Temognatha rufocyanea
4 a jewel beetle at Borough, NSW
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| Temognatha rufocyanea | MarkH | 14 Dec 2024 | |
| Unverified | Paul4K | 14 Dec 2024 |
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Significant sighting
AlisonMilton noted:
22 Dec 2024
This is a remarkable, excellent, and significant range extension for this species, a species which was once near-mythical for many decades, with just one specimen being found in the late 1980's, and not found again despite numerous searches until 2018. Thanks to this observation this species now has quite a respectable distribution range.
10 comments
14 Dec 2024
Paul it’s worth obscuring then coordinates for this one as it’s incredibly uncommon and only known at present from the hinterland around Nowra
14 Dec 2024
Sorry I’m not sure. Maybe as an Admin I get to see it 🤷♂️.
I’ll ask further up the tree
I’ll ask further up the tree
14 Dec 2024
22 Dec 2024
This is a remarkable, excellent, and significant range extension for this species, a species which was once near-mythical for many decades, with just one specimen being found in the late 1980's, and not found again despite numerous searches until 2018. Thanks to this observation this species now has quite a respectable distribution range. Well done! Cheers, Allen M. Sundholm
23 Dec 2024
Does anyone know which species in Leptospermum this is feeding at the flowers of? Note, perhaps Gaudium, or one of the other new genera that have recently been split off from Leptospermum? Cheers, Allen
24 Dec 2024
I collected a bit and I've keyed it to L.obovatum which we have had confirmed on our property previously.
Location information
- Maps Boro
- Places Borough, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- Paul4K Recorded by
- Leptospermum sp. Associated plant
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Yes Insect on a flower
Collections
- Paul4K Significant Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Jewel beetles (Buprestidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects Temognatha rufocyanea
Species information
- Temognatha rufocyanea Scientific name
- a jewel beetle Common name
- Sensitive
- Very rare / threatened
- Non-invasive or negligible
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