Buprestis (Akiyamaia) lebisi Descarpentries, 1956

Qi, Zhi-Hao, Su, Rong-Xiang, Liao, Zhi-Yu, Ai, Hong-Mu, Ding, Bi & Song, Hai-Tian, 2024, Revision of the rare Buprestis subgenus Akiyamaia Kurosawa, 1988 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Buprestinae), with description of two new species, Zootaxa 5410 (3), pp. 301-316 : 313

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5410.3.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7E049611-EC64-4B90-9256-63C9CF9E888A

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10671370

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2F1F87B4-0811-FFAD-0AE0-FB5F04FB43D9

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scientific name

Buprestis (Akiyamaia) lebisi Descarpentries, 1956
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Buprestis (Akiyamaia) lebisi Descarpentries, 1956 View in CoL

Figs. 1D–I View FIGURE 1 ; 2K–T View FIGURE 2 ; 5C–D View FIGURE 5 ; 8C–D View FIGURE 8

Buprestis (Cypriacis) lebisi Descarpentries, 1956: 230 View in CoL .

Cypriacis (Akiyamaia) lebisi : Kurosawa, 1988: 265.

Buprestis (Akiyamaia) lebisi View in CoL : Kubáň, 2006: 41.

Akiyamaia (Akiyamaia) lebisi : Hattori & Tanaka, 2007: 328, fig. 4.

Type locality. China, Northern Yunnan .

Material examined. CHINA: 1♀ ( CHTS), Yunnan Province, Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Weixi Lisu Autonomous County [dzđ傈僳áh治县], Zhonglu Township [中ä乡], Shuibaluo [水把洛], 27°14'44.2''N, 99°3'3.2''E, alt. 2260 m, 24.V.2022, Lin-Qiang Feng leg. GoogleMaps ; 1♀ ( CHTS), Yunnan Province, Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Weixi Lisu Autonomous County [dzđ傈僳áh治县], Zhonglu Township [中ä乡], Luopuju [倮ü咀], alt. 2600–2800 m, 5.VI.2022, Bai-Jun Li leg ; 1♀ ( CHTS), Yunnan Province, Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Weixi Lisu Autonomous County [dzđ傈僳áh治县], Zhonglu Township [中ä乡], Shuibaluo [水把洛], alt. 2250 m, 15.VII.2022, Guo-Cheng Feng leg. ; 1♀ ( CHTS), same collection data as for preceding but 16.VII.2022, Guo-Xiang Feng leg. (in the spider web).

Distribution. China (Yunnan), Nepal.

Remarks. In the specimens of B. (A.) lebisi we have examined, the elytra are usually metallic green with a pair of brownish red stripes. However, we observed that the elytra of two other specimens appeared metallic yellow with a pair of purple stripes ( Fig. 1G View FIGURE 1 ), which are not significantly different from the species in other features. We identified that these two specimens were also B. (A.) lebisi . Since they were already in the mummified state when collected in the wild, we believe that the different elytral colour might be caused by the long-term exposure to strong sunlight.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Buprestidae

Genus

Buprestis

Loc

Buprestis (Akiyamaia) lebisi Descarpentries, 1956

Qi, Zhi-Hao, Su, Rong-Xiang, Liao, Zhi-Yu, Ai, Hong-Mu, Ding, Bi & Song, Hai-Tian 2024
2024
Loc

Akiyamaia (Akiyamaia) lebisi

Hattori, T. & Tanaka, M. 2007: 328
2007
Loc

Buprestis (Akiyamaia) lebisi

Kuban, V. 2006: 41
2006
Loc

Cypriacis (Akiyamaia) lebisi

Kurosawa, Y. 1988: 265
1988
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