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Key to the species of Burnsiellus 1 Metacoxal plate strongly widening to the femoral insertion, about twice as wide at the medial edge as at the lateral edge (Fig. 31).................................................................................................. 3 - Metacoxal plate less strongly widening to the femoral insertion, about one and a half times as wide at the medial edge as at the lateral edge (Fig. 30)................................................................................... 2 2 Elytra purple-brown with black costae and small pulverulent white spots (Fig. 9); underside entirely 'metallic' reddish purple and blue-green; Queensland........................................................... B. albosparsa (Carter) - Elytra straw coloured with brown patches and black costae (Fig. 7); underside largely 'metallic' purple-brown but anterior margin and lateral margin of prosternum yellow; W. Australia, S. Australia, Victoria.............. B. marmorata (Blackburn) 3 Elytral apices subtruncate, without well defined teeth (Fig. 28); elytra very densely almost contiguously punctured between the costae; pronotum strongly narrowing to the anterior and posterior angles (Figs. 10, 26); fronto-clypeus strongly depressed between the antennal insertions; mid tibia much broader than hind tibia, strongly swollen in male, with long tibial spurs which curve at the apex; posterior margin of 2 nd visible ventrite simple (Fig. 12); apex of last visible ventrite truncate, without lateral teeth (Fig. 12), W. Australia, S. Australia, New South Wales................................ B. trisulcata (Carter) - Elytral apices obliquely truncate, with well defined teeth (Figs. 8, 29); elytra less densely punctured between costae; pronotum almost parallel sided (Fig. 8); fronto-clypeus only slightly depressed between the antennal insertions; mid tibia about as broad as hind tibia, not swollen in male, with shorter, straight tibial spurs; posterior margin of 2 nd visible ventrite with a large semitransparent lobe at the middle, covering part of the 3 rd ventrite (Fig. 11); apex of last visible ventrite slightly concave, with lateral teeth (Fig. 11); Victoria.............................................................. B. lobatum sp. n.

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 �� (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: 2 �� no further data; 1 �� Poley Ra[nge], 26.21.46; 1 �� Lake Mtn. Feb. 1942, R.T. Pescott; 1 �� Ben Cairn, Jan 1924, T. Tragellas [name partly illegible], F.E.Wilson coll.; 1 �� no data; all in NMVA; 1 �� S. Gippsland in NMWC. New South Wales: 1 unsexed (TMSHC) Sawpit Creek, Kosciusko N.P., 21 Jan. 1998, T.M.S. Hanlon., Published as part of 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, pp. 225-240 in Zootaxa 3681 (3) on page 229, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3681.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/219605, {"references":["Blackburn, T. (1892) Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new species, x. Proceedings of the Linnaean Society of New South Wales, 6, 479 - 550.","Kerremans, C. (1903) Coleoptera Serricornia, Fam. Buprestidae. In: Wytsman, P. (Ed.), Genera Insectorum, Fasc. 12 b; 12 c; 12 d. Verteneuil & Desmet, Bruxelles, pp. 49 - 338.","Carter, H. J. (1924) Australian Coleoptera: notes and new species. Number iv. Proceedings of the Linnaean Society of New South Wales, 49 (4), 521 - 536.","Obenberger, J. (1930) Buprestidae 2. In: Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (Eds.), Coleopterorum Catalogus Vo l. 1 2. W. Junk, Berlin, Pars 111, 213 - 568.","Bellamy, C. L. (2002) Coleoptera: Buprestoidea. In: Houston, W. W. K. (Ed.), Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vo l. 29. 5. Melbourne, CSIRO Publishing, Australia, xii + 492 pp., 4 color plates.","Obenberger, J. (1958) Novy rod podceledi krascu Polycestinae z Australie (Col. Buprestidae). Un genre nouveau de la sousfamille Polycestinae de l'Australie (Col. Buprestidae). Acta Entomologica Musaei Nationalis Pragae, 32, 487 - 490.","Cobos, A. (1974) Tres enigmaticos generos de Buprestidae (Coleoptera). Archivos de Instituto de Aclimatacion, 19, 103 - 110.","Bellamy, C. L. (1985) A catalogue of the higher taxa of the family Buprestidae (Coleoptera). Navorsinge van die Nasionale Museum, Bloemfontein, 4 (15), 405 - 472."]}

