Buprestidae of South Australia
( Jewel beetles )
by Peter J. Lang
Neobuprestis peroni   (Gory & Laporte, 1838)
subfamily  Buprestinae » tribe  Buprestini » subtribe  Buprestina
Neobuprestis peroni   Adult images
Neobuprestis peroni, SAMA 25-50570, female, Mindarie, MU, photo by Peter Lang for SA Museum, 20.9 × 7.6 mm Neobuprestis peroni, SAMA 25-50575, male, Victoria, photo by Peter Lang for SA Museum, 13.8 × 4.7 mm Neobuprestis peroni, SAMA s.n., male, antenna (part), photo by Peter Lang for SA Museum Neobuprestis peroni, syntype of synonym N. australis, Mallee district Victoria, CC BY adapted from original, photo by Lucinda Gibson for Museums Victora Neobuprestis peroni, syntype of synonym N. australis, Mallee district Victoria, CC BY adapted from original, photo by Lucinda Gibson for Museums Victora Neobuprestis peroni, SAMA 25-50570 & SAMA 25-50575, female and male, to scale, photo by Peter Lang for SA Museum Neobuprestis peroni, SAMA 25-50570, female, Mindarie, MU, photo by Peter Lang for SA Museum, 20.9 × 7.6 mm Neobuprestis peroni, SAMA 25-50575, male, Victoria, photo by Peter Lang for SA Museum, 13.8 × 4.7 mm
Actual
size¹:
15.7 mm
×
5.5 mm
Measurements (mm)
malefemale
L113.9
9.8 – 17.5
 n = 417.4
13.55 – 20.9
 n = 4
L213.5
9.4 – 17.05
 n = 417.1
13.35 – 20.6
 n = 4
W4.8
3.3 – 5.8
 n = 46.2
4.65 – 7.55
 n = 4
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
Neobuprestis peroni  Distinctive features

Elytra with widely spaced, sharply defined, narrow ridges (costae). Sexually dimorphic: females dark brown with extensive purple colouration and blue-green reflections; males have the elytra straw-coloured or translucent and purple areas restricted or absent, are more strongly tapered apically, and have larger antennae serrations.

Notes

Gory & Laporte 1838 based their description of this species (as Stigmodera peroni) on type material from 'Ile des Kangouroos' (Kangaroo Island).

Distribution
SA Regions¹:  MU,  YP,  KI,  SE
Australian States:  WA,  SA,  VIC
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 Neobuprestis peroni  (total actual records: 1 beetles)
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)
Host plant notes

Only collected sporadically, with no evidence for preferred adult hosts, and larval hosts unknown. Commenting on this species (as Strigoptera australis), Goudie 1920 noted: 'Twenty years ago it used to occur in considerable numbers in the Birchip [NW Victoria Mallee] district, appearing about the middle of January, when it would be found in the mornings clinging to the wheat stubble, low mallee shoots, &c.'.

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.