Nesotrinchina Bílý, Kubáň & Volkovitsh, 2009

Bílý, Svatopluk, Kubáň, Vítězslav & Volkovitsh, Mark G., 2009, A study on the tribe Poecilonotini, with a revision of the subtribe Nesotrinchina subtrib. nov. and the description of a new genus and species from Papua New Guinea (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Chrysochroinae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49 (2), pp. 729-767 : 750

Subtribe Nesotrinchina Bílý, Kubáň & Volkovitsh , subtrib. nov.

( Figs. 54–97 , 103–119 , 121–123 )

‘ Nesotrinchus generic group’: VOLKOVITSH (2001) : 55 (catalogue of higher taxa; in Poecilonotini ); BELLAMY (2003): 41 (catalogue; in Poecilonotini ); BELLAMY (2008): 624 (catalogue; in Poecilonotini ).

Type genus. Nesotrinchus Obenberger, 1924 (present designation).

Diagnosis. See the key to subtribes (p. 736).

Genera included. Melobasina Kerremans, 1900 , Nesotrinchus Obenberger, 1924 , Ulaikoilia Bílý & Kubáň , gen. nov.

Figures

Figs. 44–58. 44–48 – Lamprodila (Cinyrisia) psilopteroides (Deyrolle, 1864), female (NMPC), 19.0 mm, Borneo. 49–53 – L. (Mabomisia) sexspinosa (Thomson, 1857), syntype, 15.5 mm, Borneo. 54–58 – Melobasina solomonensis (Théry, 1937), holotype, female, 12.0 mm, Solomons. 44, 49, 54 – habitus, dorsal view; 45, 50, 55 – habitus, lateral view; 46, 51, 56 – head, frontal view; 47, 52 – prosternal process; 57 – habitus, ventral view; 48, 53, 58 – anal ventrite.

Figs. 59–70. 59–64 – Melobasina apicalis Kerremans, 1900, lectotype, female, 13.5 mm, Tagula Island (except 60 – female, 11.5 mm, Guadalcanal Island).65 – M.ignita (Théry, 1937) (synonym of M.apicalis), holotype, female, 12.5 mm, Bougainville Island. 66–70 – M. suturalis (Deyrolle, 1864), female (NMPC), 13.0 mm, Halmahera Island. 59–60, 65–66 – habitus, dorsal view; 61, 67 – habitus, lateral view; 62, 68 – head, frontal view; 63, 69 – prosternal process; 64, 70 – anal ventrite.

Figs. 71–81. 71–76 – Nesotrinchus australicus (Kerremans, 1903), lectotype, female, 14.0 mm, ‘Australie’. 77–78 – N. simondsi Obenberger, 1924 (synonym of N. australicus), paralectotype, female (BMNH), 15.0 mm, Fiji. 79–81 – N. simondsi, lectotype, male, 12.0 mm, Fiji. 71, 77, 79 – habitus, dorsal view; 72 – habitus, lateral view; 73 – thorax, lateral view; 74, 78, 80 – prosternal process; 75 – head, frontal view. 76, 81 – anal ventrite.

Figs. 82–97. 82–87 – Nesotrinchus caeruleipennis (Fairmaire, 1877), lectotype, female, 11.0 mm, Tonga. 88–89 – N. orientalis Bellamy, 1987 (synonym of N. caeruleipennis Fairmaire), paratype, male (BMNH), 11.0 mm, Tonga. 90–95 – N. caeruleipennis (Thomson, 1878) (= thomsoni Bílý & Kubáň, nom. nov.), lectotype, female, 13.5 mm, Fiji. 96–97 – N. thomsoni Bílý & Kubáň, nom. nov., male, 11.5 mm, Fiji. 82, 90 – habitus, dorsal view; 83, 91 – habitus, lateral view; 84, 92 – thorax, lateral view; 85, 88, 93, 96 – prosternal process; 86, 94 – head, frontal view; 87, 89, 95, 97 – anal ventrite.

Figs. 98–108. 98–102 – Lamprodila (Ovalisia) auricollis (Deyrolle, 1864), female, 11.0 mm, Halmahera Island. 103–108 – Ulaikoilia jelineki Bílý & Kubáň, gen. nov., sp. nov., holotype, male, 9.8 mm, Papua New Guinea. 98, 103 – habitus, dorsal view; 99, 104 – habitus, lateral view; 105 – right antenna; 100, 106 – head, frontal view; 101, 107 – prosternal process; 102, 108 – anal ventrite.

Figs. 109–120. 109, 111–115 – Ulaikoilia jelineki Bílý & Kubáň, gen. nov., sp. nov., holotype, male (109 – head, frontal view; 111 – prosternal process; 112 – anal ventrite; 113 – aedeagus; 114 – right antenna; 115 – subhumeral portion of elytral margin). 110, 116–117 – Nesotrinchus coeruleipennis (Fairmaire, 1877) (110 – head, frontal view; 116 – subhumeral portion of elytral margin; 117 – aedeagus, dorsal view). 118 – N. thomsoni Bílý & Kubáň, nom. nov., aedeagus, dorsal view. 119 – N. australicus (Kerremans, 1903), aedeagus, dorsal view. 120 – Pseudhyperantha jucunda Saunders, 1869, male, Malaysia, right antennomere 7, ventral view, apical fossa and lateral field (Photo: M. G. Volkovitsh).

Figs. 121–130. 121, 127 – Nesotrinchus australicus (Kerremans, 1903): paralectotype of a synonym N. simondsi Obenberger, 1924, female, Fiji, NMPC. 122, 129 – Ulaikoilia jelineki Bílý & Kubáň, gen. nov., sp. nov., holotype, Papua New Guinea. 123 – Melobasina apicalis Kerremans, 1900, female, Guadalcanal Island. 124 – Lamprodila (Ovalisia) auricollis (Deyrolle, 1864), female, Halmahera Island. 125 – Cardiaspis pisciformis Théry, 1904, female (NMPC), India.126 – Haplotrinchus pyrochlorus (Fairmaire, 1877), syntype, female (NMPC),Fiji.128 – Melobasina ignita (Théry, 1937) (synonym of M. apicalis), holotype, female, Bougainville Island. 130 – Haplotrinchus philippinensis Obenberger, 1928, syntype, female, Philippines, Luzon. 121–126 – right wing, dorsal view; 127–130 – abdomen, dorsal view; T7 = visible tergite 7; T8 = visible tergite 8.