Sanchezia bucki (Cobos, 1956) Bílý, 2013

Bily, Svatopluk, 2013, A study on the Neotropical Anthaxiini (Coleoptera, Buprestidae, Buprestinae), ZooKeys 304, pp. 17-47 : 31-32

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.304.5313
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scientific name	Sanchezia bucki (Cobos, 1956)
status	comb. n.

Treatment

Sanchezia bucki (Cobos, 1956) comb. n. Fig. 5 View Figures 1–6 ; Fig. 2 in Bílý 1996

Anthaxia (Cylindrophora) bucki Cobos, 1956: 162. Type locality: Brasil, Porto Alegre.

Anthaxia (Bilyaxia) bucki : Bílý 1997: 16, 54 (catalogue);

Bilyaxia bucki : Bílý 2004: 8 (taxonomy, synonymy); Bellamy 2008: 1495 (catalogue);

Anthaxia (Cylindrophora) kafkai Bílý, 1996: 28. Type locality: Argentina, Entre Rios, Pronunciamiento.

Anthaxia (Cylindrophora) kafkai : Bílý 1997: 26, 83 (catalogue); 1999: 236 (catalogue); 2004: 8 (synonym of bucki); Bellamy 2008: 1495 (catalogue, as syn. of bucki).

Type specimens studied.

Anthaxia bucki : Holotype (female, MNCN): "Porto Alegre[h]// Anthaxia (Cylindrophora) bucki sp. n.[h] Dr. A. Cobos det.[p]"; Anthaxia kafkai : Holotype (male, NMPC): "Argentina, Entre Rios, Pronunciamiento, ix.1992[p]".

Further specimen studied.

BRASIL: "RS [main road] Canela, 22.ix.1985, leg. G. Scherer[p]" (1 female, NMPC).

No difference was observed between the sexes. It was impossible to study the variability of this species since only one specimen was found in the collections, except for the type specimens.

Length: 5.7-7.0 mm; width: 2.2-2.4 mm.

Distribution.

Argentina, Brasil.

Note.

Also Cobos (1956) stressed in his description the strange appearence of this species and attributed it to Anthaxia with strong doubts. Sanchezia bucki and Charlesina mrazi are further Neotropical species of Buprestidae mimicking Lycidae . As far as I know, there are only some species of the genus Agrilus ( Agrilus dilaticornis Kerremans, 1897 species-group) and Chilean species Philandia valdiviana (Philippi & Philippi, 1860) mimicking Lycid beetles.