Jewel beetles (Buprestidae)

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References for Jewel Beetles (family Buprestidae): https://sites.google.com/site/buprestidpages/

And a photo gallery for the family: https://sites.google.com/site/buprestidpages/buprestidae-gallery

This gallery can be searched by genus, for example, Castiarina:

https://sites.google.com/site/buprestidpages/castiarina-gallery

Another good gallery for Castiarina: http://www.virtual-beetle.com/castiarinafp.html

Jewel beetles (Buprestidae)

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HelenCross wrote:

23 Sep 2025

Will do, thanks Mark

Castiarina parallela

MarkH wrote:

23 Sep 2025

Hi Helen, rather than posting on the Buprestidae-Jewel Beetles site you can ask for ID’s on the Australasian Beetles Only site. Cheers

Castiarina parallela

AlisonMilton wrote:

10 Sep 2025

Thanks Mark

Melobasis sp. (genus)

MarkH wrote:

10 Sep 2025

This is possibly Melobasis naias rather than M. obscurella which is what this early acacia flower inhabiting species is normally identified as. The size is quite small and the golden colour is very much like M. naias.
I would suggest that any of the golden green specimens may be M. naias while all of the M. obscurella I have seen before are more blue-green. Their overall size is fairly similar as are the other external characters.
It would be worth someone checking ANIC for identified specimens of both species to ensure that all NatureMapr specimens are correctly identified as M. obscurella rather than being M. naias.

Melobasis sp. (genus)

AlisonMilton wrote:

9 Sep 2025

@HelenCross Surpised to find them in suburbia on Belconnen Way

Melobasis obscurella