Diadoxus regius Peterson, 1991
subfamily Buprestinae » tribe Epistomentini » subtribe Epistomentina
Diadoxus regius Adult images
Actual
size¹:
21.7 mm
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6.7 mm
Measurements (mm)
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L1 | 21.7 | | n = 1 | | | |
L2 | 21.3 | | n = 1 | | | |
W | 6.7 | | 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 |
Distribution
NU, GT, FR, EP, NL, MU, SL, SE
Australian States: SA, VIC, NSW
South Australia distribution
Legend | | P.J.Lang collection vouchered records |
| other private collection or museum specimens, or sightings |
Adult activity records for Diadoxus regius (total of 15 beetles)
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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
Callitris verrucosa | 2 | 2 | EP, MU | C |
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*Cupressus macrocarpa | 1 | 1 | EP | C |
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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) |
* | 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
Position on adult host
on foliage or non-flowering plant | | 2 | 2 |
on plant (unspecified) | | 1 | 1 |
Diadoxus regius Breeding record images
Larval host plants
Callitris gracilis | 6 | 1 | MU | C | 5 | 1 |
Callitris sp. Limestone (M.D.Crisp 11785) | 1 | 1 | SE | C | 1 | |
Legend | records | count of breeding adults, pupae and larvae |
sites | count of major sites (unique 10 km grid cells +/- some distinct approximate localities) |
adult | live = 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 |
pupa | extracted pupa; pupa ex larva = reared pupa from larva |
larva | extracted larva (any stage including prepupa) |
gall (only) | hatched or unhatched gall identified by form and position rather than contents |
Plant family
Position in larval host
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. |