Neobuprestis (Balthasarella) frenchi (Blackburn)

Levey, B. & Bellamy, C. L., 2013, A taxonomic revision of Neobuprestis Kerremans (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) with the description of a new genus and two new species, Zootaxa 3681 (3), pp. 225-240 : 229

Neobuprestis (Balthasarella) frenchi (Blackburn)

( Figs. 3, 5 )

Strigoptera frenchi Blackburn 1892: 500

Neobuprestis frenchi (Blackburn) ; Kerremans 1903: 137; Carter 1924: 524; 1929: 282; Obenberger 1930: 362; Bellamy 2002: 84; 2008: 1021.

Balthasarella melandryoides Obenberger 1958 (syn. n.): 487; Cobos 1974: 104; Bellamy 1985: 419; 1986: 595; 1994: 300; 2002: 82; 2003: 52, fig. 259; 2008: 1022.

Material examined: Holotype Ƥ ( NMVA) Strigoptera frenchi Blackburn. Fernshaw / Type // Type [red label]// Strigoptera Frenchi // C. French's Coll 5.11.08 // Syntype T-10700 Strigoptera frenchi [red label]. The specimen agrees with the original description in which the locality is given as Gippsland.

Other material: Victoria: 2Ƥ no further data; 1Ƥ Poley Ra[nge], 26.21.46; 1Ƥ Lake Mtn. Feb. 1942, R.T. Pescott; 1Ƥ Ben Cairn, Jan 1924, T. Tragellas [name partly illegible], F.E.Wilson coll.; 1Ƥ no data; all in NMVA; 1Ƥ S. Gippsland in NMWC. New South Wales: 1 unsexed ( TMSHC) Sawpit Creek, Kosciusko N.P., 21 Jan. 1998, T.M.S. Hanlon.

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FIGURES 1 – 6. 1 – 4. adult habitus: 1. N. peroni (Gory & Laporte) 3 (Birchip, Victoria); 2. N. peroni (Gory & Laporte) Ƥ (no locality); 3. N. frenchi (Blackburn) Ƥ (S. Gippsland, Victoria); 4. N. williamsi sp. n. Ƥ (paratype, 60 km E. N. E. Gloucester). 5 – 6. pronotum lateral view: 5. N. frenchi (Blackburn); 6. N. williamsi sp. n.