Cyrioides australis

Cyrioides australis, commonly known as the dark blue banksia jewel beetle, is a species of beetle in the family Buprestidae native to southeastern Australia. It was described by the French entomologist Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1835.[1] Banksia integrifolia has been recorded as a host plant.

Cyrioides australis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Buprestidae
Genus: Cyrioides
Species:
C. australis
Binomial name
Cyrioides australis
(Boisduval) 1835

References

  1. Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (9 October 2008). "Species Cyrioides australis (Boisduval, 1835)". Australian Biological Resources Study, Australian Faunal Directory. Canberra ACT: Australian Government. Retrieved 1 December 2011.


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