Australian Jewel Beetles
Australian Jewel Beetles
An Introduction to the Buprestidae
Sundholm, Allen M.; Mitchell, Kevin; Williams, Geoff
CSIRO Publishing
03/2024
224
Dura
Inglês
9781486317400
15 a 20 dias
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Acknowledgements
Preface
1. Introduction
Fossil history
Gondwanan and extra-continental associations
Warning colouration, defence and predators
Life histories
Plant associations
Buprestids as pollinators
Colour section 1: Beetle specimens
2. Composition, ecology and distribution of Australian genera
Subfamily Polycestinae
Subfamily Chrysochroinae
Subfamily Buprestinae
Subfamily Stigmoderinae
Subfamily Agrilinae
Colour section 2: Live beetles
3. Regional buprestid faunas
North Queensland and the Wet Tropics
Central Queensland
Central and western New South Wales
Sydney and the Blue Mountains
Barrington Tops
New England Tablelands and associated montane rainforests
Littoral rainforests of northern New South Wales
Alpine and montane southern New South Wales and eastern Victoria
North-western Victoria
South Australia
South-west Western Australia
Tasmania
Colour section 3: Habitat
4. Threats and conservation
Appendix 1. List of buprestid genera recorded from Australia
Appendix 2. Summary of larval and adult plant relationships
Appendix 3. Pollen loads from Buprestidae collected in lowland subtropical rainforest and wet sclerophyll forest
Appendix 4. Early taxonomists and collectors: 1770-1950
Appendix 5. Divisions of geological time
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Preface
1. Introduction
Fossil history
Gondwanan and extra-continental associations
Warning colouration, defence and predators
Life histories
Plant associations
Buprestids as pollinators
Colour section 1: Beetle specimens
2. Composition, ecology and distribution of Australian genera
Subfamily Polycestinae
Subfamily Chrysochroinae
Subfamily Buprestinae
Subfamily Stigmoderinae
Subfamily Agrilinae
Colour section 2: Live beetles
3. Regional buprestid faunas
North Queensland and the Wet Tropics
Central Queensland
Central and western New South Wales
Sydney and the Blue Mountains
Barrington Tops
New England Tablelands and associated montane rainforests
Littoral rainforests of northern New South Wales
Alpine and montane southern New South Wales and eastern Victoria
North-western Victoria
South Australia
South-west Western Australia
Tasmania
Colour section 3: Habitat
4. Threats and conservation
Appendix 1. List of buprestid genera recorded from Australia
Appendix 2. Summary of larval and adult plant relationships
Appendix 3. Pollen loads from Buprestidae collected in lowland subtropical rainforest and wet sclerophyll forest
Appendix 4. Early taxonomists and collectors: 1770-1950
Appendix 5. Divisions of geological time
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
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Australia's buprestid fauna; Buprestidae; Jewel beetles; Coleoptera; Invertebrate; Wood-boring beetles; Metallic beetles; Flatheaded borers; Insects
Acknowledgements
Preface
1. Introduction
Fossil history
Gondwanan and extra-continental associations
Warning colouration, defence and predators
Life histories
Plant associations
Buprestids as pollinators
Colour section 1: Beetle specimens
2. Composition, ecology and distribution of Australian genera
Subfamily Polycestinae
Subfamily Chrysochroinae
Subfamily Buprestinae
Subfamily Stigmoderinae
Subfamily Agrilinae
Colour section 2: Live beetles
3. Regional buprestid faunas
North Queensland and the Wet Tropics
Central Queensland
Central and western New South Wales
Sydney and the Blue Mountains
Barrington Tops
New England Tablelands and associated montane rainforests
Littoral rainforests of northern New South Wales
Alpine and montane southern New South Wales and eastern Victoria
North-western Victoria
South Australia
South-west Western Australia
Tasmania
Colour section 3: Habitat
4. Threats and conservation
Appendix 1. List of buprestid genera recorded from Australia
Appendix 2. Summary of larval and adult plant relationships
Appendix 3. Pollen loads from Buprestidae collected in lowland subtropical rainforest and wet sclerophyll forest
Appendix 4. Early taxonomists and collectors: 1770-1950
Appendix 5. Divisions of geological time
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
Preface
1. Introduction
Fossil history
Gondwanan and extra-continental associations
Warning colouration, defence and predators
Life histories
Plant associations
Buprestids as pollinators
Colour section 1: Beetle specimens
2. Composition, ecology and distribution of Australian genera
Subfamily Polycestinae
Subfamily Chrysochroinae
Subfamily Buprestinae
Subfamily Stigmoderinae
Subfamily Agrilinae
Colour section 2: Live beetles
3. Regional buprestid faunas
North Queensland and the Wet Tropics
Central Queensland
Central and western New South Wales
Sydney and the Blue Mountains
Barrington Tops
New England Tablelands and associated montane rainforests
Littoral rainforests of northern New South Wales
Alpine and montane southern New South Wales and eastern Victoria
North-western Victoria
South Australia
South-west Western Australia
Tasmania
Colour section 3: Habitat
4. Threats and conservation
Appendix 1. List of buprestid genera recorded from Australia
Appendix 2. Summary of larval and adult plant relationships
Appendix 3. Pollen loads from Buprestidae collected in lowland subtropical rainforest and wet sclerophyll forest
Appendix 4. Early taxonomists and collectors: 1770-1950
Appendix 5. Divisions of geological time
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
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