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
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 macularia
This Stigmodera macularia is about 25 mm long and on Leptospermum.
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.
Photograph © Michael Jefferies
Stigmodera roei
- 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
- Stigmodera roei © Mark Hanlon
- Stigmodera macularia © Michael Jefferies, Flickr
- Stigmodera Eschscholtz, 1829, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Stigmodera
- Genus Stigmodera, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/333300-Stigmodera
- Jewel beetles from the genus Stigmodera, Western Australian Museum, https://museum.wa.gov.au/explore/high-res/jewel-beetles-genus-stigmodera
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
ColeopteraColeoptera Index Amarygmus sp Anoplognathus sp Aphanestes gymnopleura Aphanesthes succine Aporocera speciosa Atractocerus crassicornis Blackburnium cavicolle Buprestidae Carphurus Cerambycidae Chalcopteroides (Chalcopterus Beetle) Christmas Beetles Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles) Coleoptera (Beetles) Curculionidae Dicranolaius cinctus Dung Beetle Eretes australis Helea scaphiformis Hydrophilus Ladybirds (Beetles) Lepidiota Lucanidae Lycidae Malachiinae Mordellidae (Pintail Beetles) Neospades sp Omorgus Paropsine Beetle Paropsisterna sp Phorticosomus sp Protaetia fusca Pterohelaeus sp Rhinotia haemoptera Rhinotia suturalis Rhipiceridae Scarabaeidae Tenebrionidae Xylophilostenus octophyllus
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