Balthasarella Obenberger 1958 Balthasarella Obenberger 1958: 487. Type species: Baltasarella melandryoides Obenberger 1958 (fixed by original designation). Diagnosis. The sub-generic description of Neobuprestis (s.str.) above applies to Neobuprestis (Balthasarella) except for the following differences: Head (Fig. 15): frons in N. (B.) williamsi sp. n. strongly convex in the middle, in N. (B.) frenchi more weakly convex. Antennae: slightly shorter, not reaching the base of the pronotum when flexed backwards; segment 3 not or scarcely expanded; expanded segments of 3 and �� like those of �� Neobuprestis (s.str.); segment 11 elongate ovate. Pronotum Figs. (3, 4, 5, 6,): slightly less transverse, with the lateral margins almost parallel sided in basal half; lateral carina reaching or almost the notosternal suture; punctation with some associated setae on lateral parts. Scutellum: slightly transverse, about one fifteenth width of elytra at base. Elytra: apices weakly emarginate, not conjointly rounded; lateral margins very weakly to weakly serrate in apical half in both sexes; each elytron with 3 or 4 long costae, the most lateral one sometimes absent; punctation next to costae partly seriate. Abdomen (Fig. 22): ventrite 5 with apex broadly, shallowly excised, without well developed spines or a flange. Relationships of Neobuprestis . In the last thirty years the definition and limits of the subfamilies and tribes of the Buprestidae have undergone numerous changes and many new tribes and subtribes have been erected on the basis of a few characters, whose phylogenetic significance is unclear. Bellamy 2003. Bellamy (2003) attempted to integrate all these changes into a summary of the higher classification of the Buprestoidea. We have used the subfamily and tribal assignments in the recent World Catalogue (Bellamy 2008, 2009) which largely follows Bellamy, 2003 as the basis for the discussion that follows. Neobuprestis is currently assigned to the subfamily Buprestinae and to the Neobuprestis generic group sensu Volkovitsh (2001). This generic group includes the Australian genus Balthasarella Obenberger which is here treated as a subgenus of Neobuprestis and Zulubuprestis Bellamy from S. Africa (Bellamy 1991). Neobuprestis shares many characters with Zulubuprestis. The main difference is that Neobuprestis does not have an exposed anteclypeus (epistome) as possessed by Zulubuprestis. When the Epistomentini (Levey 1978) was defined there was uncertainty of the relationships of the Epistomentini to other tribes of the Chalcophorinae (now called Chrysochroinae) in which subfamily it was then placed. The first author subsequently realised that the exposed anteclypeus seen in the Epistomentini also occurs in Buprestis Linnaeus, Eurythyrea Solier, Yamina Kerremans, Cypriaci s Casey, and Pygicera Kerremans, Neobubastes Blackburn and Zulubuprestis currently assigned to the Buprestinae. Volkovitsh (2001) in his study of the antennal structures in Buprestidae associates the Epistomentini with Neobuprestis, Buprestis and related genera. The Epistomentiini and the other genera mentioned above have an essentially non tropical bihemispheric (amphipolar) distribution. This pattern of distribution is seen in a number of groups of Coleoptera, Crowson (1980), and plant groups, Van Steenis (1972). Crowson (1980) suggests that this type of distribution may be the result of migration during the late Cretaceous from Northern to Southern hemisphere (or vice versa), when equatorial temperatures were lower. Although Neobuprestis shows great similarity to Zulubuprestis it lacks an exposed anteclypeus. This