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Box 100, Beecroft, NSW 2119 Australia Copyright: Forestry Commission of New South Wales; 1987 ODC 174:145.7x19.88 ISSN 0548-6807 ISBN 07305 1726 8 - 3 - INTRODUCTION The Cerambycidae are an important' group of wood-destroying insects in Australia. They can seriously debilitate or kill trees and shrubs of commercial and ornamental value as well as cause damage to timber already in service. Over the past century, there has been considerable taxonomic but little biological study of the Australian Cerambycidae. Consequently, while a large proportion of the Australian cerambycid fauna is described, very little is known about their biologies, with the e~ception of some of the larger and more commercially important taxa such as Phopaoantha and Stpongytupus. While host plants of some cerambycid species are known, no published data are available for a large number of species. Much information, however, can be gleaned from the data labels of specimens held in Museums and other collections. During 1986, the cerambycid collections of the Forestry Commission of New South Wales, the Australian Museum, the Macleay Museum and the Australian National Insect Collection were examined and host plant and other data were extracted and compiled for this report. It was hoped that by doing this, a large number of interesting and important host plant records would be made more generally accessible and that other institutions might be encouraged to make their own records available. As well, this report may help to promote research into the biology and taxonomy of Australian Cerambycidae. Institutions Forestry Commission of New South Wales, Sydney (FCNI) Australian Museum, Sydney (AM) Australian National Insect Collection, Canberra (ANIC) No host records were found in the Macleay Museum collection. Cepambyoid List (Appendix 1) Cerambycid species have been arranged according to McKeown's (1947) Catatogue of the Cepambyoidae (Coteoptepa) of Austpatia except for the recent taxonomic changes of Elliott and McDonald (1968) (Stpongytupus) and Britton's (1970) description of Aphanospepma. McKeown (1945) excluded the subfamily Parandrinae from the Cerambycidae, placing them in the Cucujidae. As more recent authors (eg. Arnett 1968, Arigony 1978) place them in the Cerambycidae, I have done so with Papandpa fpenohi Blkb. While other taxonomic changes, chiefly by Stephan von Breuning have occurred since McKeown's catalogue, these were not implemented because not all of Breuning's papers were available to me at the time of completing this report. Breuning published over 600 papers between 1924 and 1983, many of which have some relevance to the taxonomy of Australian Cerambycidae. Breuning's changes to the taxonomy of the Lamiinae necessitate revision of McKeown's catalogue. Data provided are identical to those found on data labels. The current scientific name of any host species may be obtained by referring the number given in brackets after the host plant in Appendix 1 to the host plant list (Appendix 2). An asterisk after the host plant in Appendix 1 indicates an unconfirmed larval host record arising from unclear label data. - 4 - Host PLant List (Appendix 2) Host plants have been arranged in standard taxonomic order. Synonyms are given in brackets where these alternate names appeared on data 1abe1s , Common names have also 'been givenwhere appropri ate. Where the identity of host plants was uncertain, some interpretation, usinq stanrlard international and Australian botanical texts (e.g. Anonymous, 1976; Beadle et aL, 1983; Jacobs and Pickard, 1981; Willis, 1985), was necessary. If the host plant could not be adequately determined, it does not appear in Appendix 2. ' Cerambycid species recorded from any particular host plant can be obtained using the numbers in brackets appearing after the host plant in' Appendix 2 and referring back to Appendix 1. REFERENCES Anonymous (1976). Hortus Third. A Conaise Diationary of PLants CuLtivated in'the United States and Canada. Macmillan Publishing Co. Inc., New York. Arigony, T.H. de Araujo (1978)..' Revisao do genero Parandra (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) 1. 