Cobosina willineri (Cobos, 1972) Bílý, 2013

Bily, Svatopluk, 2013, A study on the Neotropical Anthaxiini (Coleoptera, Buprestidae, Buprestinae), ZooKeys 304, pp. 17-47 : 29

Cobosina willineri (Cobos, 1972) comb. n. Figs 3 , 30

Anthaxia (Cylindrophora) willineri Cobos, 1972: 224. Type locality: Argentina, Valle Fértil, Prov. San Juan.

Anthaxia (Bilyaxia) willineri : Bílý 1997: 39, 128 (catalogue); Bellamy 2008: 1497 (catalogue).

Type specimen studied.

Holotype by monotypy (♀, MNCN): "[Argentina]Valle Fértil, San Juan, Rvdo. P. G. Williner coll., 5-6.xi.1970[p]".

Further specimen studied.

"Brasil, Catamarca, 6 km N Belém, 1240 m[h]" (1♂, NMPC).

Note.

The species was formally attributed tothe genus Bilyaxia by Bílý (2004). Already in the original description ( Cobos, 1972) noted that this species is an extraordinary and isolated element of the Neotropical Anthaxiini being very similar to the European species of the Anthaxia (Anthaxia) funerula Illiger, 1803 species-group. After having studied the holotype and further, male specimen of this species from NMPC I found that Anthaxia (Bilyaxia) willineri ought to be removed from Bilyaxia , and a new genus should be proposed for this species.

I failed to find any difference between the sexes and also no significant variability since only two specimens were available for study.

Length: 4.2-4.4 mm; width: 1.4-1.5 mm.

Distribution.

Argentina (Prov. San Juan); Brasil (Prov.Catamarca), new country record.

Figures

Figures 1 - 6. 1 Anthaxita peruviana, sp. n., female holotype, 5.4 mm 2 Charlesina mrazi mrazi (Obenberger, 1932), male lectotype, 6.2 mm 3 Cobosina willineri (Cobos, 1972), male, 4.4 mm (Brasil, Catamarca) 4 Marikia descarpentriesi (Cobos, 1956), male, 4.9 mm (Ecuador, Pichincha) 5 Sanchezia bucki (Cobos, 1956), 7.0 mm (male holotype of Cylindrophora kafkai Bily, 1996) 6 Agrilaxia (Agrilaxia) flavimana (Gory, 1841), male, 3.8 mm (USA, Arizona).

Figures 25 - 30. 25 Agrilaxia (Agrilaxia) claudei (Cobos, 1972), female, 7.4 mm (French Guayane, Kaw) 26 Anilaroides brasiliensis (Kerremans, 1897), male lectotype (Brasil, Bahia) 27 Tetragonoschema (Tetragonoschema) undatum (Steinheil, 1874), female, 4.0 mm (Paraguay, Loma Plata) 28 Tetragonoschema (Patagoschema) patagonicum (Obenberger, 1922), female lectotype, 4.6 mm 29 Agrilaxia (Agrilaxia) decolorata (Kerremans, 1899), male, prosternum 30 Cobosina willineri (Cobos, 1972), aedeagus.