DiphucraniaDiphucrania duodecimmaculata Diphucrania leucosticta

— see Diphucrania broomensis | Diphucrania opima | Diphucrania stigmata

Diphucrania duodecimmaculata, whose common name include Twelve-spot Jewel Beetle, is one of the over 200 species in the genus Diphucrania. It is found almost exclusively on the foliage of host plant genera Allocasuarina, Casuarina and Xanthorrhoea.

Diphucrania duodecimmaculata, Crafers - Bridgewater SA © Marianne Broug
Diphucrania duodecimmaculata, Crafers – Bridgewater SA © Marianne Broug
Diphucrania duodecimmaculata, Crafers - Bridgewater SA © Marianne Broug
Diphucrania duodecimmaculata, Crafers – Bridgewater SA © Marianne Broug
Diphucrania duodecimmaculata, Crafers - Bridgewater SA © Marianne Broug
Diphucrania duodecimmaculata, Crafers – Bridgewater SA © Marianne Broug

  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Subphylum: Hexapoda
  • Class: Insecta
  • Informal: Pterygotes
  • Order: Coleoptera
  • Suborder: Polyphaga
  • Superfamily: Buprestoidea
  • Family: Buprestidae
  • Subfamily: Agrilinae
  • Tribe: Coraebini
  • Subtribe Cisseina
  • Genus: Diphucrania
  • Species: Diphucrania duodecimmaculata

Footnote & References

  1. Diphucrania duodecimmaculata. Photographs © Marianne Broug
  2. Diphucrania duodecimmaculata (Fabricius, 1801), Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/d746a560-b77f-4c16-ac54-16721675c592
  3. Diphucrania leucosticta, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/628938-Diphucrania-leucosticta
  4. Diphucrania duodecimmaculata, mariannebroug, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/149785830
  5. Diphucrania duodecimmaculata (Fabricius, 1801), by Peter J. Lang, Buprestidae of South Australia (Jewel beetles), https://syzygium.xyz/buprestidae/species.php?species=Diphucrania_duodecimmaculata

DiphucraniaDiphucrania duodecimmaculata Diphucrania leucosticta

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ColeopteraColeoptera Index Amarygmus sp Anoplognathus sp Aphanestes gymnopleura 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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