BuprestidaeMore Buprestidae Buprestidae Index Jewel Beetles Astraeus Bubastes pilbarensis Calodema plebeia Calotemognatha Castiarina Cyrioides Diadoxus Hypocisseis suturalis Diphucrania Julodimorpha saundersii Melobasis Merimna atrata Metaxymorpha grayii Metaxymorpha gloriosa Stigmodera Temognatha Torresita cuprifera

The genus Astraeus is part of the “Jewel Beetles” in the family Buprestidae.


Astraeus aberrans

Astraeus aberrans, Paynes Find WA © Mark Hanlon
Astraeus aberrans, Paynes Find WA © Mark Hanlon
Astraeus aberrans, Paynes Find WA © Mark Hanlon
Astraeus aberrans, Paynes Find WA © Mark Hanlon

Astraeus carnabyi

Astraeus carnabyi on Allocasuarina huegeliana, Ravensthorpe WA © Mark Hanlon
Astraeus carnabyi on Allocasuarina huegeliana, Ravensthorpe WA © Mark Hanlon
Astraeus carnabyi on Allocasuarina huegeliana, Ravensthorpe WA © Mark Hanlon
Astraeus carnabyi on Allocasuarina huegeliana, Ravensthorpe WA © Mark Hanlon

Astraeus globosus

Astraeus globosus on Allocasuarina huegeliana, Ravensthorpe WA © Mark Hanlon
Astraeus globosus on Allocasuarina huegeliana, Ravensthorpe WA © Mark Hanlon

Astraeus goerlingi

Astraeus goerlingi, Pindar WA © Mark Hanlon
Astraeus goerlingi, Pindar WA © Mark Hanlon

Astraeus lineatus

Astraeus lineatus, Wubin WA © Mark Hanlon
Astraeus lineatus, Wubin WA © Mark Hanlon

Astraeus macmillani

Astraeus macmillani on Allocasuarina huegeliana, Ravensthorpe WA © Mark Hanlon
Astraeus macmillani on Allocasuarina huegeliana, Ravensthorpe WA © Mark Hanlon

Astraeus robustus

Astraeus robustus, Paynes Find WA © Mark Hanlon
Astraeus robustus, Paynes Find WA © Mark Hanlon

  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Subphylum: Hexapoda
  • Class: Insecta
  • Informal: Pterygotes
  • Order: Coleoptera
  • Suborder: Polyphaga
  • Superfamily: Buprestoidea
  • Family: Buprestidae
  • Subfamily: Buprestinae
  • Tribe: Astraeini
  • Genus: Astraeus
  • Subgenus:
    • Astraeus (Astraeus) Laporte & Gory, 1837
    • Species:
      • Astraeus aberrans
      • Astraeus carnabyi
      • Astraeus globosus
      • Astraeus goerlingi
      • Astraeus lineatus
      • Astraeus macmillani
      • Astraeus robustus
  • Subgenus: Astraeus (Depollus) Barker, 1975

Footnote & References

  1. Photographs © Mark Hanlon
  2. Astraeus (Astraeus) Laporte & Gory, 1837, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Astraeus (Astraeus)

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