Neocuris sp. Subulate aedeagus

subfamily Buprestinae » tribe Curidini » subtribe Neocurina

Actual
size¹:

4.5 mm
×
2.0 mm

Measurements (mm)

	male			female
L1	4.3	4.15 – 4.6	n = 10	4.7	4.4 – 5.05	n = 7
L2	4.3	4.1 – 4.5	n = 10	4.5	4.35 – 4.9	n = 7
W	2.0	1.85 – 2.05	n = 10	2.1	2 – 2.3	n = 7

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

Neocuris sp. Subulate aedeagus Distinctive features

Pronotum broad and with rounded sides marked by a well-defined lateral zone of metallic colouration. In the male the lateral margins are greenish from above (iridescing to blue at their anterior ends) and bright green in side view; in the female, somewhat coppery from above and pink-red in side view.

Notes

This taxon is possibly Neocuris cuprilatera Fairmaire, 1877.

Distribution

SA Regions¹: MU, +?

Australian States: SA, +?

Southern South Australia distribution

Legend		P.J.Lang collection vouchered records
		other private collection or museum specimens, or sightings

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Adult activity records for Neocuris sp. Subulate aedeagus (total of 17 beetles)

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Legend		live emerged adults, count > median value of 15 per quarter month
		live emerged adults, count <= median value of 15
		live non-emerged adults only, for that quarter month
	12	number of active beetles for that quarter month

Lure affinity

colour	beetles	sites	SA regions¹
bright green	1	1	SE

Neocuris sp. Subulate aedeagus Breeding record images

Neocuris sp. Subulate aedeagus, PL4637, male, reared adult, in Ozothamnus retusus, MU, 4.6 × 2.1 mm

Neocuris sp. Subulate aedeagus, PL4637, male, reared adult, from Ozothamnus retusus, MU, 4.6 × 2.1 mm

Larval host plant

	records	sites	SA regions¹	family	adult dead	adult ex billet	adult ex pupa	pupa	larva
Ozothamnus retusus	69	3	MU, SE	A	4	17	1	27	20

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

Code		records	%	host plant taxa
A	Asteraceae	69	100%	1

Position in larval host

position	records	sites	adult dead	adult ex billet	adult ex pupa	pupa	larva
stem	67	3	2	17	1	27	20
dead stem	2	1	2

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.