suggests either that the exposed anteclypeus exhibits homoplasy in the Buprestinae in which case it cannot be used on its own to infer a close relationship of the Epistomentini, Zulubuprestis and Buprestis and related genera mentioned above, or if it is in fact a synapomorphy shared by these groups then Neobuprestis is not as closely related to these groups as other characters might suggest. Volkovitsh (2001) suggests that Neobuprestis and Balthasarella (then treated as a separate genus) constitute a separate Australian group from Buprestis and related genera, which tends to support the second hypothesis mentioned above. At present we do not think it is possible to draw any firm conclusions regarding the relationship of Neobuprestis to the Epistomentini and Buprestis and its related genera without a thorough cladistic analysis of the subfamily Buprestinae as a whole., Published as part of 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, pp. 225-240 in Zootaxa 3681 (3) on pages 227-228, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3681.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/219605, {"references":["Obenberger, J. (1958) Novy rod podceledi krascu Polycestinae z Australie (Col. Buprestidae). Un genre nouveau de la sousfamille Polycestinae de l'Australie (Col. Buprestidae). Acta Entomologica Musaei Nationalis Pragae, 32, 487 - 490.","Bellamy, C. L. (2003) An illustrated summary of the higher classification of the superfamily Buprestoidea (Coleoptera). Folia Heyrovskyana, Supplementum 10, 197 pp, 44 plates.","Bellamy, C. L. (2008) A world catalogue and bibliography of the jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestoidea) Vo l. 2., Chrysochroinae: Sphenopterini through Buprestinae: Stigmoderini. Pensoft, Sofia-Moscow, pp. 632 - 1260.","Bellamy, C. L. (2009) A world catalogue and bibliography of the jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestoidea) Vo l um e 5, Appendices, Bibliography, Indices. Pensoft, Sofia-Moscow, pp. 2689 - 3264.","Volkovitsh, M. G. (2001) The comparative morphology of antennal structures in Buprestidae (Coleoptera): evolutionary trends, taxonomic and phylogenetic implications. Part 1. Acta Musei Moraviae, Scientiae biologicae (Brno), 86, 43 - 169.","Bellamy, C. L. (1991) A new buprestine genus and species from Zululand (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Revue de Zoologique Africaine, 105, 77 - 80.","Levey, B. (1978) A new tribe, Epistomentini of Buprestidae (Coleoptera) with a redefinition of the tribe Chrysochroini. Systematic Entomology, 3, 153 - 158. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1365 - 3113.1978. tb 00111. x","Crowson, R. A. (1980) On amphipolar distribution patterns in some cool climatic groups of Coleoptera. Entomologia Generalis, 6 (2 / 4), 281 - 292."]}

Relationships of Burnsiellus gen. n. Burnsiellus has three unusual, probably apomorphic characters which are very rare in the Buprestinae. Tarsal segments 1 and 2 have very reduced pulvilli (Fig. 20); the pronotum is strongly, broadly depressed at the centre (Figs. 7, 8, 9, 10), and the apical part of the mandible is sharply angled with the basal part. The latter character is also seen in the Nearctic and Neotropical genera Ditriaena Waterhouse, Spectralia Casey and the monotypic Jamaican genus Aglaostola Thomson, and probably also in the monotypic Panamanian genus Panapulla Nelson to judge from the figure of its head (Nelson, 2000). Some species of Spectralia e.g. S. arcuata (Laporte & Gory) also have the former two characters as well. Volkovitsh (2001) places Ditriaena, Spectralia and Aglaostola in the Aglaostola branch of the subfamily Buprestinae, where Panapulla is also currrently placed (Bellamy, 2008). Amongst the genera under consideration it shares with Spectralia, Aglaostola, and Ditriaena an excised posterior margin to the apical ventrite with a well developed flange in the excision. We consider this to be a relatively apomorphic characteristic in the Buprestinae, the more