Buprestidae of South Australia
( Jewel beetles )
by Peter J. Lang
Agrilus kangaroo   Curletti, 2001
subfamily  Agrilinae » tribe  Agrilini » subtribe  Agrilina
Agrilus kangaroo   Adult images
Agrilus kangaroo, PL3429, male, on Senna artemisiodes ssp. filifolia, MU, 7.7 × 2.2 mm Agrilus kangaroo, PL3429, male, on Senna artemisiodes ssp. filifolia, MU, 7.7 × 2.2 mm Agrilus kangaroo, PL3429, male, on Senna artemisiodes ssp. filifolia, MU, 7.7 × 2.2 mm Agrilus kangaroo, PL3429, male, MU, 7.7 × 2.2 mm Agrilus kangaroo, PL5954, on Senna artemisioides ssp. quadrifolia, EP, 8.1 × 2.2 mm Agrilus kangaroo, PL5954, on Senna artemisioides ssp. quadrifolia, EP, 8.1 × 2.2 mm Agrilus kangaroo, PL5954, on Senna artemisioides ssp. quadrifolia, EP, 8.1 × 2.2 mm Agrilus kangaroo, PL5954, male, from Senna artemisioides ssp. quadrifolia, EP, 8.1 × 2.2 mm Agrilus kangaroo, PL5954 aedeagus, EP Agrilus kangaroo, PL5954, male, from Senna artemisioides ssp. quadrifolia, EP, 8.1 × 2.2 mm
Actual
size¹:
7.9 mm
×
2.2 mm
Measurements (mm)
male
L17.9
7.7 – 8.1
 n = 2
L27.8
7.6 – 7.95
 n = 2
W2.2
2.15 – 2.2
 n = 2
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
Agrilus kangaroo  Distinctive features

(Bronze-)copper coloured (+/- violet-blue reflections on elytra); pre-marginal carinula absent. Similar to Agrilus aurovittatus but differs in: larger size (> 8.5 mm long), broader shape, pubescence on frons thick and squamous, pronotum more flattened, and legs with hind tarsus shorter than the hind tibia (Curletti 2001). Males have a very distinctive aedeagus with the parameres laterally expanded.

Notes

Described by Curletti 2001 who cited two SA paratype collections: one from southwest of Scrubby Peak in the Gawler Ranges, the other from Balgowan on northern Yorke Peninsula.

Distribution
SA Regions¹:  EP,  YP,  MU
Australian States:  WA,  SA
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 Agrilus kangaroo  (total actual records: 5 beetles)
1
1 2 1
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 > 1 (median)
actual count <= 1 (median)
Adult host plants
beetles sites SA regions¹ family position on host plant
Acacia oswaldii11YPF
Senna artemisioides ssp. filifolia11MUF
Senna artemisioides ssp. quadrifolia11EPF
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 3 100% 3
Position on adult host
positionbeetlessites
on foliage or non-flowering plant22
on plant (unspecified)11
Host plant notes

The Balgowan paratype comprises three individuals from Acacia oswaldii, which is also a larval host, as Curletti 2001 reports that a paratype was reared from this species.

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
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