Temognatha gemmelli
1 A jewel beetle at Pappinbarra, NSW
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| Temognatha gemmelli | MarkH | 5 Feb 2025 | |
| Temognatha gemmelli | MichaelMulvaney | 5 Feb 2025 | |
| Temognatha gemmelli | jonvanbeest | 4 Feb 2025 | |
| Unverified | jonvanbeest | 4 Feb 2025 |
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7 comments
5 Feb 2025
Hi Michael. I recall seeing the ID confirmed by Allen s somewhere today but couldn't find it again? A check of available reference material pretty much confirms it and being no 'temog' expert that's the best I can do. Our jewel beetle moderator Mark Hanlon is as good as they get on this genus, his opinion would be definitive I reckon.
5 Feb 2025
Yes definitely Temognatha gemmelli. The pronotum is more finely punctured than T. suturalis which it can be mustaken with.
The record is a fair way south and might be close to its southern limit of distribution. The species stronghold is northern NSW however I have caught it up as far as Rockhampton in wetter sclerophyll habitats
The record is a fair way south and might be close to its southern limit of distribution. The species stronghold is northern NSW however I have caught it up as far as Rockhampton in wetter sclerophyll habitats
5 Feb 2025
I just checked my specimens and I have collected gemmelli from Caparra which is a bit further south from this record.
5 Feb 2025
I have taken this further south near Landsdowne, in the Coopernook area, which is to the NE of Taree. There is a photo that Dr Geoff Williams took of a live one sitting on Leptospermum flowers (Fig. 477) on page 134 of the book 'Australian Jewel Beetles. An Introduction to the Buprestidae' that Geoff and I co-authored with Kevin Mitchell, published by CSIRO Publishing in March 2024. Cheers, Allen M. Sundholm.
Location information
- Coordinates 152.515131-31.404081
- Places Pappinbarra, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 4 Feb 2025 12:04 PM Recorded on
- jonvanbeest Recorded by
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Deceased Animal health
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- jonvanbeest NatureMapr New South Wales North Coast Jewel beetles (Buprestidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects Temognatha gemmelli
Species information
- Temognatha gemmelli Scientific name
- A jewel beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
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