1 A jewel beetle at Pappinbarra, NSW
Identification history
| Temognatha gemmelli | 5 Feb 2025 | MarkH | ||
| Temognatha gemmelli | 5 Feb 2025 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Temognatha gemmelli | 4 Feb 2025 | jonvanbeest | ||
| Unverified | 4 Feb 2025 | jonvanbeest |
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7 comments
Harrisi
wrote:
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.
MarkH
wrote:
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
MarkH
wrote:
5 Feb 2025
I just checked my specimens and I have collected gemmelli from Caparra which is a bit further south from this record.
entom2
wrote:
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
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Collections
jonvanbeest NatureMapr New South Wales North Coast Jewel beetles (Buprestidae) Beetles (Coleoptera) Insects Temognatha gemmelli
Additional information
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Deceased Animal health
Species information
- Temognatha gemmelli Scientific name
- A jewel beetle Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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