Pseudotaenia ajax ( Saunders, 1872 )

Bellamy, C. L., 2006, Studies on the Australian Chalcophorini: a new genus for Chalcophora subfasciata Carter, 1916 and a review of the Pseudotaenia Kerremans, 1903 generic-group (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), Zootaxa 1206 (1), pp. 23-46 : 29

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scientific name	Pseudotaenia ajax ( Saunders, 1872 )
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Pseudotaenia ajax ( Saunders, 1872) View in CoL

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Chalcotaenia ajax Saunders 1872: 245 View in CoL ; Fairmaire 1879: 96;

Chalcophora ajax: Kerremans 1885: 124 ; Masters 1886: 68; Kerremans 1892: 43; Barnard 1890: 180.

Pseudotaenia ajax: Kerremans 1903: 81 View in CoL ; 1909: 91; Obenberger 1926: 146; Carter 1929: 300; Adams 1966: 111; Bellamy 2002: 55.

Chalcotaenia telamon Fairmaire 1877: 166 View in CoL ; 1879: 96.

Chalcophora telamon: Kerremans 1885: 127 ; Masters 1886: 70; Kerremans 1892: 43.

Pseudotaenia telamon: Kerremans 1903: 81 View in CoL ; 1909: 91; Obenberger 1926: 146 (synonym of ajax View in CoL ); Carter 1929: 300; Bellamy 2002: 55.

Type locality. “ Queensland.”

Specimens examined. 1 ♀, Queensland, Edungalba [ BBS, S23° 42' 50.6" E149° 51' 03.4"], 30.xii.1967 GoogleMaps ; 1 ♂, Queensland (both CLBC) .

Distribution. Australia, Queensland.

Biology/Bionomy. Barnard (1890) discussed the adults feeding on leaves of a “broadleafed” species of Eucalyptus . Adams (1966) provided a short discussion about his experience with this species including data on the larval host plant ‘Brigalow’ ( Acacia harpophylla F. Muell. ex Benth ) and adult host plants ‘Coolibah’ and ‘Grey Box’ ( Eucalyptus microtheca F. Muell. = E. coolabah Blakely & Jacobs in W. F. Blakely). Adams (1966) noted “clearing of Brigalow in the Fitzroy Basin has virtually destroyed P. ajax there.”

Remarks. The synonymy of P. telamon has been accepted since Obenberger’s catalogue (1926). The species is well defined and bears a superficial resemblance to Austrophorella quadrisignata . The types of this species and its synonym ( ajax BMNH , telamon ZMUH ) were not examined for this study.