Neocuris pauperata

Neocuris pauperata Fairmaire, 1877

subfamily Buprestinae » tribe Curidini » subtribe Neocurina

Neocuris pauperata Adult images

Neocuris pauperata, PL2152, on Acacia retinodes, NL

Neocuris pauperata, PL5972, male, SL, 5.3 × 2.1 mm

Neocuris pauperata, PL0334, male, from Hysterobaeckea behrii flowers, MU, 4.3 × 1.8 mm

Neocuris pauperata, PL0596, male, from Acacia retinodes, NL, 5.0 × 2.0 mm

Neocuris pauperata, PL4814A, from pupa ex Acacia iteaphylla dead branch, SE, 4.6 × 1.8 mm

Actual
size¹:

4.8 mm
×
1.9 mm

Measurements (mm)

	male
L1	4.8	4.3 – 5.3	n = 8
L2	4.8	4.35 – 5.25	n = 4
W	1.9	1.75 – 2.1	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

Distribution

SA Regions¹: EP, NL, MU, SL, SE

Australian States: WA, SA, VIC, NSW

Southern South Australian occurrences

Legend		P.J.Lang collection vouchered records
		other private collection or museum specimens, or sightings

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Adult activity records for Neocuris pauperata (total of 20 beetles)

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Apr

May

Jun

Legend		live emerged adults, count > median value of 2 per quarter month
		live emerged adults, count <= median value of 2
		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

Eucalyptus sp.

Hysterobaeckea behrii

Myoporum platycarpum ssp. perbellum

Myoporum platycarpum ssp. platycarpum

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.

Plant family

Code		beetles	%	host plant taxa
M	Myrtaceae	11	73%	4
S	Scrophulariaceae	2	13%	2
F	Fabaceae	2	13%	1

Position on adult host

position	beetles	sites
on flower(s)	2	1
on flowering plant	11	4
on foliage or non-flowering plant	1	1
on dead foliage	1	1

Neocuris pauperata Breeding record images

Neocuris pauperata, PL4814A, reared adult, from pupa ex Acacia iteaphylla dead branch, recently emerged with larval & pupal exuviae, SE, 4.6 × 1.8 mm

Neocuris pauperata, PL4814A, reared adult, from pupa ex Acacia iteaphylla dead branch, with larval & pupal exuviae, SE, 4.6 × 1.8 mm

Larval host plant

	records	sites	SA regions¹	family	adult ex pupa	pupa
*Acacia iteaphylla	3	1	SE		1	2

Legend	records	count of breeding adults, pupae and larvae
	sites	count 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)
	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.

Plant family

Code

records

host plant taxa

Position in larval host

position		records	sites	adult ex pupa	pupa
dead stem		3	1	1	2

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.