Castiarina

TaxID: 365788

Basic Information

Castiarina

Jewel Beetles

Castiarina is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, tribe Stigmoderini. This is one of the largest genera of beetles in Australia and emerge in the summertime to coordinate with flowering of native plants including Eucalyptus and tea trees (Leptospermum).

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Arthropoda

Insecta

Coleoptera

Buprestidae

Castiarina

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(c) Reiner Richter@BY-NC-SA

Morphological Features

Head punctured, with a broad median sulcus; mouthparts moderately elongate. Pronotum closely punctured, anterior margin straight or projecting medially, basal margin bisinuate, with or without basal foveae; laterally parallel-sided at base, rounded to widest before middle, then narrowed to apex. Elytra punctate-striate, intervals convex or rounded and smooth; laterally angled outwards from base, rounded at humeral callus, concave, rounded postmedially and narrowed to bispinose apex; marginal spine acute, sutural spine minute, margin rounded and indented between spines; apices slightly diverging. Ventral surface shallowly punctured, with sparse, short setae. Colour variable: head green, blue, or dark blue with yellow or coppery reflections; pronotum blue laterally, green with blue anterior margin, or dark blue; elytra black with yellow and/or red markings, or with bronze reflections.

Source: GBIF Life Stage: Adult Source Type: Taxonomic treatment
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Plazi taxonomic treatment

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (1 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
United States of America Quarantine pests —

Distribution (0 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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No distribution records available.

Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature