Chalcogenia rejzeki sp. nov. from Kenya is described, illustrated and compared with the most similar species, and attributed to the Chalcogenia sulcipennis species-group within the genus Chalcogenia Saunders 1871.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe taxonomic revision of the Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) dispar Kerremans, 1898 species-group. Definition of the species-group and descriptions of three new species: Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) aethiopica sp. nov.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFTaxonomic revision of the genus Bubastes Laporte Gory, 1836. Thirteen new species are described: Bubastes barkeri sp. nov.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDescription of four new species: Anthaxia (Merocratus) angustata Bílý, sp. nov. (Vietnam), A.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe subgeneric classification of the genus Anthaxia Eschscholtz, 1829 is discussed and two new subgenera are created: Capanthaxia subgen. nov. and Richteraxia subgen.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCorrections of the data given in the calalogue of types of the family Buprestidae deposited in the National Forest Insect Collection, Dehradun, India. Erroneously recorded nomina nuda, wrong status of type specimens, type depositions, authorships.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChalcogenia brandli sp. nov. from Ethiopia is described, illustrated and compared with the most similar species, and attributed to the Chalcogenia sulcipennis species-group within the genus Chalcogenia.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLectotype designations are provided for Acmaeodera conoidea Fall, 1899, A. recticollis Fall, 1899, Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) sculptipennis Obenberger, 1924, and A. (H.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA description of Neobubastes obscura sp. nov. from Western Australia is provided.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSince the catalogue of Buprestoidea was published (Bellamy, 2008-2009) we have been adding new taxa into the printed copy in the National Museum, Prague. During this work we have found some questionable descriptions which were published in the electronic publication "Procrustomachia" which has no official status and does not meet the requirements for the publication of scientific names in zoology; the names published in this way are unavailable according to the Code (ICZN, 1999, 2012). The situation is discussed in the following text.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDescription of four new species of the genus Agrilaxia Kerremans, 1903 from French Guiana: Agrilaxia (Agrilaxia) angustiptera sp. nov., A.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDescriptions of four new species of the genus Philanthaxia Deyrolle, 1864: P. depressifrons sp. nov.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAlthough the Buprestid fauna of the Sahel is relatively well-known many new species have been discovered in this region in the course of the last decades. Also many new species of the tribe Anthaxiini, whose life cycle is connected with the plant genus Acacia (Fabaceae), have been described since the last (and first) comprehensive study by Mateu (1972). This exhaustive paper deals with all insects developing in (or living on) Acacia spp.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFStudy on the genus Agrilaxia Kerremans, 1903 from Venezuela. Altogether eight species were recorded from this country, four of them are described in this paper: Agrilaxia (Agrilaxia) biformis sp. nov.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe type specimens of the genus Anthaxia Eschscholtz, 1829 described from Angola by A. Théry (1947) were studied, critically evaluated and some of them synonymised: Anthaxia (Cratomerus) reticollis Quedenfeldt, 1886 = A. (C.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAnthaxia (Anthaxia) kmoniceki sp. nov. and Anthaxia (Anthaxia) ungulata sp.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA detailed description of the mature larva of Coomaniella (Coomaniella) purpurascens Baudon, 1966 and a discussion of the taxonomic position of the tribe Coomaniellini Bílý, 1974 are presented. Larva is fully illustrated including details of the mouth parts and inner structures of the proventriculus. The larval characters support the tribal status of Coomaniellini with close relations to the tribe Dicercini Gistel, 1884 in contrast with the former placement of the tribe near Anthaxiini Gory & Laporte, 1839.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAnthaxia (Haplanthaxia) vlasta sp. nov. from the southern part of the Ethiopian Region (Malawi, Republic of South Africa, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zimbabwe) is described and illustrated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAnthaxia (Anthaxia) madridensis, sp. nov. from central Spain is described, illustrated and compared with the most similar species.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRevision of the Neotropical genera of the subtribe Anthaxiina Gory & Laporte, 1839 (Coleoptera, Buprestidae, Buprestinae, Anthaxiini). Five new genera are described: Anthaxita gen. n.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe mature larva of the Australian buprestid genus Julodimorpha Gemminger and Harold, 1869 (J. saundersii Thomson, 1878) is fully described, illustrated and compared with the larvae of Julodinae, Polycestinae, Chrysochroinae, and Buprestinae. In situ observations confirm the soil inhabiting life-strategy of Julodimorpha larva.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFDescriptions of four new species of the genus Philanthaxia Deyrolle, 1864: Philanthaxia pseudoaeneasp. n. (Thailand), Philanthaxia jaklisp.
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