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

One of the Jewel Beetle group, Castiarina erythroptera mimics the appearance of beetles from another family, the net-wing beetles (genus Porrostoma).

Very different to other members of the C. sexplagiata group but has the characteristic highly reduced tarsal pads and the triangular aedeagus.

Mostly black, (sometimes with some weak blue reflections). The elytra is strongly ribbed and orange-brown except for a black posterior sutural strip and apex.

Castiarina erythroptera, Wallaga Lake NSW © Deb Taylor
Castiarina erythroptera, Bermagui NSW © Deb Taylor
Castiarina erythroptera, Wallaga Lake NSW © Deb Taylor
Castiarina erythroptera, Wallaga Lake NSW © Deb Taylor
Castiarina erythroptera, Wallaga Lake NSW © Deb Taylor
Castiarina erythroptera, Wallaga Lake NSW © Deb Taylor
Castiarina erythroptera, Wallaga Lake NSW © Deb Taylor
Castiarina erythroptera, Wallaga Lake NSW © Deb Taylor
Castiarina erythroptera, Bermagui NSW © Deb Taylor
Castiarina erythroptera, Bermagui NSW © Deb Taylor
Castiarina erythroptera, Bermagui NSW © Deb Taylor
Castiarina erythroptera, Bermagui NSW © Deb Taylor
Castiarina erythroptera, Bermagui NSW © Deb Taylor
Castiarina erythroptera, Bermagui NSW © Deb Taylor
Castiarina erythroptera, Bermagui NSW © Deb Taylor
Castiarina erythroptera, Bermagui NSW © Deb Taylor
  • 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 erythroptera

Footnote & References

  1. Castiarina erythroptera, Photographs © Deb Taylor
  2. Castiarina erythroptera (Boisduval, 1835), Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/df3b344b-591e-4701-b44e-d7cab786e33a
  3. Castiarina erythroptera, debtaylor142, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations?place_id=6744&subview=map&taxon_id=604565&user_id=debtaylor142
  4. Castiarina erythroptera (Boisduval, 1835), Buprestidae of South Australia (Jewel beetles), by peter J. Lang, https://syzygium.xyz/buprestidae/species.php?species=Castiarina_erythroptera

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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