CastiarinaCastiarina Index Castiarina andersoni Castiarina bella Castiarina crenata Castiarina decemmaculata Castiarina decipiens Castiarina erythroptera Castiarina imitator Castiarina luteipennis Castiarina marginata Castiarina media Castiarina octospilota Castiarina rufipennis Castiarina scalaris Castiarina subtincta Castiarina xanthopilosa
The Castiarina is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, tribe Stigmoderini and the largest genera of beetles in Australia.
These beetles emerge during the summertime, when most of the native plants (including Eucalyptus and Leptospermum – Tea Trees) are in flower.
- Castiarina adelaidae
- Castiarina amabilis
- Castiarina andersoni
- Castiarina aurea
- Castiarina aureola
- Castiarina balthasari
- Castiarina bella
- Castiarina bilyi
- Castiarina browni
- Castiarina carminea
- Castiarina castelnaudi
- Castiarina chamaelauci
- Castiarina charientessa
- Castiarina chlorota
- Castiarina cinnamomea
- Castiarina clancula
- Castiarina crenata
- Castiarina cupida
- Castiarina decemmaculata
- Castiarina decipiens
- Castiarina desideria
- Castiarina distantia
- Castiarina erythroptera
- Castiarina frauciana
- Castiarina gardnerae
- Castiarina haswelli
- Castiarina ignea
- Castiarina imitator
- Castiarina jucunda
- Castiarina laena
- Castiarina livida
- Castiarina luteipennis
- Castiarina maculicollis
- Castiarina mansueta
- Castiarina marginata
- Castiarina mustelamajor
- Castiarina nonyma
- Castiarina octospilota
- Castiarina pallidiventris
- Castiarina placida
- Castiarina producta
- Castiarina punctatosulcata
- Castiarina recta
- Castiarina rollei
- Castiarina rufipennis
- Castiarina rufipes
- Castiarina sanguinolenta
- Castiarina scalaris
- Castiarina sexplagiata
- Castiarina simulata lais
- Castiarina strigata
- Castiarina subacuticeps
- Castiarina subtincta
- Castiarina turbulenta
- Castiarina vulgaris
- Castiarina xanthopilosa
- Castiarina sp (deceased)
Castiarina adelaidae
Castiarina amabilis
The Castiarina amabilis is a beautiful species found around Perth and in the South West of Western Australia.
Castiarina aurea
Castiarina aureola
Castiarina balthasari
Castiarina bilyi
Castiarina browni
Castiarina carminea
Castiarina castelnaudi
Castiarina chamaelauci
Castiarina charientessa
Castiarina chlorota
Castiarina cinnamomea
Castiarina clancula
Castiarina cupida
Castiarina decemmaculata
— see Castiarina decemmaculata
Castiarina decipiens
— see Castiarina decipiens
Castiarina desideria
Castiarina distantia
Castiarina frauciana
— many thanks to Allen Sundholm and Mark Hanlon for ID.
Castiarina gardnerae
Castiarina haswelli
Castiarina ignea
Castiarina imitator
— many thanks to Allen Sundholm for ID.
Castiarina jucunda
Castiarina laena
Castiarina livida
Castiarina maculicollis
Castiarina maculicollis specimen was found by Robert Richardson in Goonoo Goonoo NSW. Photograph by Allen Sundholm.
Castiarina mansueta
Castiarina marginata
— see Castiarina marginata
Castiarina mustelamajor
Castiarina nonyma
Castiarina octospilota
— see Castiarina octospilota
Castiarina pallidiventris
Castiarina placida
Castiarina producta
Castiarina punctatosulcata
This Castiarina punctatosulcata image from 2 photos compiled from stacks of 20 photos each view taken using a Canon 7D and Canon 100mm macro lens controlled by DSLR Remote Pro for Mac and combined using Helicon Focus on an iMac.
Castiarina recta
Castiarina rollei
Castiarina rollei © Ben Sale, Flickr
Ben Sale from UK, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Castiarina rufipennis
— see Castiarina rufipennis
Castiarina rufipes
Castiarina sanguinolenta
Castiarina scalaris
— see Castiarina scalaris
Castiarina sexplagiata
This Castiarina sexplagiata photo compiled from a stack of 30 photos taken using a Canon 7D and Canon 100mm macro lens controlled by DSLR Remote Pro for Mac and combined using Helicon Focus on an iMac.
Castiarina simulata lais
Castiarina strigata
Castiarina subacuticeps
Castiarina turbulenta
Castiarina vulgaris
Castiarina sp
This deceased beetle is a Castiarina sp, and not “Temognatha bruckii“, as T. bruckii have a pronotum with a yellow lateral margin and the ventral colour is yellow. This deceased specimen has no pronotal margin and the ventral surface is dark blue.11
Images © as indicated below each photograph and in footnote
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Coleoptera
- Suborder: Polyphaga
- Superfamily: Buprestoidea
- Family: Buprestidae
- Subfamily: Buprestinae
- Tribe: Stigmoderini
- Subtribe: Stigmoderina
- Genus: Castiarina
- Species:
at time of writing, Atlas of Living Australia listed 476 species
Footnote & References
- Castiarina (various), Photographs © Mark Hanlon
- Castiarina adelaidae, © Marianne Broug
- Castiarina (various), Photographs © Cory Dale
- Castiarina decemmaculata © Marc Newman
- Castiarina imitator © Kathryn Foley
- Castiarina livida © Marc Newman
- Castiarina maculicollis (specimen found by Robert Richardson) © Allen Sundholm
- Castiarina rollei © Ben Sale
- Castiarina rufipennis © Tony Eales
- Castiarina sexplagiata © Michael Jefferies
- Castiarina sp (deceased), thanks to Paul Hutchinson for correction to genus.
- Information and photographic source Australasian Beetles Only, Facebook group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/1180404322409639/
- Castiarina Gory & Laporte, 1838, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Castiarina
- Genus Castiarina, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/333313-Castiarina
- Castiarina, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castiarina
- Lang, P.J. ([Year]). ‘Buprestidae of South Australia’ website at http://syzygium.xyz/buprestidae/taxonomy.php
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