BuprestidaeMore Buprestidae Buprestidae Index Jewel Beetles Astraeus Calodema plebeia Calotemognatha Castiarina Cyrioides Diadoxus Diphucrania Hypocisseis suturalis Julodimorpha saundersii Melobasis Merimna atrata Metaxymorpha grayii Metaxymorpha gloriosa Stigmodera Temognatha Torresita cuprifera

Current observations of the species Torresita cuprifera3, 4, family Buprestidae, have the beetle along the east coast from Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland (north of the Sunshine Coast).

Torresita cuprifera (Jewel Beetle), Nerang QLD © Hongming Kan
Torresita cuprifera (Jewel Beetle), Nerang QLD © Hongming Kan
Torresita cuprifera (Jewel Beetle), Nerang QLD © Hongming Kan
Torresita cuprifera (Jewel Beetle), Nerang QLD © Hongming Kan
  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Subphylum: Hexapoda
  • Class: Insecta
  • Informal: Pterygotes
  • Order: Coleoptera
  • Suborder: Polyphaga
  • Superfamily: Buprestoidea
  • Family: Buprestidae
  • Subfamily: Buprestinae
  • Tribe: Curidini
  • Subtribe: Neocurina
  • Genus: Torresita
  • Species: Torresita cuprifera

Footnote & References

  1. Torresita cuprifera, Photographs © Hongming Kan
  2. Many thanks for ID to Mark Hanlon, member of Australasian Beetles Only, Facebook group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/1180404322409639/
  3. Torresita cuprifera (Kirby, 1818), Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/d31f2509-3019-4d79-9c06-58a4bc43293d
  4. Torresita cuprifera, iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/776869-Torresita-cuprifera

BuprestidaeMore Buprestidae Buprestidae Index Jewel Beetles Astraeus Calodema plebeia Calotemognatha Castiarina Cyrioides Diadoxus Diphucrania Hypocisseis suturalis Julodimorpha saundersii Melobasis Merimna atrata Metaxymorpha grayii Metaxymorpha gloriosa Stigmodera Temognatha Torresita cuprifera

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