CastiarinaCastiarina andersoni Castiarina bella Castiarina crenata Castiarina decemmaculata Castiarina erythroptera Castiarina luteipennis Castiarina marginata Castiarina octospilota Castiarina rufipennis Castiarina scalaris Castiarina subtincta Castiarina xanthopilosa
The Castiarina scalaris (Jewel Beetle) pictured here is on the flowering Coryopsis.
- 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 scalaris
Footnote & References
- Castiarina scalaris © Marc Newman, Flickr
- Many thanks for ID by Mark Hanlon, member of Australasian Beetles Only, Facebook group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/1180404322409639/
- Many thanks for confirmation of ID to Allen Sundholm, creator of Australasian Beetles Only, Facebook group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/1180404322409639/
- Castiarina scalaris (Boisduval, 1835), Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/187c157a-57bb-4eb3-b27f-127547966e63
- Castiarina scalaris, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/823904-Castiarina-scalaris
CastiarinaCastiarina andersoni Castiarina bella Castiarina crenata Castiarina decemmaculata Castiarina erythroptera Castiarina luteipennis Castiarina marginata Castiarina octospilota Castiarina rufipennis Castiarina scalaris Castiarina subtincta Castiarina xanthopilosa
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