Actual
size¹:
size¹:
13.1 mm
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4.5 mm
×
4.5 mm
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| L1 | 12.3 | 10.15 – 15 | n = 13 | 14.3 | 11 – 16.1 | n = 8 |
| L2 | 11.8 | 10.05 – 12.95 | n = 11 | 14.2 | 10.9 – 15.8 | n = 7 |
| W | 4.2 | 3.35 – 5.3 | n = 13 | 5.0 | 3.7 – 5.7 | n = 8 |
| 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 Lycid beetle mimic. (Notes about this mimicry series are provided under Castiarina erythroptera.)
| Legend | P.J.Lang collection vouchered records | |
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| Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun |
| Legend | live emerged adults, count > median value of 3 per quarter month | |
| live emerged adults, count <= median value of 3 | ||
| 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 | ||||
| Acacia calamifolia | 11 | 2 | EP, MU | F | ||||
| Acacia sp. | 11 | 3 | GT, FR, EP | F | ||||
| Eucalyptus sp. | 5 | 1 | EP | M | ||||
| Acacia euthycarpa | 5 | 1 | EP | F | ||||
| Senna artemisioides ssp. petiolaris | 5 | 4 | EP, MU | F | ||||
| Hysterobaeckea behrii | 4 | 3 | MU | M | ||||
| Leptospermum coriaceum | 4 | 3 | MU | M | ||||
| Senna sp. | 4 | 3 | FR, MU | F | ||||
| Eucalyptus diversifolia ssp. diversifolia | 2 | 1 | MU | M | ||||
| Senna artemisioides ssp. filifolia | 2 | 2 | MU, NT | F | ||||
| Senna artemisioides ssp. quadrifolia | 2 | 1 | MU | F | ||||
| Acacia victoriae ssp. victoriae | 1 | 1 | FR | F | ||||
| Bursaria spinosa ssp. spinosa | 1 | 1 | EP | P2 | ||||
| Eremophila scoparia | 1 | 1 | EP | S | ||||
| Grevillea pterosperma | 1 | 1 | EP | P1 | ||||
| Hakea leucoptera ssp. leucoptera | 1 | 1 | LE | P1 |
| 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) | |
| Plant names in green are hyperlinked to a matching host species page with plant photos. | ||
| Code | beetles | % | host plant taxa | |
| F | Fabaceae | 41 | 68% | 6 |
| M | Myrtaceae | 15 | 25% | 3 |
| P1 | Proteaceae | 2 | 3% | 2 |
| P2 | Pittosporaceae | 1 | 2% | 1 |
| S | Scrophulariaceae | 1 | 2% | 1 |
| position | beetles | sites | |
| on flower(s) | 28 | 14 | |
| on flowering plant | 17 | 8 | |
| on foliage or non-flowering plant | 3 | 2 | |
| on plant (unspecified) | 12 | 4 |
, MU, P1_x300.jpg "Castiarina parallelipennis, PL4557, pupa, in Dodonaea bursariifolia, (PJL 4557), MU")
 dead stem, NL, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski, D1_x300.jpg "Castiarina parallelipennis, PL5657, dead non-emerged adult, in Dodonaea viscosa ssp. angustissima (PJL 3600) dead stem, NL, photo by A.M.P. Stolarski")
 dead stem, NL, D2_x300.jpg "Castiarina parallelipennis, PL5657, dead non-emerged adult, from Dodonaea viscosa ssp. angustissima (PJL 3600) dead stem, NL")
| records | sites | SA regions¹ | family | adult dead | adult ex pupa | pupa | |
| Dodonaea bursariifolia | 2 | 1 | MU | S | 1 | 1 | |
| Dodonaea viscosa ssp. angustissima | 1 | 1 | NL | S | 1 |
| 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 names in green are hyperlinked to a matching host species page with plant photos. | ||
| Code | records | % | host plant taxa | |
| S | Sapindaceae | 3 | 100% | 2 |
| position | records | sites | adult dead | adult ex pupa | pupa | |
| stem | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| dead stem | 1 | 1 | 1 |
A.M.P. Stolarski discovered two pupae of this species in the stems of a Small Hop-bush, Dodonaea bursariifolia. I reared an adult from one of these and although the elytra did not expand properly, their patterning with a black sutural strip (dilated apically) and humeral edging is discernible. It is clearly identifiable as C. parallelipennis based on its colouration and aedeagus morphology. The beetle has a much wider distribution than this host and so must also breed in other plant species.
| 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. |