Buprestidae of South Australia
( Jewel beetles )
by Peter J. Lang
Castiarina gardnerae   (Barker, 1987)
subfamily  Buprestinae » tribe  Stigmoderini » subtribe  Stigmoderina
Castiarina  species group: mustelamajor
Castiarina gardnerae   Adult images
Castiarina gardnerae, PL1412B, on Melaleuca lanceolata, EP Castiarina gardnerae, PL3196, female, from Senna artemisioides ssp. filifolia, MU, 12.3 × 4.3 mm
Actual
size¹:
10.6 mm
×
3.7 mm
Measurements (mm)
malefemale
L110.3
9 – 11.05
n = 1011.7
11 – 12.3
n = 2
L210.1
8.6 – 10.75
n = 810.6
n = 1
W3.6
3.1 – 4.05
n = 104.1
3.9 – 4.25
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
Notes

A semi-arid species mostly found in mallee flowers in summer. Uncommon in the Southern Lofty Region (SL) where known by an 1885 collection from Lyndoch at the south end of the Barossa Valley.

Distribution
SA Regions¹:  NUEPNLMUSLSE
Australian States:  WASAVICNSWQLD
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 Castiarina gardnerae  (total of 159 beetles)
1
9 1 3 5
6 1 23 35
63 3 7
2
Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun
Legend
live emerged adults, count > median value of 5 per quarter month
live emerged adults, count <= median value of 5
live non-emerged adults only, for that quarter month
12
number of active beetles for that quarter month
Adult host plants
beetles sites SA regions¹ family position on host plant
7016EP, MU, SEM
215EPM
104EP, MUM
93EP, MU, SEM
82EP, MUM
Eucalyptus sp.84NL, MUM
51MUM
31SEP
Melaleuca sp.21NUM
22EPM
22EPM
21SEM
*Eucalyptus cladocalyx11NLM
11MUM
11MUF
Legendbeetlescount of beetles collected from, or sighted on, host plant taxon
sitescount 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 names in green are hyperlinked to a matching host species page with plant photos.
Plant family
Code beetles % host plant taxa
M Myrtaceae 140 97% 10
P Pittosporaceae 3 2% 1
F Fabaceae 1 1% 1
Position on adult host
positionbeetlessites
on flower(s)2612
on flowering plant10921
on foliage or non-flowering plant22
on dead foliage11
on plant (unspecified)72
Lure affinity
colour beetles sites SA regions¹
blue32SE
light pink11SE
white11SE
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.