plesiomorphic condition being a rounded posterior margin lacking a flange or spines. The occurrence of a suite of shared probably apomorphic characters in Burnsiellus and the Neotropical genera mentioned above would suggest a relatively close phylogenetic relationship. The four species assigned to Burnsiellus show considerable differences from one another which might suggest that they are not very closely related, and could be assigned to different genera or subgenera, however the most important difference are the swollen mid tibia in male B. trisulcata and the large semitransparent lobe of the posterior margin of the second visible ventrite in B. lobatum sp. n., which may also be a secondary sexual character. We therefore refrain from erecting more monotypic genera or subgenera based solely on secondary sexual characters. Bionomy. Little is known about the biology of Burnsiellus. Paul Hutchinson has found B. trisulcata emerging from a large Acacia sp. (probably A. aneura) at L. Monger causeway, W. Australia. The emergence holes were mostly within four feet of the ground in a trunk more than 1 foot in diameter. Mike Powell had one male and one female B. marmorata emerge from a billet of Melaleuca lanceolata collected at Hopetoun, WA. The billet was cut from living tree on 17 / 12 / 2010, and the specimens emerged on 29 / 12 / 2011 and in mid January 2012 (M. Powell pers comm.). At the same locality Paul Hutchinson has found dead and live individuals of this species beneath 20 + foot high Melaleuca lanceolata with suitable sized emergence holes in the trunks and branches. Two of the four known species are widely distributed, however specimens are rarely collected which might suggest that their adult behaviour may not be that of typical adult Buprestidae. The essentially cryptic colouration of B. trisulcata (Carter), B. albosparsa (Carter) and B. lobatum sp. n. and the capture of one specimen of B. trisulcata at light might suggests that adults are crepuscular or nocturnal, however Mike Powell collected a very active male specimen of B. trisulcata in shade at 11 am at 32 km N of Gascoyne Junction, W.A. on 2 Nov 1999., Published as part of 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, pp. 225-240 in Zootaxa 3681 (3) on page 236, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3681.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/219605, {"references":["Nelson, G. H. (2000) Panpulla strongyliformis Nelson, a new genus and species of Buprestidae (Coleoptera) from Panama. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 54 (2), 248 - 250. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1649 / 0010 - 065 X (2000) 054 [0248: PSNANG] 2.0. CO; 2","Volkovitsh, M. G. (2001) The comparative morphology of antennal structures in Buprestidae (Coleoptera): evolutionary trends, taxonomic and phylogenetic implications. Part 1. Acta Musei Moraviae, Scientiae biologicae (Brno), 86, 43 - 169.","Bellamy, C. L. (2008) A world catalogue and bibliography of the jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestoidea) Vo l. 2., Chrysochroinae: Sphenopterini through Buprestinae: Stigmoderini. Pensoft, Sofia-Moscow, pp. 632 - 1260."]}

Relationships of Burnsiellus gen. n. Burnsiellus has three unusual, probably apomorphic characters which are very rare in the Buprestinae. Tarsal segments 1 and 2 have very reduced pulvilli (Fig. 20); the pronotum is strongly, broadly depressed at the centre (Figs. 7, 8, 9, 10), and the apical part of the mandible is sharply angled with the basal part. The latter character is also seen in the Nearctic and Neotropical genera Ditriaena Waterhouse, Spectralia Casey and the monotypic Jamaican genus Aglaostola Thomson, and probably also in the monotypic Panamanian genus Panapulla Nelson to judge from the figure of its head (Nelson, 2000). Some species of Spectralia e.g. S. arcuata (Laporte & Gory) also have the former two characters as well. Volkovitsh (2001) places Ditriaena, Spectralia and Aglaostola in the Aglaostola branch