, SL, A1_x468.jpg "Castiarina alternozona, PL3502, on Bursaria spinosa ssp. spinosa (for photo), SL, 21.6 × 9.0 mm")
, SL, A4_x468.jpg "Castiarina alternozona, PL3502, female, on Bursaria spinosa ssp. spinosa (for photo), SL, 21.6 × 9.0 mm")
, SL, A5_x300.jpg "Castiarina alternozona, PL3502, female, on Bursaria spinosa ssp. spinosa (for photo), SL, 21.6 × 9.0 mm")
, SL, A6_x300.jpg "Castiarina alternozona, PL3502, female, on Bursaria spinosa ssp. spinosa (for photo), SL, 21.6 × 9.0 mm")
, SL, A7_x300.jpg "Castiarina alternozona, PL3502, female, on Bursaria spinosa ssp. spinosa (for photo), SL, 21.6 × 9.0 mm")
, SL, A8_x300.jpg "Castiarina alternozona, PL3502, female, on Bursaria spinosa ssp. spinosa (for photo), SL, 21.6 × 9.0 mm")
, SL, A9_x300.jpg "Castiarina alternozona, PL3502, female, on Eucalyptus obliqua (for photo), SL, 21.6 × 9.0 mm")
, SL, A10_x300.jpg "Castiarina alternozona, PL3502, female, on Eucalyptus obliqua (for photo), SL, 21.6 × 9.0 mm")
Actual
size¹:
size¹:
19.7 mm
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8.0 mm
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8.0 mm
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| L1 | 17.8 | n = 1 | 21.6 | n = 1 | ||
| W | 7.1 | n = 1 | 8.9 | n = 1 | ||
| Legend | L1 | length from clypeus/frons to elytral apex (mean, range, sample size) |
| L2 | length from anterior of edge of eyes to elytral apex | |
| W | maximum width with elytra fully closed |
Large size, bright red and black elytra, and dark greenish-gold below.
This is a seldom-encountered species endemic to SA and largely confined to the higher rainfall areas with Stringybark forests in the southern Mt Lofty Ranges, and to southern Kangaroo Island. The scarcity of specimens may be due in part to it feeding out of reach in tree canopies.
| Legend | P.J.Lang collection vouchered records | |
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| Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
| Legend | live emerged adults, count > median value of 1 per quarter month | |
| live emerged adults, count <= median value of 1 | ||
| live non-emerged adults only, for that quarter month | ||
12 | number of active beetles for that quarter month |
| beetles | sites | SA regions¹ | family | position on host plant | |||
| Eucalyptus sp. | 3 | 2 | SL, KI | M | |||
| Bursaria spinosa ssp. spinosa | 2 | 1 | SL | P | |||
| Leptospermum continentale | 2 | 2 | KI | M | |||
| Eucalyptus rugosa | 2 | 1 | KI | M | |||
| Eucalyptus obliqua | 1 | 1 | SL | M | |||
| Pteridium esculentum ssp. esculentum | 1 | 1 | SL |
| Legend | beetles | count of beetles collected from, or sighted on, host plant taxon |
| sites | count 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. | ||
| Code | beetles | % | host plant taxa | |
| M | Myrtaceae | 8 | 73% | 3 |
| P | Pittosporaceae | 2 | 18% | 1 |
| U | Unmatched | 1 | 9% | 1 |
| position | beetles | sites | ||
| on flower(s) | 5 | 4 | ||
| on flowering plant | 2 | 1 | ||
| on foliage or non-flowering plant | 1 | 1 | ||
| on plant (unspecified) | 2 | 1 | ||
| other | ||||
| on ground under canopy | 1 | 1 | ||
| ¹ Legend | regions | SA 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 |
| size | The ellipse is the correct size when printed, indicative on a desktop screen, and likely to be wrong on a mobile device. |