BuprestidaeMore Buprestidae Jewel Beetles Astraeus Calodema plebeia Castiarina Cyrioides Diadoxus Diphucrania Melobasis Merimna atrata Metaxymorpha gloriosa Stigmodera Temognatha Torresita cuprifera
The genus Cyrioides, in the family Buprestidae, currently contains 6 described species: Cyrioides australis (a dark blue banksia jewel beetle found in Eastern Australia), Cyrioides cincta (found in Queensland), Cyrioides elateroides (found in southwest Western Australia), Cyrioides imperialis (a banksia jewel beetle found in Eastern Australia and Tasmania), Cyrioides sexspilota (found in Queensland) and Cyrioides vittigera (a striped banksia jewel beetle found in Western Australia.
Presented here are photographs of Cyrioides imperialis.
Cyrioides imperialis
Commonly known as the Banksia Jewel Beetle, Cyrioides imperialis is a species of beetle native to south-eastern Australia. The adult beetle measures approximately 3.8 cm long, with an elongated body that is gold and black in colour.
Female beetle of the species lay their eggs in the bark of a tree, from which the larvae hatch and then tunnel into the wood. They are usually found on Banksias that include B. serrata, B. integrifolia and B. marginata, that are host plants for the larval and adult stages of the beetle. There have been other host plants recorded, including B. spinulosa, Leptospermum polygalifolium, and Isopogon species.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Coleoptera
- Suborder: Polyphaga
- Superfamily: Buprestoidea
- Family: Buprestidae
- Subfamily: Buprestinae
- Tribe: Epistomentini
- Subtribe: Epistomentina
- Genus: Cyrioides
- Species: Cyrioides
Footnote & References
- Cyrioides imperialis, Photographs © Deb Taylor
- Cyrioides imperialis, debtaylor42, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/66368954
- Cyrioides imperialis, debtaylor42, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/66368462
- Cyrioides imperialis, debtaylor42, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/66368368
- Cyrioides imperialis, debtaylor42, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/64194007
- Cyrioides imperialis, debtaylor42, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/63943921
- Cyrioides imperialis (Fabricius, 1801), Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/0b5732a8-2862-40ae-ba8f-559075fe0e08
- Cyrioides imperialis, Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrioides_imperialis
BuprestidaeMore Buprestidae Jewel Beetles Astraeus Calodema plebeia Castiarina Cyrioides Diadoxus Diphucrania Melobasis Merimna atrata Metaxymorpha gloriosa Stigmodera Temognatha Torresita cuprifera
ColeopteraAmarygmus sp Anoplognathus sp Aphanestes gymnopleura Buprestidae Cerambycidae Coleoptera (Beetles) Curculionidae Digitonthophagus gazella Dung Beetle Eretes australis Helea scaphiformis Johannica gemellata (Pandorea Leaf Beetle) Ladybirds (Beetles) Lepidiota Lucanidae Neospades sp Lycidae Omorgus Paropsine Beetle Paropsisterna sp Pittosporum Leaf Beetle (Lamprolina impressicollis) Protaetia fusca Pterohelaeus sp Rhipiceridae Scarabaeidae Xylophilostenus octophyllus
InsectsBees Beetles Blattodea Butterflies Coleoptera Cicada Crabronidae Diptera Dragonflies & Damselflies Formicidae Hemiptera Heteroptera (True Bugs) Mango Planthopper Moths Orthoptera Orthopteroid Processionary Caterpillar Stink Bugs, Shield Bugs and Allies Syrphidae Wasps Water Scorpion (Laccotrephes tristis) Witchetty Grub