of the subfamily Buprestinae, where Panapulla is also currrently placed (Bellamy, 2008). Amongst the genera under consideration it shares with Spectralia, Aglaostola, and Ditriaena an excised posterior margin to the apical ventrite with a well developed flange in the excision. We consider this to be a relatively apomorphic characteristic in the Buprestinae, the more plesiomorphic condition being a rounded posterior margin lacking a flange or spines. The occurrence of a suite of shared probably apomorphic characters in Burnsiellus and the Neotropical genera mentioned above would suggest a relatively close phylogenetic relationship. The four species assigned to Burnsiellus show considerable differences from one another which might suggest that they are not very closely related, and could be assigned to different genera or subgenera, however the most important difference are the swollen mid tibia in male B. trisulcata and the large semitransparent lobe of the posterior margin of the second visible ventrite in B. lobatum sp. n., which may also be a secondary sexual character. We therefore refrain from erecting more monotypic genera or subgenera based solely on secondary sexual characters. Bionomy. Little is known about the biology of Burnsiellus. Paul Hutchinson has found B. trisulcata emerging from a large Acacia sp. (probably A. aneura) at L. Monger causeway, W. Australia. The emergence holes were mostly within four feet of the ground in a trunk more than 1 foot in diameter. Mike Powell had one male and one female B. marmorata emerge from a billet of Melaleuca lanceolata collected at Hopetoun, WA. The billet was cut from living tree on 17 / 12 / 2010, and the specimens emerged on 29 / 12 / 2011 and in mid January 2012 (M. Powell pers comm.). At the same locality Paul Hutchinson has found dead and live individuals of this species beneath 20 + foot high Melaleuca lanceolata with suitable sized emergence holes in the trunks and branches. Two of the four known species are widely distributed, however specimens are rarely collected which might suggest that their adult behaviour may not be that of typical adult Buprestidae. The essentially cryptic colouration of B. trisulcata (Carter), B. albosparsa (Carter) and B. lobatum sp. n. and the capture of one specimen of B. trisulcata at light might suggests that adults are crepuscular or nocturnal, however Mike Powell collected a very active male specimen of B. trisulcata in shade at 11 am at 32 km N of Gascoyne Junction, W.A. on 2 Nov 1999.

Key to the species of Neobuprestis 1 Lateral carina of pronotum confined to basal half; punctation between elytral costae not arranged in longitudinal series; scutellum1.5–2.0 times as wide as long; sexually dimorphic: male with expanded segments of antenna relatively larger, expanded segments almost completely covered with basiconic sensillae, lacking obvious sensory foveae (Fig. 18); elytra yellow, sometimes with a slight purple tinge towards the lateral margin (Fig. 1); last ventrite with apex broadly and deeply excised, with a slightly developed flange and well developed lateral spines (Fig. 21); female with serrate segments of antennae relatively smaller, with fields of B 4 c sensillae confined to the inner margin, with apical sensory foveae; elytra usually purple but sometimes yellow-brown with only a slight purple tinge (Fig. 2); last ventrite with apex truncate sometimes with a small shallow excision at middle; N.W. Victoria, South Australia & W. Australia.............. N. (s. str.) peroni (Gory & Laporte) - Lateral carina of pronotum almost extending to the notosternal suture (Figs. 5, 6); punctation between elytral costae partly arranged in longitudinal series next to the costae; scutellum about as wide as long; male and female not sexually dimorphic (no male of N. frenchi has been seen); mountains of S.E. Victoria & New South Wales N. (Balthasarella) spp................ 2 2 Hind coxal plate abruptly narrowing about one-third the distance from the inner margin (as in Fig. 31); lateral carina of pronotum slightly curved downwards distally when viewed from the side (Fig. 6)...................... N. (B.) williamsi sp. n. - Hind coxal plate gradually narrowing from the coxal insertion (as in Fig. 30); lateral carina of pronotum straight or slightly curved upwards distally when viewed from the side (Fig. 5)............................... N. (B.) frenchi (Blackburn)

