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

The Castiarina are a colourful genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, tribe Stigmoderini and the largest genera of beetles in Australia. You can also see our species full text list here.

Click on the images to see the Castiarina beetles.

Castiarina adelaidae, Belair SA © Marianne Broug
Castiarina adelaidae
Castiarina amabilis, Mt Cooke WA © Mark Hanlon
Castiarina amabilis
Castiarina andersoni, Wallaga Lake NSW © Deb Taylor
Castiarina andersoni
Castiarina aurea, Logan QLD © Hongming Kan
Castiarina aurea
Castiarina aureola, between Lake King and Esperance WA © Mark Hanlon
Castiarina aureola
Castiarina bella, Wallaga Lake NSW © Deb Taylor
Castiarina bella
Castiarina bilyi, Mt Cooke WA © Mark Hanlon
Castiarina bilyi
Castiarina carminea, Mt Cooke WA © Mark Hanlon
Castiarina carminea
Castiarina castelnaudi, Ravensthorpe WA © Mark Hanlon
Castiarina castelnaudi
Castiarina cinnamomea, Childers QLD © Cory Dale
Castiarina cinnamomea
Castiarina clancula, Ravensthorpe WA © Mark Hanlon
Castiarina clancula
Jewel Beetle Castiarina crenata, Belair SA © Marianne Broug
Castiarina crenata
Castiarina cupida, Childers QLD © Cory Dale
Castiarina cupida
Jewel Beetle Castiarina decemmaculata © Marianne Broug
Castiarina decemmaculata
Castiarina erythroptera, Wallaga Lake NSW © Deb Taylor
Castiarina erythroptera
Castiarina frauciana, Childers QLD © Cory Dale
Castiarina frauciana
Castiarina gardnerae, Cape Arid WA © Mark Hanlon
Castiarina gardnerae
Castiarina haswelli, Childers QLD © Cory Dale
Castiarina haswelli
Castiarina imitator (female), Blackheath NSW © Kathryn Foley
Castiarina imitator
Castiarina jucunda, Childers QLD © Cory Dale
Castiarina jucunda
Castiarina livida on Ozothamnus obcordatus, Amiens QLD © Marc Newman
Castiarina livida
Castiarina luteipennis, Nerang QLD © Hongming Kan
Castiarina luteipennis
Castiarina maculicollis, Goonoo Goonoo NSW, (specimen found by Robert Richardson) © Allen Sundholm
Castiarina maculicollis
Castiarina marginata, South West WA © Mark Hanlon
Castiarina marginata
Castiarina mustelamajor, Childers QLD © Cory Dale
Castiarina mustelamajor
Castiarina octospilota, Greenlands QLD © Marc Newman
Castiarina octospilota
Castiarina placida, Mt Cooke WA © Mark Hanlon
Castiarina placida
Castiarina producta, Childers QLD © Cory Dale
Castiarina producta
Castiarina punctatosulcata, Dalcouth QLD © Michael Jefferies
Castiarina punctatosulcata
Castiarina rollei (female), Garradunga - Polly Creek Nth QLD © Ben Sale
Castiarina rollei
Castiarina rufipennis, Black Mountain Nature Reserve ACT © Tony Eales
Castiarina rufipennis
Castiarina rufipes, Childers QLD © Cory Dale
Castiarina rufipes
Castiarina sanguinolenta, Cape Arid WA © Mark Hanlon
Castiarina sanguinolenta
Castiarina scalaris (Jewel Beetle) on Coryopsis, Ballandean QLD © Marc Newman
Castiarina scalaris
Castiarina sexplagiata, QLD © Michael Jefferies
Castiarina sexplagiata
Castiarina simulata lais, between Lake King and Esperance WA © Mark Hanlon
Castiarina simulata lais
Castiarina strigata, Childers QLD © Cory Dale
Castiarina strigata
Castiarina subtincta, Newdegate WA © Mark Hanlon
Castiarina subtincta
Castiarina turbulenta, Ravensthorpe WA © Mark Hanlon
Castiarina turbulenta
Castiarina xanthopilosa, Crafers-Bridgewater SA © Marianne Broug
Castiarina xanthopilosa
  • 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

Footnote & References

  1. Castiarina Gory & Laporte, 1838, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/6ad61c69-0113-4375-b2f6-726078c65cba

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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ColeopteraColeoptera Index Amarygmus sp Anoplognathus sp Aphanestes gymnopleura Blackburnium cavicolle Buprestidae Carphurus Cerambycidae Chalcopteroides (Chalcopterus Beetle) Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles) Coleoptera (Beetles) Curculionidae Dung Beetle Eretes australis Helea scaphiformis Hydrophilus Ladybirds (Beetles) Lepidiota Lucanidae Lycidae Neospades sp Omorgus Paropsine Beetle Paropsisterna sp Phorticosomus sp Protaetia fusca Pterohelaeus sp Rhipiceridae Scarabaeidae Tenebrionidae Xylophilostenus octophyllus

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