Castiarina subacuticeps

Castiarina subacuticeps

Castiarina subacuticeps is a species of Jewel beetle in the massive genus Castiarina.
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Appearance

It has six pale dots on the elytra possibly mimicking a native bee

Naming

Castiarina subacuticeps was described by Shelley Barker in 1979

Distribution

Western Australia in the wheat belt region.

References:

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https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:8dbb3d12-c732-4a6a-8d8a-a69a850c9976
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderColeoptera
FamilyBuprestidae
GenusCastiarina
SpeciesCastiarina subacuticeps
Photographed in
Australia