Burnsiellus marmorata (Blackburn) (Figs. 7, 30) Strigoptera marmorata Blackburn 1892, p. 501. Neobuprestis marmorata (Blackburn), Kerremans 1903: 137; Carter 1924: 524; 1929: 282; Obenberger 1930: 362; Bellamy 2002: 84; 2008: 1021. Material examined: Holotype (BMNH) Type // 84 // Type // Strigoptera marmorata Blackb. Blackburn Coll. 1910 - 236 // HOLOTYPE strigoptera marmorata Blackb.B. Levey det. 1991. [The type locality was given as S. Australia by Blackburn]. Other material: S. Australia: 4 �� (SAMA) Murray River. Victoria: 1 not sexed (NMVA) Glenelg River, near Nelson, 1.34; 1 not sexed (NMVA) Queenscliffe, H.W. Davey; 1 not sexed (NMVA) Victoria. W. Australia: 7 not sexed (TMSHC) Lake Hurlestone, 6 March 2000, H. DeMarz, dead in strandline; 2 not sexed (WAMA) found dead, edge of Lake Hurlestone, 31 October 2000 ��� April 2001; 1 not sexed (WAMA) Hopetoun Caravan Park, 19 February 2008, dead under Melaleuca. Other material not examined [images seen]: W. Australia: 33, 2 �� (PMHC) Hopetoun West.Aust. 22.Feb. 2006 P.Hutchinson / Neobuprestis marmorata under Melaleuca; 13, 1 �� (PMHC) Hopetoun Caravan park West.Aust. 19.Feb. 2008 P.Hutchinson / Neobuprestis marmorat a dead under Melaleuca; 1 �� (PMHC) Lort River 40km W. of Salmon Gums Dead 3.Feb. 2004 P.Hutchinson / Neobuprestis marmorata edge saltlake; 1 �� (PMHC) Lake King West.Aust. dead 24.Oct. 2004 P Hutchinson / Neobuprestis marmorata Edge Saltlake; 1 �� (PMHC) L.Seabrook West.Aust. Dead 29.Jan. 2004 P. Hutchinson / Neobuprestis marmorata Edge Saltlake; 1 �� (PMHC) L.Hurlestone 6.3.0 0 Dead // L.Hurlestone N. of L.King West. Aust. 6.Mar. 2000 H.DeMarz / Neobuprestis marmorata Dead on Saltlake., Published as part of 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, pp. 225-240 in Zootaxa 3681 (3) on page 237, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3681.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/219605, {"references":["Blackburn, T. (1892) Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new species, x. Proceedings of the Linnaean Society of New South Wales, 6, 479 - 550.","Kerremans, C. (1903) Coleoptera Serricornia, Fam. Buprestidae. In: Wytsman, P. (Ed.), Genera Insectorum, Fasc. 12 b; 12 c; 12 d. Verteneuil & Desmet, Bruxelles, pp. 49 - 338.","Carter, H. J. (1924) Australian Coleoptera: notes and new species. Number iv. Proceedings of the Linnaean Society of New South Wales, 49 (4), 521 - 536.","Obenberger, J. (1930) Buprestidae 2. In: Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (Eds.), Coleopterorum Catalogus Vo l. 1 2. W. Junk, Berlin, Pars 111, 213 - 568.","Bellamy, C. L. (2002) Coleoptera: Buprestoidea. In: Houston, W. W. K. (Ed.), Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vo l. 29. 5. Melbourne, CSIRO Publishing, Australia, xii + 492 pp., 4 color plates."]}

Burnsiellus trisulcata (Carter) (Figs. 10, 12, 26, 28) Neobuprestis trisulcata Carter 1932: 102, Fig. 1; Bellamy 2002: 85; 2008: 1022. Material examined: Holotype �� (AMSA): Bogan R.[River] N. S. Wales, J. Armstrong// Holotype // K 67306 // Neobuprestis trisulcata Cart. Id. by H. J. Carter. HOLOTYPE. Other material: N. S. Wales: 1 not sexed (NMVA) Bogan R., J. Armstrong, ex. F. E. Wilson Collection. S. Australia: 1 �� (SAMA) Iron Knob, at light, 1959, P. Aitken W. Australia: 1 �� (TMSHC) Paynes Find Rd., Nynghan turnoff, 6.1. 