Nesotrinchus australicus ( Kerremans, 1903 ) 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 : 755-756

Nesotrinchus australicus ( Kerremans, 1903) , comb. nov.

( Figs. 71–81 , 119 , 121, 127 )

Haplotrinchus australicus Kerremans, 1903: 127 . Type locality: Australia (without exact data).

Nesotrinchus simondsi Obenberger, 1924: 13 , pl. 1, Fig. 2 , pl. 2, Figs. 10–12, 14 , syn. nov. Type locality: Fiji Islands, Ovalau Island.

Haplotrinchus simondsi: THÉRY (1925) : 225 (characters; comment; synonym of caeruleipennis Thomson ).

Nesotrinchus simondsi: OBENBERGER (1926a) : 98 (characters; comment; valid species); OBENBERGER (1930): 359 (catalogue; distribution: Fiji); THÉRY (1943): 646 (list of species; in synonymy of caeruleipennis Fairmaire and caeruleipennis Thomson ; distribution: Fiji); BELLAMY (1987): 101, 104 (comments); BELLAMY (1990): 91 (characters; comment; new locality for Fiji: Viti Levu Island).

Haplotrinchus australicus: OBENBERGER (1930) : 358 (catalogue; distribution: Australia); BELLAMY (1997): 76 (note).

Nesotrinchus australicus: THÉRY (1943) : 644 (comment; new combination), 646 (list of species; distribution: Australia); BELLAMY (1987): 101 (note), 104 (comment); HOŁYŃSKI (1993): 27 (note).

Melobasina australica: BELLAMY (2002) : 61 (as australis [sic!]; comment), 62 (as australica ; catalogue; new combination; distribution: Australia); BELLAMY (2008): 625 (catalogue; distribution: Australia).

Melobasina apicalis Kerremans sensu BELLAMY (2003) : 120, Fig. 185 (mistake – in fact syntype of simondsi ; list of genera).

Melobasina simondsi: BELLAMY (2008) : 625 (catalogue; new combination; distribution incomplete: Oceania, Fiji: Viti Levu Island).

Type material examined. Nesotrinchus australicus : LECTOTYPE (designated here): ♀ ( BMNH),? AUSTRALIA: ‘Holo- type [p] [round, red-framed label] / Australie Tarnier. [h] / australicus Kerrem. Type. [h] / H. australicus Kerrem. Australie. [h] / Kerremans. 1903–59. [p]’. Since the number of syntypes is unknown, we designate here the female specimen from BMHN as the lectotype to avoid any confusion in the future.

Nesotrinchus simondsi : LECTOTYPE (designated here): 1 J ( BMNH), FIJI: OVALAU ISLAND: ‘Type [p] [round, red-framed label] / Syn- type [p] [round, blue-framed label] / Ovalau May/22 892 H.W.Simmonds. [h] Fiji.[p] / Pres. by Imp. Inst.Ent.Brit.Mus. 1931-283. [p] / Nesotrinchus n.g. Simondsi n.sp. Type [h] Det. Dr Obenberger [p] / Typus [p] [red label] ’. PARALECTOTYPES (1 J 2 ♀♀): FIJI: OVALAU ISLAND: ‘Syn- type [p] [round, blue-framed label] / 722 [p] v.1922. H.W.Simmonds. Ovalau [h] Fiji [p] May 22. H.W.S / Pres. by Imp. Inst.Ent.Brit.Mus. 1931-283. [p] / N. simondsi Obb. Paratype [h] det. K.G.Blair. [p] / Nesotrinchus australicus Kerr. [h] det. K.G.Blair. [p]’ (1 ♀, BMNH) ; ‘ Fiji Islands. [p] Ovalau – v.1922 [h] H. W. Simmonds. [p] 892 [h] / Nesotrinchus n.g. Simondsi n.sp. Type [h] Det. Dr Obenberger [p] / Typus [p] [red label] / Mus. Nat. Pragae Inv. [p] 21992 [h] [orange label]’ (1 J, NMPC) ; same label data but ‘ Nesotrinchus Simondsi m. Type’ and ‘ Mus. Nat. Pragae Inv. [p] 21993 [h]’ (1 ♀, NMPC) .

Other published records. FIJI: VITI LEVU ISLAND: Nukurua Forest, 60–130 m, 15.x.1979, forest, logged area, M, K, G. A. Kamah & S. L. Samuelson leg., Bishop Museum Acc. #1979. 260, 1 spec., BPBM ( BELLAMY 1990, 2005; as simondsi ).

Collecting circumstances. The specimen from Viti Levu Island was apparently collected in a logged forest area at 60–130 m a.s.l ( BELLAMY 1990).

Remarks. We have studied the types of Nesotrinchus australicus and N. simondsi and failed to find any substantial differences. We regard them as conspecific, N. simondsi being a junior subjective synonym of N. australicus . The type locality of N. australicus ‘Australie’ is most probably an error.

Distribution. Pacific Islands: Fiji Islands (Ovalau Island, Viti Levu Island);? Australia.

Figures

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. 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.

Figs. 1–18. 1, 3–6 – Pseudhyperantha jucunda Saunders, 1869, male, 17.0 mm, Borneo. 2 – P. bloetei Théry, 1935, female, Sumatra. 7–13 – Cardiaspis pisciformis Théry, 1904, India (7–9, 11, 13 – female, NMPC, 17.0 mm; 10, 12 – male,NMPC).14–18 – Haplotrinchus philippinensis Obenberger, 1928,syntype, female,15.5 mm, Philippines, Luzon. 1, 7, 14 – habitus, dorsal view; 2 – ovipositor, dorsal view; 3, 8, 15 – habitus, lateral view; 4, 9, 16 – head, frontal view; 5, 10–11, 17 – prosternal process; 6, 12–13, 18 – anal ventrite.