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Family Buprestidae
- This page contains information and pictures about Acacia Flat-headed Jewel Beetles that we
found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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 - Body length 12mm
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- Genus Agrilus is a large group of flat-headed Jewel Beetle. Agrilus
austra can be distinguished by its dark green metallic colour with two
pale green line
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- This beetle was found on Feb 2010 in Karawatha Forest on Echidna
Trail. It was resting on Acacia leaf. From the reference
infromation, the larvae are borer of Acacia stem.
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- Reference:
- 1. Specimen Image Index - Insect Reference Collection Database - ICDB, Western Australian Department of Agriculture.
- 2. The larvae of
Agrilus australasiae LAPORTE & Gory and Ethon affine LAPORTE & Gory
(Insecta: Coleoptera: Buprestidae) - M G Volkovitsh and T J Hawkeswood (1990) Spixiana 13: 43-59.
- 3. Species
Agrilus (Agrilus) australasiae Gory & Laporte, 1837
- Australian Biological Resources Study, Australian Faunal Directory.
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