1997, in red bucket trap, H. DeMarz. Other material not examined [images seen]: W. Australia: 13 (MPC) 32 km N of Gascoyne Junction, W.A., 2 Nov 1999; 13 (MPC) 44km E of Perenjori, 2 January 2000, dead on the strandline of salt lake; 33 (PMHC) L.Mongers causeway West.Aust. 2.Dec. 2002 - 2.Feb. 2003 P.Hutchinson / Neobuprestis trisulcata on Acacia aneura; 1 �� (PMHC)1.5km E of L.Monger C/way West.Aust. 8.Jan. 2002 (Dead) P.Hutchinson / Neobuprestis trisulcata; 13 (PMHC) L.Monger causeway West.Aust. 1.Dec. 2003 - 26.Jan. 2004 P.Hutchinson / Neobuprestis trisulcata sticky trap Acacia aneura, Published as part of 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, pp. 225-240 in Zootaxa 3681 (3) on page 238, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3681.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/219605, {"references":["Carter, H. J. (1932) New Guinea and Australian Coleoptera. Notes and new species. Number 2. Proceedings of the Linnaean Society of New South Wales, 57 (3 - 4), 101 - 115.","Bellamy, C. L. (2002) Coleoptera: Buprestoidea. In: Houston, W. W. K. (Ed.), Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vo l. 29. 5. Melbourne, CSIRO Publishing, Australia, xii + 492 pp., 4 color plates."]}

Key to the species of Neobuprestis 1 Lateral carina of pronotum confined to basal half; punctation between elytral costae not arranged in longitudinal series; scutellum1.5���2.0 times as wide as long; sexually dimorphic: male with expanded segments of antenna relatively larger, expanded segments almost completely covered with basiconic sensillae, lacking obvious sensory foveae (Fig. 18); elytra yellow, sometimes with a slight purple tinge towards the lateral margin (Fig. 1); last ventrite with apex broadly and deeply excised, with a slightly developed flange and well developed lateral spines (Fig. 21); female with serrate segments of antennae relatively smaller, with fields of B 4 c sensillae confined to the inner margin, with apical sensory foveae; elytra usually purple but sometimes yellow-brown with only a slight purple tinge (Fig. 2); last ventrite with apex truncate sometimes with a small shallow excision at middle; N.W. Victoria, South Australia & W. Australia.............. N. (s. str.) peroni (Gory & Laporte) - Lateral carina of pronotum almost extending to the notosternal suture (Figs. 5, 6); punctation between elytral costae partly arranged in longitudinal series next to the costae; scutellum about as wide as long; male and female not sexually dimorphic (no male of N. frenchi has been seen); mountains of S.E. Victoria & New South Wales N. (Balthasarella) spp................ 2 2 Hind coxal plate abruptly narrowing about one-third the distance from the inner margin (as in Fig. 31); lateral carina of pronotum slightly curved downwards distally when viewed from the side (Fig. 6)...................... N. (B.) williamsi sp. n. - Hind coxal plate gradually narrowing from the coxal insertion (as in Fig. 30); lateral carina of pronotum straight or slightly curved upwards distally when viewed from the side (Fig. 5)............................... N. (B.) frenchi (Blackburn), Published as part of 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, pp. 225-240 in Zootaxa 3681 (3) on page 228, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3681.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/219605

Neobuprestis (Balthasarella) williamsi sp. n. (Figs. 4, 6, 14, 15, 22) Balthasarella melandryoides Bellamy 1994 nec Obenberger 1958; Bellamy 1994: 300. Bellamy (1994) reported on some specimens of Balthasarella melandryoides he had seen from the New England National Park, New South Wales. On distributional grounds we think these are probably specimens of N. (Balthasarella) williamsi sp. n. Material examined: Holotype 3 (AMSA) Summit of Mt. Banda Banda. 1260 m. Mt. Boss s.f. N.W. Wauchope. N.S.W. 15 Jan 1988. G. Williams.// On broad-leaved Racosperma sp. [Acacia sp.]. Paratypes: 13 (GWC) same data as Holotype but G. & B.Williams, D. Bickel; 1 �� (GWC) approx. 60km E.N.E. Gloucester. Barrington Tops State Forest. N.S.W. 6 Jan 1982. G. & T. Williams. Resting on Cassinia sp. in snow gum forest.