CastiarinaCastiarina Index Castiarina andersoni Castiarina bella Castiarina crenata Castiarina decemmaculata Castiarina erythroptera Castiarina luteipennis Castiarina marginata Castiarina media Castiarina octospilota Castiarina rufipennis Castiarina scalaris Castiarina subtincta Castiarina xanthopilosa
Castiarina decemmaculata have the pale yellow ventral sides, and purplish-bronze head and pronotum, with the metallic purple marks and leg colouration below.
The Castiarina decemmaculata (Jewel Beetle) pictured here is on the Melaleuca armillaris in Ballandean, Queensland.
This species is widespread in SE Australia from Tasmania to southern Queensland. This specimen is from near Passchendaele, NW of Stanthorpe.
- 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: Castiarina decemmaculata
Footnote & References
- Castiarina decemmaculata © Marc Newman, Flickr
- Castiarina decemmaculata, Passchendaele QLD © Michael Jefferies, Flickr
- Castiarina decemmaculata (Kirby, 1818), Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/067315e7-dc57-409d-89e0-9033749a3520
- Castiarina decemmaculata, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/563459-Castiarina-decemmaculata
- Castiarina decemmaculata (Kirby, 1818), Buprestidae of South Australia (Jewel Beetles), by Peter J. Lang, https://syzygium.xyz/buprestidae/species.php?species=Castiarina_decemmaculata
CastiarinaCastiarina Index Castiarina andersoni Castiarina bella Castiarina crenata Castiarina decemmaculata Castiarina erythroptera Castiarina luteipennis Castiarina marginata Castiarina media Castiarina octospilota Castiarina rufipennis Castiarina scalaris Castiarina subtincta Castiarina xanthopilosa
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