3 Jewel beetle at Nerriga, NSW
Identification history
| Castiarina pertyi | 14 Dec 2024 | Harrisi |
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7 comments
Harrisi
wrote:
14 Dec 2024
About 10% bigger than actual plague soldier beetles Helen....was amongst them, stunning adaptation...
MarkH
wrote:
14 Dec 2024
There is a similar species called Castiarina mimus which has less black on the pronotum and the orange colour more reddish so watch out for that one as well.
Can someone please check the spelling of pertii… I’m sure it is pertyi however I don’t have access to Barkers book until tonight. Pertii just looks wrong ..
Can someone please check the spelling of pertii… I’m sure it is pertyi however I don’t have access to Barkers book until tonight. Pertii just looks wrong ..
HelenCross
wrote:
14 Dec 2024
Very good adaptation! So many soldier beetles at the ANBG - very disheartening - bit will now keep a look out for these and mimus!
entom2
wrote:
22 Dec 2024
This is Castiarina mima (Castiarina mimus being a junior synonym, at least according to the Atlas of Living Australia website, abbreviation ALA). In some areas, e.g. the central hughlands of NSW, Castiarina mima has variations where the metallic green on the elytra is broken up into bands or further reduced, but this particular pertii-like form is typical for the species where encountered near Sydney. The name Castiarina mima needs to be added to the species list for this region please. Readily distinguished from Castiarina pertii (spelling also as per ALA, which does not mention the name spelt as pertyi as stated in Shelley Barker's book on Castiarina, and likely because the authors of this species, Gory & Laporte, spelt it as 'pertii' in their description of the species) by, as MarkH mentioned, the distinctive orange or orange-red pronotum, as compared to the always-yellow pronotun in Castiarina pertii. Also, the male genitalia are distinctive in each of these two closely-related species (see Shelley Barker's aforementioned book on Castiarina). Cheers, Allen M. Sundholm.
MarkH
wrote:
22 Dec 2024
Allen, if the change in spelling hasn’t been published in a recognised paper then it remains as per Barker.
Are you aware of any scientific paper changing the name ?
If not then ALA is incorrect.
Are you aware of any scientific paper changing the name ?
If not then ALA is incorrect.
entom2
wrote:
23 Dec 2024
Mark, I have a PDF of the original description published in 1838 by Laporte & Gory where it was spelt as 'pertii'. I will flick you the relevant page.
Location information
- Coordinates 150.090199-35.125588
- Places Nerriga, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 13 Dec 2024 07:40 PM Recorded on
- Harrisi Recorded by
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Collections
Jewel beetles (Buprestidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects Harrisi Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- Leptospermum sp. Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Castiarina pertyi Scientific name
- Jewel beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
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