Jewel beetles (Buprestidae)
References for Jewel Beetles (family Buprestidae): https://sites.google.com/site/buprestidpages/
And a photo gallery for the family: https://sites.google.com/site/buprestidpages/buprestidae-gallery
This gallery can be searched by genus, for example, Castiarina:
https://sites.google.com/site/buprestidpages/castiarina-gallery
Another good gallery for Castiarina: http://www.virtual-beetle.com/castiarinafp.html
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Discussion
MarkH
wrote:
Yesterday
I don’t think so. I’ve only got one subvicina identified by Shelley and it’s a smaller slightly narrower beetle then the vicina I have seen. Pattern can be pretty much the same and colour 🤷♂️.. it can also vary a bit.
Castiarina vicina
entom2
wrote:
Yesterday
Mark H, given the cream elytral basal fasciae, might this be subvicina rather than vicina? EDIT: I mean to say 'two yellow spots at the base of the elytra'. The term 'fascia / fasciae' are actually the dark areas on the elytra.
Castiarina vicina
DianneClarke
wrote:
7 Dec 2025
Looks like you were hunting in the same place I was today :)
Castiarina vicina
Significant sightings
- Temognatha thoracica at Cook, ACT
- Temognatha rufocyanea at Borough, NSW
- Castiarina praetermissa at Brindabella, ACT
- Castiarina xystra at Deakin, ACT
- Neobuprestis frenchi at Kosciuszko National Park
- Cyrioides imperialis at Namadgi National Park
- Castiarina costata at QPRC LGA
- Temognatha affinis at QPRC LGA
- Castiarina erasma at Nimmo, NSW
- Selagis aurifera at Googong, NSW
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