Astraeus (Astraeus) pygmaeus

1 A small Casuarina jewel beetle. at Tennent, ACT

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Astraeus pygmaeus

1 Feb 2022

Harrisi

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4 comments

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

1 Feb 2022

Stuart is this a new one for your list - is it a significant species?

Have you passed 100 regional species yet?

Harrisi wrote:

1 Feb 2022

Not yet Michael. When you take out the nine generic (not to species level) jewel beetles the current tally is 91. When I started 'getting into' buprestids in 2018 there were 13 species on CNM, so We have certainly boosted the number significantly! My personal CNM tally is around 80 now and this season, (which has been 'frugal' in biodiversity, to say the least) has not helped much. The Astraeus here I have encountered every season around this time of year; feisty little characters, they can ping/spring like Elatrids (click beetles) and are very hard to photograph........the quest continues...

natureguy wrote:

24 May 2023

Hi @michaelb I think this species and Astraeus (Astraeus) pygmaeus might need to be combined as they are the same thing?

michaelb wrote:

25 May 2023

Yes Luke, they have been merged.

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