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

Species Bubastes pilbarensis, in the genus Bubases, family Buprestidae. The specimen pictured here was found on a Eucalyptus gamophylla leaf on the southern edge of the Fortescue Marsh, north of Newman in Western Australia.

Bubastes pilbarensis, north of Newman WA © Jordan Vos
Bubastes pilbarensis, north of Newman WA © Jordan Vos
Bubastes pilbarensis, north of Newman WA © Jordan Vos
Bubastes pilbarensis, north of Newman WA © Jordan Vos
Bubastes pilbarensis, north of Newman WA © Jordan Vosq
Bubastes pilbarensis, north of Newman WA © Jordan Vos

  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Subphylum: Hexapoda
  • Class: Insecta
  • Informal: Pterygotes
  • Order: Coleoptera
  • Suborder: Polyphaga
  • Superfamily: Buprestoidea
  • Family: Buprestidae
  • Subfamily: Buprestinae
  • Tribe: Bubastini
  • Subtribe: Bubastina
  • Genus: Bubastes
  • Species: Bubastes pilbarensis

Footnote & References

  1. Photographs Bubastes pilbarensis © Jordan Vos
  2. Australasian Beetles Only, https://www.facebook.com/groups/1180404322409639/
  3. Bubastes pilbarensis Bílý & Hanlon, 2020, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Bubastes pilbarensis

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

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