0 subgenero Hesperandra Arigony, 1977. Rev. Bras. Ent. 22:119-159. Arnett, R~H. (1968). The BeetLes of the United States. American Entomological Institute, Ann Arbor. Beadle, N.C.W., 0.0. Evans and R.C. Carolin (1983). FLora of the Sydney Region. A.H. and A.W. Reed Pty Ltd~ Sydney. Britton~ E.B. (1970) :Aphanospepma, a new genus of Cerambycidae' (Coleoptera) from woody fruits of Hakea sp. in Australia. J. Aust. Ent. Soc. 8:33-'36. Elliott, H.J. and F.J. McDonald' (.1968). A revision-of StrongyLu1'U8,Hope" (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Cerambycinae) including a description of the male genitalia. Aust. J. zooL. SuppL. Ser. no. 11, pp 1-20. Jacobs, 'S.W.L. and J., Pickard (1981). PLants of New South WaLes. A Census ., of the Cycads, Conifers and Angiosperms. Govt. Printer, Sydney. McKeown, K.C. (1945). Auetrral.ion Insects. 2nd Ed., Royal Zoological Society of New South Wal~s, Sydney. McK~own, K.C. (1947). A Catalogue oT the Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) of Australia Mem. Aust. Mus, no. 10, pp 1-190. Willis, J.C. (1985). A Dictionary of the FLowering PLants and Ferns. 8th Ed., Cambridge University Press, Cambrfdge. · / Appendix 1. Cerambycid host records held in some Australian Insect Collections (Numbers in brackets refer to plant species names in Appendix 2, asterisks in the host plant column indicate an unconfirmed larval host record) No. SPECIES COLLECTOR DATE LOCATION HOST PLANT COLLECTION PRIONINAE 1 Euryna88a au8tra~i8 (Bo1sduval) K.M. Maore 1956 NSW, Lisarow Acacia deQurl'enB (62) FeNI Euca~yptu8 K.M. Maore 1958.. NSW, L1 sarow acmsnioids8 (86) FCNI 2 Ekl"!f'IG.88a sp. M.S. Harvey 1980 NT, Barrow Ck. Euca~yptu8 sp. (122) ANIC 3 Ana~ophu8 para~~e~u8 (Waterhouse) R.N. Ooggrell 1930 Qld, Atherton A~eurite8 mo~uccana (48) ANIC 4 Bl'ephiLydia jejuna (Pascoe) W.W. Froggatt 1920 NSW, Grafton Ironwood (86 or 871) ANIC K.L. Taylor 1945 NSW, Urbenvl11 e Tarrieria (160 or 1611 FCNI W.W. Froggatt 1926 NSW. Grafton Ironwood (B6 or 871) FCNI B. Boxsell 1983 NSW, Cootamundra pinu8 radiata (16) FCNI 5 CnemopUts8 sp, T.G. Campbell 1938 NSW, Carathool Booree tree* (71) ANIC 6 Parop~ite8 au8tra~i8 (Er1chson) W.W. Froggatt 1904 NSW, Sydney Bank8ia integrifo~ia (133) ANIC S. Fearn 1982 Tas, Beechford Bank8ia IIW'ginata (134) ANIC K.M. Maore 1956 NSW, L1sarow A. intermedia (84) FCNI LE. Taylor 1983 NSW, L1 sarow su«. eaUgna (119) FCNI W.W. Froggatt 1924 NSW, Maruya Woolybutt (103) FCNI W.W. Froggatt 1926 NSW, Grafton Ironwood (86 or 871) FCNI Vi 8pi.nico~U8 Peppercorn tree (19) FCNI 7 Agrionome8 (Macleay) A.D.L. Mercer 1957 NSW, Sydney, Lakemba I J. Brennan 1970 NSW, Dubbo GrBvitt~ robU8ta* (135) FCNI L. Penrose 1953 NSW, Boggabri Pepper tree* (19) ~ FCNI E. Johns 1981 NSW, St. Georges Basin Caeuanna sp, (37) FCNI P.J. Henry 1965 NSW, Dungog POPU~U8 nigra (153) FCNI E.E. Taylor 1984 NSW, Sydney, Newport Satiz sp. (156) FCNI E.E. Taylor 1983 NSW, Upper Colo POPUtu8 dettoide8 (154) FCNI P. Miller 1946 Qld, Warwick Acacia sp, (73) AM R.M. McQueen 1982 NSW, Cobar Kurrajong* (158) AM 1911 NSW, Lisarow Apple Tree (142) ANIC 1977 NSW, Tumut POputU8 sp. (155) ANIC 1955 NSW, Oorrigo N.P. Moreton Bay Fig (77) ANIC 8 Cacodacnu8 p~nicotti8 (Blackburn) R. Parrott 1969 Qld. Mareeba Panaz 8tegan8 (20) ANIC 9 Tor~tU8 pa8coei Lameere D. Royooka 1975 NSW, Clyde Ht Mahogany (122) ANIC 10 Enneaphy~~u8 aeneipsnni8 Waterhouse R. Bashford 1980 Tas, Bicheno Xanthorrhosa (170) ANIC 11 RhipidoCSl'k8 au8tra~8ia8 Westwood J.G. Brooks 1969 Qld, Gillies Highway? Red Cedar (59) ANIC W.W. Froggatt 1925 NSW, Brooklana "Tallowwood"? (107) FCNI 12 PhaO~U8 "",tatUcu8 (Newman) W.W. Froggatt 1925 NSW, Brooklana Hoop pine (2) FCN! PARANDRINAE 13 Parundra frenchi Blackburn W.W. Froggatt 1923 NSW, Sydney Hoop pine (2) ANIC ." R. Paton 1980 Norfolk. Island Araucaria 6Xce~8a (3) ANIC W.W. Froggatt 1923 NSW, Brooklana Hoop pine (2) FCNl CERAMBYCINAE .14 Xyetro061'Q sp. V'. Robinson 1968 NSW, ' Mi nnamurra Acaoia sp. (73) FCNI . AM 15 Nunqena binoou1.arie McKeown R. Pullen ' NSW, Armida1e Introd~ced Cypress (12) R. Pullen 1942 NSW, Armida1e Cypress pine (12) 'AM K.D. Fairey 1951 NSW, Sydney, Ki11ara Cupr6eeue toruLoea (11) FCNI LL Tay10r 1973 NSW, Wa11erawang Sabina bermudiana (14) FCNI D. Catchpoo1 1975 NSW, Sydney, Botany Cuprllesue sp. (12) FCNI Shore 1964 NSW, Sydney, Picnic Point 'Cuprllseue sp. (12) FCNI 16 Paohydiseue esricue Newman K.M. Maore >,1957 NSW, Ji1liby C. QUstraUe (59) FCNl G. Burrow 1926 NSW, Narrabri A. pycnantha (72) FCNI E.L Tay10r 1978 NSW" Sydney, W. Pennant Hi 11 s Acacia decurrsns (62) FCNI A.R.J. Leery 1950 NSW, Scone EucaLyptue orebra (96) FCNI K.M. Maore 1958 NSW, L1sarow Acacia decurrene* (62) FCNI (72) 101.101. Froggatt 1925 NSW, Narrabri Ac.