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

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.

Temognatha flavocincta on mallee flowers, Hopetoun WA © Mark Hanlon
Temognatha flavocincta on mallee flowers, Hopetoun WA © Mark Hanlon
Temognatha flavocincta on mallee flowers, Hopetoun WA © Mark Hanlonq
Temognatha flavocincta on mallee flowers, Hopetoun WA © Mark Hanlon
Temognatha flavocincta on mallee flowers, Hopetoun WA © Mark Hanlon
Temognatha flavocincta on mallee flowers, Hopetoun 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: Temognatha
  • Species: Temognatha flavocincta

Footnote & References

  1. Temognatha flavocincta. Photographs © Mark Hanlon
  2. Temognatha flavocincta (Gory & Laporte, 1838), Jewel Beetle, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/ba53a695-0dd5-4884-9872-7ebb9235690f
  3. Temognatha flavocincta, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/1509589-Temognatha-flavocincta
  4. Temognatha flavocincta (Gory & Laporte, 1838), Buprestidae of South Australia (Jewel Beetles), by Pert J. Lang, https://syzygium.xyz/buprestidae/species.php?species=Temognatha_flavocincta

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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