Temognatha
Encyclopedia
Temognatha is a genus
of metallic wood-boring beetles. Most of the many species are native to Australia
. There are over 85 species in Australia.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of metallic wood-boring beetles. Most of the many species are native to Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. There are over 85 species in Australia.
Species
- Temognatha aestimata (Kerremans, 1898)
- Temognatha affinis (Saunders, 1868)
- Temognatha alternataTemognatha alternataTemognatha alternata is endemic to Queensland, Australia. Little is known of this spectacular beetle which has never been formally described, as the name is taken from that given by Lumholtz without any description.-Description:...
(Lumholtz, 1889) - Temognatha apicenigra (Théry, 1937)
- Temognatha aquilonia Peterson, 1991
- Temognatha barbiventris (Carter, 1916)
- Temognatha bonvouloirii (Saunders, 1868)
- Temognatha bruckii (Thomson, 1878)
- Temognatha carinicollis (Théry, 1937)
- Temognatha carpentariae (Blackburn, 1892)
- Temognatha chalcodera (Thomson, 1878)
- Temognatha chevrolatii Géhin, 1855
- Temognatha coelestis (Thomson, 1857)
- Temognatha congener (Saunders, 1869)
- Temognatha conspicillata (White, 1843)
- Temognatha coronata (Peterson, 1982)
- Temognatha donovani (Gory & Laporte, 1838)
- Temognatha duboulayi (Saunders, 1872)
- Temognatha ducalis (Carter, 1927)
- Temognatha duponti (Boisduval, 1835)
- Temognatha excisicollis (Macleay, 1863)
- Temognatha flavicollis (Saunders, 1869)
- Temognatha flavocincta (Gory & Laporte, 1838)
- Temognatha flavomarginata (Gemminger & Harold, 1869)
- Temognatha fortnumii (Hope, 1843)
- Temognatha franca (Carter, 1916)
- Temognatha fusca (Saunders, 1871)
- Temognatha gemmelli (Deuquet, 1947)
- Temognatha gigas (Carter, 1916)
- Temognatha gloriosa (Carter, 1916)
- Temognatha gordonburnsi Barker, 1993
- Temognatha goryi (Gory & Laporte, 1838)
- Temognatha grandis (Donovan, 1805)
- Temognatha haematica (Hope, 1846)
- Temognatha heros Géhin, 1855
- Temognatha imperialis (Carter, 1916)
- Temognatha jakobsoni (Obenberger, 1928)
- Temognatha jansonii (Saunders, 1868)
- Temognatha latithorax (Thomson, 1857)
- Temognatha lessonii (Gory, 1841)
- Temognatha limbata (Donovan, 1805)
- Temognatha lobicollis (Saunders, 1868)
- Temognatha macfarlani (Waterhouse, 1881)
- Temognatha maculiventris (Macleay, 1863)
- Temognatha marcida (Blackburn, 1892)
- Temognatha marginalis (Carter, 1929)
- Temognatha martinii (Saunders, 1869)
- Temognatha menalcas (Thomson, 1879)
- Temognatha miranda (Carter, 1927)
- Temognatha mitchellii (Hope, 1846)
- Temognatha mnizechii (Saunders, 1868)
- Temognatha murrayi (Gemminger & Harold, 1869)
- Temognatha nickerli (Obenberger, 1922)
- Temognatha nigrofasciata (Théry, 1937)
- Temognatha obesissima (Thomson, 1879)
- Temognatha obscuripennis (Mannerheim, 1837)
- Temognatha oleata (Blackburn, 1894)
- Temognatha parvicollis (Saunders, 1869)
- Temognatha pascoei (Saunders, 1868)
- Temognatha pictipes (Blackburn, 1894)
- Temognatha pubicollis (Waterhouse, 1874)
- Temognatha punctatostriata (Saunders, 1868)
- Temognatha rectipennis (Blackburn, 1891)
- Temognatha regia (Blackburn, 1892)
- Temognatha reichei (Gory & Laporte, 1838)
- Temognatha rubra (Théry, 1937)
- Temognatha rufocyanea (Carter, 1916)
- Temognatha sanguinea (Saunders, 1869)
- Temognatha sanguineocincta (Saunders, 1868)
- Temognatha sanguinipennis (Gory & Laporte, 1838)
- Temognatha sanguiniventris (Saunders, 1868)
- Temognatha secularis (Thomson, 1857)
- Temognatha sexmaculata (Saunders, 1868)
- Temognatha similis (Saunders, 1868)
- Temognatha spencii (Gory & Laporte, 1838)
- Temognatha suturalis (Donovan, 1805)
- Temognatha thoracica (Saunders, 1868)
- Temognatha tricolorata (Waterhouse, 1874)
- Temognatha variabilis (Donovan, 1805)
- Temognatha viridescens Barker, 1995
- Temognatha viridicincta (Waterhouse, 1874)
- Temognatha vitticollis (Macleay, 1863)
- Temognatha westwoodii (Saunders, 1868)
- Temognatha wimmerae (Blackburn, 1890)
External links
- OzAnimals.com Australian Wildlife. "Jewel Beetle (Temognatha alternata)." http://www.ozanimals.com/Insect/Jewel-Beetle/Temognatha/alternata.html
- Stunning photos of Temognatha species. http://www.virtual-beetles.com/themognatha.html
- Aesthetic Australian Insects. http://www.aainsects.com.au/bupres.html