Castiarina purcellae Barker

Barker, Shelley, 2005, Nine new species of Castiarina Gory & Laporte, 1838 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), Zootaxa 1062, pp. 57-68 : 65-66

Castiarina purcellae Barker , new species ( Figs 1 f, 2 c)

Type material: Holotype male, Mt Lofty Rgs, S.Aust.,S.H. Curnow, SAMA I 21 711. Allotype female, Wirrabra, S.Aust., December, S.H. Curnow collection, SAMA I 21 712.

Size. Holotype, 10.2 x 3.8 mm. Female, 10.6 x 3.8 mm.

Description. Colour: Head green. Antennomeres: 1–4 green; 5–11 testaceous with green reflections. Pronotum, scutellum green. Elytra orange with the following dark blue markings: basal margin; broad pre­medial fascia, posterior end projecting to meet margin; broad post­medial fascia reaching margin; pre­apical mark covering apex and spines, all marks connected along suture. Ventral surface and legs green. Setae silver.

Shape & sculpture: Head closely punctured, median sulcus, moderately elongate mouthparts. Antennomeres: 1– 4 obconic in female; 4–half triangular in male; 5–11 triangular in both sexes. Scutellum scutiform, punctured, flat. Pronotum closely punctured, anterior margin straight, basal margin barely bisinuate, median impressed line from base to apex, laterally parallel­sided basally, rounded outwards to widest medially, rounded and narrowed to apex. Elytra punctate­striate, intervals noticeably convex post­medially, laterally angled outwards from base, rounded at humeral callus, concave, rounded post­medially and narrowed to bispinose apex, both spines small, acute, margin rounded and indented between. Ventral surface shallowly punctured, edges of abdominal segments glabrous, moderately setose, setae moderately long. S7: truncate male; rounded female.

Aedeagus: Angled outwards from basal piece, rounded at apex; penis pointed ( Fig. 1 f).

Remarks. I am unable to place this species in a species group. Distribution. Northern Mt Lofty Ranges and southern Flinders Ranges, South Australia.

Etymology. Named for Jude Purcell, Adelaide, who has been of great assistance to me with preparation of figures.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Photographs of male genitalia of Castiarina species: a. C. macarthuri sp. nov. b. C. turneri (Barker) c. C. setifera sp. nov. d. C. jacki sp. nov. e. C. mayoiana (Barker) f. C. purcellae sp. nov. g. C. keyzeri sp. nov. h. C. lycida sp. nov. i. C. suehasenpuschae sp. nov. j. C. inermis (Kerremans) k. C. quadriguttata (Macleay) l. C. allensundholmi sp. nov. Scale bar = 1 mm.