Chalcophorataenia quadriimpressa

BuprestidaeMore Buprestidae Buprestidae Index Jewel Beetles Astraeus Bubastes pilbarensis Calodema plebeia Calotemognatha Castiarina Chalcophorataenia quadriimpressa Cyrioides Diadoxus Hypocisseis suturalis Diphucrania Julodimorpha saundersii Melobasis Merimna atrata Metaxymorpha grayii Metaxymorpha gloriosa Stigmodera Temognatha Torresita cuprifera

Chalcophorotaenia is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, subfamily Chrysochroinae. There are current observations across mainland Australia (although only one obervation in Victoria on iNaturalist), at the time of writing (15 March 2025).

Chalcophorataenia quadriimpressa (on the left) and Chalcophorataenia australasiae (on the right), are commonly encountered together. In the following you can see the difference between these two species.

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Informal: Pterygotes
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Buprestoidea
Family: Buprestidae
Subfamily: Chrysochroinae
Genus: Chalcophorataenia
Species: Chalcophorataenia quadriimpressa

Footnote & References

Australasian Beetles Only, https://www.facebook.com/groups/1180404322409639
Chalcophorotaenia quadriimpressa (Waterhouse, 1875), Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Chalcophorotaenia quadriimpressa

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