Actual
size¹:
size¹:
18.3 mm
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7.0 mm
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7.0 mm
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| L1 | 17.2 | n = 1 | 18.6 | 17.1 – 20.85 | n = 3 | |
| L2 | 17.0 | n = 1 | 18.4 | 16.8 – 20.65 | n = 3 | |
| W | 6.3 | n = 1 | 7.2 | 6.7 – 8.2 | n = 3 | |
| 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 |
A relatively small Temognatha with background colour varying from red to orange or yellow.
The type locality of this species is Gawler (about. 50 km N of Adelaide). The same author also described Stigmodera unicincta Saunders 1872, which is a synonym based on a Type specimen from Adelaide of the same species. The species is widely distributed but seldom collected.
| Legend | P.J.Lang collection vouchered records | |
| other private collection or museum specimens, or sightings |
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| 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 |
| beetles | sites | SA regions¹ | family | position on host plant | ||
| Eucalyptus sp. | 2 | 1 | EP | M | ||
| Acacia cupularis | 1 | 1 | SE | F | ||
| Allocasuarina verticillata | 1 | 1 | SL | C | ||
| Hakea mitchellii | 1 | 1 | KI | P | ||
| Melaleuca lanceolata | 1 | 1 | KI | M |
| 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) |
| Code | beetles | % | host plant taxa | |
| M | Myrtaceae | 3 | 50% | 2 |
| C | Casuarinaceae | 1 | 17% | 1 |
| F | Fabaceae | 1 | 17% | 1 |
| P | Proteaceae | 1 | 17% | 1 |
| position | beetles | sites | ||
| on flower(s) | 3 | 2 | ||
| on flowering plant | 1 | 1 | ||
| on foliage or non-flowering plant | 1 | 1 | ||
| other | ||||
| on trunk | 1 | 1 | ||
| colour | beetles | sites | SA regions¹ |
| bright green | 1 | 1 | SE |
| orange | 1 | 1 | SE |
 stem base, SE, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, L1_x300.jpg "Temognatha flavicollis, PL4722, larva, in Allocasuarina muelleriana ssp. muelleriana (PJL 3485) stem base, SE, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, 42.0 × 7.2 mm")
 stem base, SE, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, L2_x300.jpg "Temognatha flavicollis, PL4722, larva, in Allocasuarina muelleriana ssp. muelleriana (PJL 3485) stem base, SE, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, 42.0 × 7.2 mm")
, ventral, SE, L3_x300.jpg "Temognatha flavicollis, PL4722, larva, from Allocasuarina muelleriana ssp. muelleriana (PJL 3485), ventral, SE, 42.0 × 7.2 mm")
, dorsal, SE, L4_x300.jpg "Temognatha flavicollis, PL4722, larva, from Allocasuarina muelleriana ssp. muelleriana (PJL 3485), dorsal, SE, 42.0 × 7.2 mm")
, ventral, SE, L5_x300.jpg "Temognatha flavicollis, PL4722, larva, from Allocasuarina muelleriana ssp. muelleriana (PJL 3485), ventral, SE, 42.0 × 7.2 mm")
, dorsal, SE, L6_x300.jpg "Temognatha flavicollis, PL4722, larva, from Allocasuarina muelleriana ssp. muelleriana (PJL 3485), dorsal, SE, 42.0 × 7.2 mm")
, B1_x300.jpg "Temognatha flavicollis, larval host plant, host Allocasuarina verticillata, SL, photo by Asimakis Patitsas, recently emerged beetle on trunk (near to exit hole with fresh frass)")
, B2_x300.jpg "Temognatha flavicollis, larval host plant, host Allocasuarina verticillata, SL, photo by Asimakis Patitsas, recently emerged beetle on trunk (near to exit hole with fresh frass)")
| records | sites | SA regions¹ | family | adult dead | adult ex pupa | pupa ex larva | larva | |
| Allocasuarina muelleriana ssp. muelleriana | 9 | 2 | SE | C | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 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 |
| Code | records | % | host plant taxa | |
| C | Casuarinaceae | 9 | 100% | 1 |
| position | records | sites | adult dead | adult ex pupa | pupa ex larva | larva | |
| stem base | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| stem | 1 | 1 | 1 |
A.M.P. Stolarski discovered the breeding records for this species in the upper South-Eastern region, with a reared adult and dead remains being obtained from the stems of Slaty Oak-bushes (Allocasuarina muelleriana). An amazing record from suburban Adelaide was reported by Asimakis Patitsas on iNaturalist who discovered a recently emerged individual on the trunk of a Sheoak (see images above) with a nearby exit hole bearing fresh frass. The tree was a planted Drooping Sheoak (Allocasuarina verticillata) approximately 5 years old (Patitsas, 2020, pers. comm.).
| 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. |