Buprestidae of South Australia
( Jewel beetles )
by Peter J. Lang
Castiarina danesi   (Obenberger, 1933)
subfamily  Buprestinae » tribe  Stigmoderini » subtribe  Stigmoderina
Castiarina  species group: distinguenda
Castiarina danesi   Adult images
Castiarina danesi, SAMA 25-014243, male, from Eucalyptus sp., MU, photo by Peter Lang for SA Museum, 13.7 × 5.5 mm
Actual
size¹:
13.7 mm
×
5.5 mm
Measurements (mm)
male
L113.7
n = 1
L213.3
n = 1
W5.5
n = 1
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
Castiarina danesi  Distinctive features

Pronotum black with broad red lateral margins; elytra with background orange, and fasciae with dark blue reflections, anterior fascia broken.

Notes

Only known in SA from a single specimen collected in 1984 by Jennifer Gardner near Swan Reach Conservation Park in the Murray Mallee. The specimen (illustrated here) was taken on flowering mallee on 17th November.

Distribution
SA Regions¹:  MU
Australian States:  WASA?QLD
Southern South Australian occurrences
LegendP.J.Lang collection vouchered records
other private collection or museum specimens, or sightings
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Adult activity records for Castiarina danesi  (total actual records: 1 beetles)
1
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 > 1 (median)
actual count <= 1 (median)
Adult host plant
beetles sites SA regions¹ family position on host plant
Eucalyptus sp.11MUM
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 family
Code beetles % host plant taxa
M Myrtaceae 1 100% 1
Position on adult host
positionbeetlessites
on plant (unspecified)11
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.