Buprestidae of South Australia
( Jewel beetles )
by Peter J. Lang
Diphucrania notulata   (Germar, 1848)
subfamily  Agrilinae » tribe  Coraebini » subtribe  Cisseina
Diphucrania notulata   Adult images
Diphucrania notulata, PL3671, female, on Daviesia ulicifolia ssp. incarnata, MU, 10.1 × 3.5 mm Diphucrania notulata, PL3671, female, on Daviesia ulicifolia ssp. incarnata, MU, 10.1 × 3.5 mm Diphucrania notulata, PL3672, female, on Daviesia ulicifolia ssp. incarnata, MU, 5.7 × 1.5 mm Diphucrania notulata, PL3740, male, on Acacia pycnantha, MU, 6.3 × 2.5 mm Diphucrania notulata, PL3759C, female, from Acacia pycnantha, MU, 7.2 × 2.9 mm Diphucrania notulata, PL3759A, male, from Acacia pycnantha, MU, 6.7 × 2.8 mm Diphucrania notulata, PL3740, male, on Acacia pycnantha, MU, 6.3 × 2.5 mm Diphucrania notulata, PL3740, male, on Acacia pycnantha, MU, 6.3 × 2.5 mm Diphucrania notulata, PL3671, female, on Daviesia ulicifolia ssp. incarnata, MU, 10.1 × 3.5 mm
Actual
size¹:
7.0 mm
×
2.8 mm
Measurements (mm)
malefemale
L16.6
6.3 – 7.05
 n = 57.4
7.1 – 8
 n = 5
L26.5
6.15 – 6.95
 n = 57.2
6.95 – 7.7
 n = 5
W2.7
2.5 – 2.85
 n = 52.9
2.85 – 3.1
 n = 5
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
Diphucrania notulata  Distinctive features

Head, pronotum and ventral side dark silvery-grey to platinum-coloured; elytra mostly black with rather irregularly shaped white hair-scale patches; white hair-scales forming a prominent band on the on sides of the pronotum.

Notes

Occurrences in MU region are located on the eastern edge of the Mt Lofty Ranges. This species was thought to be known in SA from early collections only until it was 'rediscovered' by R.V. Glatz in 2011 in the Barossa Hills. More recently, a 1995 collection made by M.A. Hura from the southern Flinders Ranges has come to light.

Distribution
SA Regions¹:  FR,  SL,  MU
Australian States:  WA,  SA,  TAS,  VIC,  NSW
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 Diphucrania notulata  (total actual records: 15 beetles)
1 2
1 9
2
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 > 2 (median)
actual count <= 2 (median)
Adult host plants
beetles sites SA regions¹ family position on host plant
Acacia pycnantha61MUF
Daviesia ulicifolia ssp. incarnata61MUF
Callitris gracilis21MUC
Cassinia laevis ssp. laevis11FRA
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
F Fabaceae 12 80% 2
C Cupressaceae 2 13% 1
A Asteraceae 1 7% 1
Position on adult host
positionbeetlessites
on foliage or non-flowering plant121
on plant (unspecified)32
Diphucrania notulata Breeding record images
Diphucrania notulata, PL4088, larva, in Daviesia ulicifolia ssp. incarnata, (PJL 3282) rootstock at 3 cm below ground, MU, 15.0 × 2.4 mm Diphucrania notulata, PL4088, larva, in Daviesia ulicifolia ssp. incarnata, (PJL 3282) rootstock at 3 cm below ground, MU, 15.0 × 2.4 mm Diphucrania notulata, PL4088, larva, from Daviesia ulicifolia ssp. incarnata, (PJL 3282) rootstock, MU, 15.0 × 2.4 mm Diphucrania notulata, PL4094, dead non-emerged adult, in Daviesia ulicifolia ssp. incarnata, (PJL 3283) rootstock, MU Diphucrania notulata, PL4094, dead non-emerged adult, from Daviesia ulicifolia ssp. incarnata, (PJL 3283) rootstock, MU Diphucrania notulata, larval host plant, Daviesia ulicifolia ssp. incarnata, rootstock with exit hole, MU Diphucrania notulata, larval host plant, Daviesia ulicifolia ssp. incarnata, rootstock with exit hole, MU Diphucrania notulata, larval host plant, Daviesia ulicifolia ssp. incarnata, exit hole in rootstock, MU
Larval host plant
records sites SA regions¹ family adult deadlarva
Daviesia ulicifolia ssp. incarnata71MUF61
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 names in green are hyperlinked to a matching host species page with plant photos.
Plant family
Code records % host plant taxa
F Fabaceae 7 100% 1
Position in larval host
positionrecordssitesadult deadlarva
root crown7161
Host plant notes

After initially finding numbers of adults on foliage of Golden Wattle Acacia pycnantha, I targeted nearby bushes of Daviesia based on the report of Cowie 2001 who had found them in Tasmania sweeping another genus of native peas ( Dillwynia). This yielded a similar number of adults on the foliage of D. ulicifolia ssp. incarnata in two successive seasons, and I subsequently established that they were a larval host after finding six dead adult remains and a larva in their bases.

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.