Buprestidae of South Australia
( Jewel beetles )
by Peter J. Lang
Diadoxus regius   Peterson, 1991
subfamily  Buprestinae » tribe  Epistomentini » subtribe  Epistomentina
Diadoxus regius   Adult images
Diadoxus regius, PL1854, male, on Callitris verrucosa, EP, 21.7 × 6.7 mm Diadoxus regius, PL1854, male, EP, 21.7 × 6.7 mm Diadoxus regius, PL1854, male, on Callitris verrucosa, EP, 21.7 × 6.7 mm Diadoxus regius, on Callitris verrucosa, MU, photo by Mark Hura
Actual
size¹:
21.7 mm
×
6.7 mm
Measurements (mm)
male
L121.7
 n = 1
L221.3
 n = 1
W6.7
 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
Distribution
SA Regions¹:  NU,  GT,  FR,  EP,  NL,  MU,  SL,  SE
Australian States:  SA,  VIC,  NSW
South Australia distribution
LegendP.J.Lang collection vouchered records
other private collection or museum specimens, or sightings
Satellite map
Terrain map
Enlarge map
Adult activity records for Diadoxus regius  (total of 15 beetles)
2 1
1 2
1
1 1
1 2
1
2
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
Adult host plants
beetles sites SA regions¹ family position on host plant
Callitris verrucosa22EP, MUC
*Cupressus macrocarpa11EPC
Legendbeetlescount of beetles collected from, or sighted on, host plant taxon
sitescount of major sites (unique 10 km grid cells +/- some distinct approximate localities)
*indicates alien (non-native) plant occurrences, either wild or planted (the species may be alien in SA, or native in parts of its SA range)
Plant family
Code beetles % host plant taxa
C Cupressaceae 2 100% 1
Position on adult host
positionbeetlessites
on foliage or non-flowering plant22
on plant (unspecified)11
Diadoxus regius Breeding record images
Diadoxus regius, PL4770, dead non-emerged adult, in Callitris sp. Limestone (M.D.Crisp 11785) dead stem (PJL 3494), SE, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski Diadoxus regius, PL4770, dead non-emerged adult, in Callitris sp. Limestone (M.D.Crisp 11785) dead stem (PJL 3494), SE, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski Diadoxus regius, PL4770, dead non-emerged adult, in Callitris sp. Limestone (M.D.Crisp 11785) dead stem (PJL 3494), SE, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski Diadoxus regius, PL4770, dead non-emerged adult, from Callitris sp. Limestone (M.D.Crisp 11785) dead stem (PJL 3494), SE Diadoxus regius, PL4770, larval host plant, host Callitris sp. Limestone (M.D.Crisp 11785), SE, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, (PJL 3494) Diadoxus regius, PL4770, larval host plant, host Callitris sp. Limestone (M.D.Crisp 11785), SE, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, (PJL 3494)
Larval host plants
records sites SA regions¹ family adult deadlarva
Callitris gracilis61MUC51
Callitris sp. Limestone (M.D.Crisp 11785)11SEC1
Legendrecordscount of breeding adults, pupae and larvae
sitescount of major sites (unique 10 km grid cells +/- some distinct approximate localities)
adultlive = extracted alive;   dead = extracted dead as intact or fragmentary remains;   ex billet = reared and emerged from stored sections of host;   ex pupa = reared from sampled pupa
pupaextracted pupa;   pupa ex larva = reared pupa from larva
larvaextracted larva (any stage including prepupa)
gall (only)hatched or unhatched gall identified by form and position rather than contents
Plant family
Code records % host plant taxa
C Cupressaceae 6 100% 1
Position in larval host
positionrecordssitesadult deadlarva
root111
dead stem626
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.