Buprestis, Linnaeus, 1758

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 : 315

publication ID

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

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10671374

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/2F1F87B4-0813-FFAF-0AE0-FB41019F4304

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scientific name

Buprestis
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Key to species of Buprestis View in CoL View at ENA subgenus Akiyamaia View in CoL View at ENA

1. Elytra monochromatic without bright stripes or spots......................................................... 2

- Elytra bicolorous with bright stripes or spots................................................................ 4

2. Each elytron with five costae (as Fig. 7A, D View FIGURE 7 )............................................................... 3

- Each elytron with eight costae ( Fig. 9C–D View FIGURE 9 ).................................. B. (A.) intercostata Huang & Pan, 2015

3. Whole pronotum metallic green with a depression along midline ( Fig. 6A View FIGURE 6 ); abdominal surface with significantly longer and denser pubescence ( Fig. 6C View FIGURE 6 )................................................. B. (A.) costipennis (Fairmaire, 1891)

- Pronotum metallic green with lateral sides purple-red and with a costa along midline ( Fig. 7A, D View FIGURE 7 ); abdominal surface with shorter and sparser pubescence ( Fig. 7C, F View FIGURE 7 )............................... B. (A.) samanthae ( Hattori & Tanaka, 2007) View in CoL

4. Each elytron with one continuous stripe....................................................................5

- Each elytron with two or more discontinuous stripes or spots................................................... 6

5. Terminal antennomere without an obvious notch at tip ( Fig. 2M–N View FIGURE 2 ); elytra mostly metallic green with a pair of brownish red stripes ( Fig. 1D, H View FIGURE 1 ).......................................................... B. (A.) lebisi Descarpentries, 1956

- Terminal antennomere deeply triangularly notched at tip ( Fig. 2C–D View FIGURE 2 ); elytra mostly metallic red with a pair of metallic blue stripes ( Fig. 1A View FIGURE 1 )...................................................... B. (A.) gengmini Qi & Song , new species

6. Frons with sparse short white setae ( Fig. 5E View FIGURE 5 ); lateral depressions of pronotum deep and obvious ( Fig. 5E View FIGURE 5 ); the sutural angle of elytron almost not extended ( Fig. 5F View FIGURE 5 )............................................ B. (A.) mirabilis Kurosawa, 1969

- Frons with dense long white setae ( Fig. 5G View FIGURE 5 ); lateral depressions of pronotum shallow and not obvious ( Fig. 5G View FIGURE 5 ); the sutural angle of elytron markedly extended ( Fig. 5H View FIGURE 5 ).................................. B. (A.) wenii Qi & Song , new species

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Buprestidae

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