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Checklist for Superfamily Buprestoidea Leach, 1815 (Jewel Beetles)
and region Einasleigh Uplands (Desert Uplands, Australia)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
126
433
630
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
126
433
630
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
113
381
555
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects
67
235
364
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Coleoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Beetles, Coleopterans
12
50
93
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Polyphaga
Emery, 1886
Polyphags
10
34
76
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Elateriformia
Crowson, 1960
1
9
34
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Buprestoidea
Leach, 1815
Jewel Beetles, Metallic Wood Boring Beetles
1
9
34
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Einasleigh Uplands
1 Family width 34 Species and 2 Subspecies
Buprestidae Leach, 1815Flat-headed wood-borers34SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Einasleigh Uplands
9 Genera with 34 Species
Astraeus Laporte & Gory, 18893SpeciesTaxom
Castiarina Gory & Laporte, 197915SpeciesTaxom
Diadoxus Saunders, 02SpeciesTaxom
Diphucrania Dejean, 20011SpeciesTaxom
Melobasis Laporte & Gory, 18722SpeciesTaxom
Merimna Saunders, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Pseudotaenia Kerremans, 18911SpeciesTaxom
Selagis Dejean, 18774SpeciesTaxom
Temognatha Solier, 18926SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Einasleigh Uplands
34 Species and 2 Subspecies
Astraeus (Astraeus) mastersi
Astraeus (Astraeus) mastersii MacLeay, 1872
Astraeus (Astraeus) simulator van de Poll, 1889
Castiarina andersoni Gory & Laporte, 1838
Castiarina athertonensis Barker, 1986
Castiarina biguttata MacLeay, 1863
Castiarina bimaculata Saunders, 1868
Castiarina carinata MacLeay, 1863
Castiarina cinnamomea MacLeay, 1863
Castiarina coccinata Hope, 1843
Castiarina distincta Saunders, 1868
Castiarina garnettensis Barker, 1989
Castiarina puella Saunders, 1869
Castiarina rollei Kerremans, 1908
Castiarina rufipes MacLeay, 1863
Castiarina sexguttata MacLeay, 1863
Castiarina sexplagiata Gory, 1841
Castiarina walfordi Barker, 1979
Diadoxus erythrurus White, 1846Small cypress jewel beetle
Diadoxus erythrurus septentrionalis
Diphucrania cupreola Barker, 2001
Melobasis (Melobasis) cyaneipennis Boheman, 1858Banded coral shrimp
Melobasis azureipennis (MacLeay, 1872)⇒ Melobasis cyaneipennis Boheman, 1858
Merimna atrata Gory & Laporte, 1837Fire beetle
Pseudotaenia frenchi Blackburn, 1891
Selagis caloptera Boisduval, 1835
Selagis corusca Waterhouse, 1882
Selagis splendens MacLeay, 1872
Selagis viridicyanea Fairmaire, 1877
Temognatha alternata Lumholtz, 1889
Temognatha carpentariae Blackburn, 1892
Temognatha excisicollis MacLeay, 1863
Temognatha maculiventris MacLeay, 1863
Temognatha obesissima obesissima Thomson, 1879
Temognatha regia Blackburn, 1892

Subnodes of Buprestoidea with occurrences in Einasleigh Uplands
FamilyBuprestidae
Leach, 1815
Flat-headed wood-borers, Flatheaded borers, Jewel beetles, Metallic wood borers, Metallic wood-boring beetles
9
34
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Buprestoidea at artfakta.se
Buprestoidea at dyntaxa.se
Buprestoidea at itis.gov