Temognatha flavocincta was a widely occurring species (now appears to be more rare) found in temperate woodland and semi-arid mallee-heath areas. The head has densely white-hairy frons, pale yellow margin on pronotum and elytra. The pronotum is mainly black, coarsely and irregularly pitted and thickened. The elytra is a dark red and has prominently hairy underside.
This Temognatha flavocincta was found on mallee flowers near Hopetoun in Western Australia.
- 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: Temognatha
- Species: Temognatha flavocincta
Footnote & References
- Temognatha flavocincta. Photographs © Mark Hanlon
- Temognatha flavocincta (Gory & Laporte, 1838), Jewel Beetle, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Temognatha flavocincta
- Temognatha flavocincta, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/1509589-Temognatha-flavocincta
- Temognatha flavocincta (Gory & Laporte, 1838), Buprestidae of South Australia (Jewel Beetles), by Pert J. Lang, https://syzygium.xyz/buprestidae/species.php?species=Temognatha_flavocincta
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