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
Castiarina decipiens, in the family Buprestidae (Jewel Beetles) is considered a rare species that is not commonly encountered. It is a mimic of Lycidae beetles which are distasteful to predators. Their range is in coastal Queensland and New South Wales.
- 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 decipiens
Footnote & References
- Castiarina decipiens, Brisbane QLD © Iskander Kaliananda
- Many thanks to Thomas Mesaglio and Allen Sundholm for ID, member of Australasian Beetles Only, https://www.facebook.com/groups/1180404322409639/
- Castiarina decipiens (Westwood, 1837), Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Castiarina decipiens
- Castiarina decipiens, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/1337915-Castiarina-decipiens
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
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