydney to northern New South Wales, generally in wetter areas such as water-prone areas, swamps and along water courses. So named due to the alternatingly costae on the elytra. Specimens from the south of its range, such as the one illustrated, tend to be broader and marked with more black. Adults have been found on the flowers of Melaleuca linariifolia, and Leptospermum polygalifolium as shown here. Localised. Not shown to be endangered. Click
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Castiarina distinguenda
Saunders, 1869This small but beautiful species occurs in harsh semi-arid regions from southern Western Australia to western Victoria and to central New South Wales. This specimen was particularly red in colour; it occured in western Victoria and is set off beautifully on the flowers of one of the adult host plants in that area, Leptospermum myrsenoides. It has also been found on the flowers of mallee Eucalyptus spp. This species is typically quite uncommon. Not shown to be endangered.
Castiarina garawillae
Carter 1931This species is entirely confined to the region of inland New South Wales known as the "Pilliga Scrub". This is a quite large area of dry Eucalyptus bushland that was saved from clearing by the fact that it had good stands of native Callitris pine used in the forestry industry. The southern section is within a Nature Reserve while the remainder is in various State Forests. This species is normally difficult to find. Not shown to be endangered.
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