BuprestidaeMore Buprestidae Jewel Beetles Astraeus Calodema plebeia Castiarina Cyrioides Diadoxus Diphucrania Melobasis Merimna atrata Metaxymorpha gloriosa Stigmodera Temognatha Torresita cuprifera

The genus Stigmodera, in the family Buprestidae, are part of the group of common name “Jewel Beetles”.

It is a large genus that some authors have divided into three separate genera. Others keep them together, making Stigmodera a genus of some 550 species, with most being native to Australia and a few occurring in New Guinea.

Stigmodera gratiosa
Stigmodera gratiosa, Perth Hills WA © Mark Hanlon
Stigmodera gratiosa, Perth Hills WA
Stigmodera gratiosa, WA © Mark Hanlon
Stigmodera gratiosa, WA © Mark Hanlon
Stigmodera macularia

This Stigmodera macularia is about 25 mm long and on Leptospermum.

Stigmodera macularia, Girraween QLD © Michael Jefferies
Stigmodera macularia, Girraween QLD © Michael Jefferies
Stigmodera macularia, Girraween QLD © Michael Jefferies
Stigmodera macularia, Girraween QLD © Michael Jefferies

The following Stigmodera macularia from Girraween, Queensland. The photo compiled from a stack of photos taken using a Canon 7D and Canon 100mm macro lens controlled by DSLR Remote Pro for Mac and combined using Helicon Focus on an iMac.

Stigmodera macularia, Girraween QLD © Michael Jefferies
Stigmodera macularia, Girraween QLD © Michael Jefferies

Photograph © Michael Jefferies

Stigmodera roei
Stigmodera roei, Cape Arid WA © Mark Hanlon
Stigmodera roei, Cape Arid WA © Mark Hanlon
Stigmodera roei, Regans Ford WA © Mark Hanlon
Stigmodera roei, Regans Ford WA © Mark Hanlon
  • 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: Stigmodera
  • Species:
    • Stigmodera cancellata (Donovan, 1805)
    • Stigmodera gratiosa Chevrolat, 1843
    • Stigmodera jacquinotii (Boisduval, 1835)
    • Stigmodera macularia (Donovan, 1805)
    • Stigmodera porosa Carter, 1916
    • Stigmodera roei Saunders, 1868
    • Stigmodera sanguinosa Hope, 1846

Footnote & References

  1. Stigmodera roei © Mark Hanlon
  2. Stigmodera macularia © Michael Jefferies, Flickr
  3. Stigmodera Eschscholtz, 1829, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/108de7ce-1d39-42ea-8fb6-02206bd63c86
  4. Genus Stigmodera, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/333300-Stigmodera
  5. Jewel beetles from the genus Stigmodera, Western Australian Museum, https://museum.wa.gov.au/explore/high-res/jewel-beetles-genus-stigmodera

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

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