Alice Springs Fauna •

Belonging to the group of insects with the common name of Jewel Beetles, family Buprestidae, genus Neospades and quite possibly species Neospades chrysopygia.

Found on the flower of Sturt’s Desert Rose (Gossypium sturtianum var. sturtianum).

Jewel Beetle (Neospades chrysopygia), Olive Pink Botanic Garden, Alice Springs NT
Jewel Beetle (Neospades chrysopygia), Olive Pink Botanic Garden, Alice Springs NT
Jewel Beetle (Neospades chrysopygia), Olive Pink Botanic Garden, Alice Springs NT
Jewel Beetle (Neospades chrysopygia), Olive Pink Botanic Garden, Alice Springs NT
Jewel Beetle (Neospades chrysopygia), Olive Pink Botanic Garden, Alice Springs NT
Jewel Beetle (Neospades chrysopygia), Olive Pink Botanic Garden, Alice Springs NT
Jewel Beetle (Neospades chrysopygia), Olive Pink Botanic Garden, Alice Springs NT
Jewel Beetle (Neospades chrysopygia), Olive Pink Botanic Garden, Alice Springs NT
Neospades sp (possibly Neospades chrysopygia), Olive Pink Botanic Garden, Alice Springs NT
Neospades sp., Olive Pink Botanic Garden, Alice Springs NT
Neospades sp (possibly Neospades chrysopygia), Olive Pink Botanic Garden, Alice Springs NT
Neospades sp., Olive Pink Botanic Garden, Alice Springs NT
  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Subphylum: Hexapoda
  • Class: Insecta
  • Informal: Pterygotes
  • Order: Coleoptera
  • Suborder: Polyphaga
  • Superfamily: Buprestoidea
  • Family: Buprestidae
  • Tribe: Coraebini
  • Subtribe: Cisseina
  • Genus: Neospades
  • Species: Neospades chrysopygia

Footnote & References

  1. Many thanks for ID to Emma Baru Tyunpe Skyba from Alice Springs Field Naturalists Club, Facebook group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/alicefieldnats/
  2. Calosoma (Australodrepa) oceanicum Perroud & Montrouzier, 1865, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/0d536e9a-46d5-4f5e-b1a4-ed7c0cfa98c7

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