Temognatha facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Temognatha
Temognatha alternata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Buprestidae
Genus:	Temognatha Solier, 1833
Species
85+

Temognatha is a genus of metallic wood-boring beetles. Over 85 species in the genus are native to Australia.

Temognatha variabilis

Temognatha sanguiniventris

Species

Species include:

• Temognatha aestimata (Kerremans, 1898)
• Temognatha affinis (Saunders, 1868)
• Temognatha alternata (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)

• Hawkeswood, T. J. (2008). Review of the larval host plants and biology for fifteen species of the genus Temognatha Solier, 1833 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Calodema Supplementary Paper No. 71.