Neospades aurocyanea
1 A jewel beetle at Paddys River, ACT
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| Diphucrania aurocyanea | MarkH | 10 Feb 2023 | |
| Diphucrania aurocyanea | KimberiRP | 8 Feb 2023 | |
| Neospades aurocyanea | MichaelMulvaney | 15 Feb 2022 | |
| Neospades aurocyanea | entom2 | 14 Feb 2022 | |
| Melobasis sp. (genus) | Harrisi | 14 Feb 2022 | |
| Unverified | trevorpreston | 13 Feb 2022 |
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Beetle about 6mm
9 comments
14 Feb 2022
I cant find anything helpful on line about Neospades aurocyanea. Is it in one of the beetle books?
15 Feb 2022
Welcome to the foggy world of Buprestids tpreston and birdy. As I have said before, there is next to no reference material readily available so we are lucky to have someone of entom2's calibre 'looking over us' with their decades of experience. Well done tpreston for adding a new genus of jewel beetle to CNM ! what plant was it on, looks a bit 'verbascumy' ?
15 Feb 2022
I'm not really sure what the plant was, it was about 1m tall with leaves all up the main stem, but I was so focused on the beetle I forgot to really notice the plant.
Thanks entom2 for the ID.
Thanks entom2 for the ID.
16 Feb 2022
Hi Birdy hi tprestons, I have collected this species in western Sydney and the pattern on yours matches mine, and there is only one species in Neospades with this particular pattern, though the colours are quite variable. Yours is a particularly nice one. Stuart is kind about me and is correct in that reference material apart from original descriptions is scarce or non-existent.
8 Feb 2023
The genus Neospades is currently undergoing a Revision by an overseas scientist. I will ask him about the status of this species.
10 Feb 2023
I have heard back from the person doing the revision of Neospades and he has never heard of Neospades aurocyanea. He did mention the species Diphucrania aurocyanea which is listed by Bellamy in the Australian Catalogue of Buprestidae. I think this must be the species that Allen is thinking of.
20 Jul 2023
My apologies everyone, I am now certain this is actually Diphucrania aeruginosa. Cheers, Allen.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.889106-35.456787
- Maps Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve
- Places Paddys River, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 13 Feb 2022 01:15 PM Recorded on
- trevorpreston Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
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- Insects Jewel beetles (Buprestidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) trevorpreston Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Neospades aurocyanea
Species information
- Neospades aurocyanea Scientific name
- A jewel beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- External link More information
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