Studies on the Australian Chalcophorini: a new genus for Chalcophora subfasciata Carter, 1916 and a review of the Pseudotaenia Kerremans, 1903 generic-group (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
Author
Bellamy, C. L.
text
Zootaxa
2006
2006-05-18
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https://biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.1206.1.2
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.1206.1.2
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Pseudotaenia ajax
(
Saunders, 1872
)
(Figure 3)
Chalcotaenia ajax
Saunders 1872: 245
;
Fairmaire 1879: 96
;
Chalcophora ajax
:
Kerremans 1885: 124
;
Masters 1886: 68
;
Kerremans 1892: 43
;
Barnard 1890: 180
.
Pseudotaenia ajax
:
Kerremans 1903: 81
;
1909: 91
;
Obenberger 1926: 146
;
Carter 1929: 300
;
Adams 1966: 111
;
Bellamy 2002: 55
.
Chalcotaenia telamon
Fairmaire 1877: 166
;
1879: 96
.
Chalcophora telamon
:
Kerremans 1885: 127
;
Masters 1886: 70
;
Kerremans 1892: 43
.
Pseudotaenia telamon
:
Kerremans 1903: 81
;
1909: 91
;
Obenberger 1926: 146
(synonym of
ajax
);
Carter 1929: 300
;
Bellamy 2002: 55
.
Type
locality. “
Queensland
.”
Specimens
examined.
1 ♀
,
Queensland
,
Edungalba
[
BBS
,
S23° 42' 50.6"
E149° 51' 03.4"
],
30.xii.1967
;
1 ♂
,
Queensland
(both
CLBC
)
.
Distribution.
Australia
,
Queensland
.
Biology/Bionomy.
Barnard (1890)
discussed the adults feeding on leaves of a “broadleafed” species of
Eucalyptus
.
Adams (1966)
provided a short discussion about his experience with this species including data on the larval host plant ‘Brigalow’ (
Acacia harpophylla
F. Muell. ex Benth
) and adult host plants ‘Coolibah’ and ‘Grey Box’ (
Eucalyptus microtheca
F. Muell.
=
E. coolabah
Blakely & Jacobs
in W. F. Blakely).
Adams (1966)
noted “clearing of Brigalow in the Fitzroy Basin has virtually destroyed
P. ajax
there.”
Remarks. The synonymy of
P. telamon
has been accepted since Obenberger’s catalogue (1926). The species is well defined and bears a superficial resemblance to
Austrophorella quadrisignata
. The
types
of this species and its synonym (
ajax
BMNH
,
telamon
ZMUH
) were not examined for this study.