Cyrioides vittigera
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Cyrioides vittigera, commonly known as the striped banksia jewel beetle, is a species of beetle
in the family Buprestidae native to Western Australia
. It was described by the French naturalists Francis de Laporte de Castelnau and Hippolyte Louis Gory
in 1835.
Beetle
Coleoptera is an order of insects commonly called beetles. The word "coleoptera" is from the Greek , koleos, "sheath"; and , pteron, "wing", thus "sheathed wing". Coleoptera contains more species than any other order, constituting almost 25% of all known life-forms...
in the family Buprestidae native to Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
. It was described by the French naturalists Francis de Laporte de Castelnau and Hippolyte Louis Gory
Hippolyte Louis Gory
-Life:Hippolyte Louis Gory was born in Paris, 5th arrondissement the 27 September 1800 . He was married to Sophie Marie Sotom at Paris the 30th March 1826...
in 1835.