''Astraeus flavopictus'' is a species of
beetle in the jewel beetle family,
Buprestidae
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, found in
Australia
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.
It was first described by
Hippolyte Louis Gory and
Francis de Laporte de Castelnau
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in 1837 from a specimen taken from the
Swan River.
References
External links
''Astraeus flavopictus'': images & occurrence data
from Atlas of Living Australia
Buprestidae
Beetles described in 1837
Beetles of Australia
Taxa named by François-Louis Laporte, comte de Castelnau
Taxa named by Hippolyte Louis Gory
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