Jewel beetle at Hackett, ACT
Identification history
| Diphucrania marmorata | 24 Nov 2024 | MarkH | ||
| Diphucrania sp. (genus) | 24 Nov 2024 | MarkH | ||
| Diphucrania leucosticta | 24 Nov 2024 | Pirom |
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2 comments
MarkH
wrote:
24 Nov 2024
This is not D. leucosticta.
It isn’t possible to identify this species more accurately without having the specimen under a microscope. Its size is greater than cupripennis and I don’t think marmorata (which is the right size range) has a bright green pronotum. I will check my reference collection in a few days and see.
It isn’t possible to identify this species more accurately without having the specimen under a microscope. Its size is greater than cupripennis and I don’t think marmorata (which is the right size range) has a bright green pronotum. I will check my reference collection in a few days and see.
Pirom
wrote:
24 Nov 2024
Thanks. Some marmorata on ALA seem to have bright green - there seems to be an informed commentary under https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/66457490 (linked from ALA) but outside my knowledge.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.170089-35.262389
- Altitude 670.2m
- Maps Mount Ainslie
- Places Hackett, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 23 Nov 2024 05:04 PM Recorded on
- Pirom Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Jewel beetles (Buprestidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Pirom Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Acacia mearnsii Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Diphucrania marmorata Scientific name
- Jewel beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Unknown
- Up to 754m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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