G. it. Ent., 10 (51): 251-258
October 2003
Redescription of the adult of Anilara convexa Kerremans, 1898
(Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
from Australia,
with observations on its biology and larval host plant
by
T. J. HAWKESWOOD & J. R. TURNER
Abstract - Anilara convexa Kerremans, 1898 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Buprestinae), of the predominant Australian genus Anilara Thomson, 1879, is redescribed from material collected from the larval host plant from the Castlereagh area, western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The species breeds in the dead or semi-dead wood of Melaleuca decora (Solander ex Gaertner) Smith (Myrtaceae). This is the first published record of this plant genus as a larval host for an Anilara species. It is also the first published record of a Melaleuca species as a larval host for an Australian buprestid. The adult and larvae of A. convexa are illustrated. Larval host plant relationships within the genus Anilara are outlined and discussed.
