Buprestidae of South Australia
( Jewel beetles )
by Peter J. Lang
Bubastes vagans   Blackburn, 1892
subfamily  Buprestinae » tribe  Bubastini » subtribe  Bubastina
Bubastes vagans   Adult images
Bubastes vagans, PL3454, female, on Melaleuca uncinata, EP, 21.5 × 6.9 mm Bubastes vagans, PL3454, female, on Melaleuca uncinata, EP, 21.5 × 6.9 mm Bubastes vagans, PL3454, female, on Melaleuca uncinata, EP, 21.5 × 6.9 mm Bubastes vagans, PL3454, female, from Melaleuca uncinata, EP, 21.5 × 6.9 mm Bubastes vagans, PL4516, male, EP, 14.9 × 4.5 mm Bubastes vagans, PL4919, PL4920A, female and male, on Melaleuca uncinata (PJL 3527), EP Bubastes vagans, PL3454, female, on Melaleuca uncinata, EP, 21.5 × 6.9 mm Bubastes vagans, PL3454, female, on Melaleuca uncinata, EP, 21.5 × 6.9 mm Bubastes vagans, PL4919, female, on Melaleuca uncinata (PJL 3527), EP, 19.6 × 5.8 mm
Actual
size¹:
16.5 mm
×
5.0 mm
Measurements (mm)
malefemale
L113.8
13.15 – 14.85
 n = 320.6
19.6 – 21.5
 n = 2
L213.8
13.15 – 14.8
 n = 319.5
 n = 1
W4.2
4 – 4.5
 n = 36.3
5.8 – 6.9
 n = 2
Legend  L1length from clypeus/frons to elytral apex (mean, range, sample size)
L2length from anterior of edge of eyes to elytral apex
Wmaximum width with elytra fully closed
Bubastes vagans  Distinctive features

Two-tone appearance with pronotum dark violet with metallic blue to green reflections and the elytra reddish-bronze.

Distribution
SA Regions¹:  EP
Australian States:  SA,  VIC
Southern South Australian occurrences
LegendP.J.Lang collection vouchered records
other private collection or museum specimens, or sightings
Satellite map
Terrain map
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Adult activity records for Bubastes vagans  (total actual records: 9 beetles)
9
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
Legend
9
number of active beetles, actually recorded in that quarter-month
actual count > 9 (median)
actual count <= 9 (median)
Adult host plant
beetles sites SA regions¹ family position on host plant
Melaleuca uncinata92EPM
Legendbeetlescount of beetles collected from, or sighted on, host plant taxon
sitescount of major sites (unique 10 km grid cells +/- some distinct approximate localities)
Plant names in green are hyperlinked to a matching host species page with plant photos.
Plant family
Code beetles % host plant taxa
M Myrtaceae 9 100% 1
Position on adult host
positionbeetlessites
on foliage or non-flowering plant92
Lure affinity
colour beetles sites SA regions¹
blue11EP
¹ LegendregionsSA State Herbarium regions (map)
EA: Eastern, EP: Eyre Peninsula, FR: Flinders Ranges, GT: Gairdner-Torrens, KI: Kangaroo Island, LE: Lake Eyre, MU: Murray, NL: Northern Lofty, NU: Nullarbor, NW: North-Western, SE: South-Eastern, SL: Southern Lofty, YP: Yorke Peninsula
sizeThe ellipse is the correct size when printed, indicative on a desktop screen, and likely to be wrong on a mobile device.