Neocuris sp. (genus)
A jewel beetle at Yarrow, NSW
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| Neocuris sp. (genus) | 12 Dec 2025 | Harrisi |
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entom2
wrote:
14 Dec 2025
The genus Neocuris which is endemic to Australia is long-overdue for a modern revision. If possible please, NatureMapr members could collect a series of this and any other Neocuris species they may come across (usually occur on flowers as they are nectarivores) and lodge them in the ANIC in Canberra, preferably hand-delivered (alive or very freshly dead is best) with their collection data, if proper entomological curation prior to delivery is not an option. If curation is possible note that this involves either (a) pinning the specimens using thin stainless steel entomological pins, or (b) gluing one side of the specimen (leaving the other side visible for inspection) on a thin cardboard entomological point which has the pin placed though the 'fat' end of the point. Labels should be very small (drawer space is very expensive - large labels chew up valuable storage space), preferably laser-printed - preferably on high-quality card e.g. 210 GSM weight / 170 CIE whiteness premium digital paper - not ink jet printed - using font sizes 3 to 4, recording exact collection site including coordinates (accurate to 1 second, or 6 decimal points), date (and time and temperature if possible), adult host plant name (at least the genus), and collector name(s). Cheers, Allen M. Sundholm.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.259049-35.412854
- Maps Googong Foreshore
- Places Yarrow, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 11 Dec 2025 04:38 PM Recorded on
- Harrisi Recorded by
- Leptospermum sp. Associated plant
- tiny, approx 3.5mm length. felt it crawling on my neck after brushing foliage; easy peasy! Associated animal
- Less than 5mm Animal size
Collections
- Harrisi NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Neocuris sp. (genus) Jewel beetles (Buprestidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects
Species information
- Neocuris sp. (genus) Scientific name
- A jewel beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
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