Brachycoraebus Kerremans, 1903

Cheong, Loong-Fah, 2016, Two new species of the genus Brachycoraebus Kerremans and Metasambus Kerremans (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Coraebini) from Southeast Asia, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 64, pp. 284-289 : 285

Brachycoraebus Kerremans, 1903

Generally, this genus is very similar to Coraebus Gory & Laporte , but as the name suggests, it is distinguished from the latter by the body being shorter and wider (2.2 – 2.5 × longer than wide) and more flattened above. For detailed information about taxonomy of the genus Brachycoraebus , see ( Kubáň, 1995a). Note that the sexual dimorphism in this genus can be quite significant; for instance, B. viridis has distinct differences in colouration and ornamentation between the sexes (the female was described as a new species B. picturellus by Kerremans).