// Neobuprestis frenchi Blckb. det G. Williams 1982; 1 �� (SAMA) Barrington Tp [Tops] Jan. ' 25. S.U. Zoo Exp. Other material: New South Wales: 1 unsexed (TMSHC) Ebor, 14 December 1956, F.T. Fricke. Other material not examined: New South Wales: 1 unsexed (GWC) vic. The Pinnacle, Border Ranges Nat. Park, WNW Nimbin, N.S.W. G. Williams, 28 Dec. 1993.// ex rainforest - sclerophyll forest ecotone; 13 (GWC) Summit of Mt. Banda Banda. 1260 m. Mt. Boss s.f. N.W. Wauchope. N.S.W. 15 Jan 1988. G. & B.Williams, D. Bickel.// On broad-leaved Racosperma sp. [Acacia sp.]. Diagnosis. General diagnosis: length 9.2���16.1 mm (from anterior margin of pronotum to tip of elytra); whole body predominantly bluish green; the elytra along the basal, lateral margins and apices more or less extensively reddish purple; abdominal ventrites and sometimes metaventrite and metacoxae more or less extensively reddish purple; head and pronotum with short very fine, erect, inconspicuous setae; elytra glabrous except for some short very fine, erect, inconspicuous setae close to the apices and lateral margin; underside moderately densely clothed with adpressed, moderately short fine setae. Head (Fig. 15): densely punctate, the punctures, mostly rather shallow, round; lower half of frons convex, tumescent relative to the upper half of the frons which is flat; fronto-clypeus strongly depressed between the antennal insertions with a large very deep puncture close to the distal margin in the mid-line. Pronotum (Figs. 6, 14): 1.4���1.6 times as wide at base as long in midline; anterior and posterior margins weakly bisinuate, anterior margin scarcely produced at the centre, with a complete well defined narrow bead; lateral margins almost parallel sided in basal half, weakly convergent to anterior margin; shiny, punctate-reticulate with well marked tranverse rugae on disc; midline unpunctured and depressed in basal half; with a well marked depression at the basal margin internal of the elytral humeral callosity; lateral carina visible from above becoming evanescent in apical fifth. Scutellum: tranversely ovate, surface rugulose. Elytra (Fig. 4): as wide to much wider at base than pronotum at base; basal margin weakly bisinuate; moderately strongly widening over the humeral callosities thence very slightly rectilinearly widening to mid length; before moderately strongly curvilinearly converging to the obliquely subtruncate or slightly excised apices; lateral margins smooth or very weakly serrate in apical third; a well marked large depression internal to the humeral callosity coextensive with the depression at the base of the pronotum; each elytron with a short scutellary costa, and three or four long equidistant costae, which become evanescent near the apex; intercostal areas sparsely to moderately densely, irregularly punctured with pin-prick or very fine weak punctures, which are partly arranged in regular series. Hypomeron: sparsely punctured with small weak punctures. Prosternum: punctures near anterior margin and laterally very strongly transversely ellipsoidal; anterior margin with a well defined narrow bead; prosternal process moderately densely punctured with small round punctures; lateral margins straight, slightly convergent towards apex, with a well defined bead at the margin. Mesoepisternum: sparsely to moderately densely punctured with weak punctures. Hind coxa (as in Fig. 31): about twice as wide at inner margin as at outer margin, abruptly narrowing about onethird the distance from the inner margin. Abdomen (Fig. 22): ventrites (sternites) rather uniformly, sparsely punctured with very small weak punctures; apical ventrite strongly produced with the apex broadly, shallowly excised, without a well developed flange or lateral spines. Aedeagus: not examined. Ovipositor: elongate. Comments. This species is very similar to N. (Balthasarella) frenchi in general appearance. In addition to the distinguishing characteristics given in the key the following differences from N. (B.) frenchi were seen in the limited amount of material available. Elytral costae narrower and less well defined especially so in the Holotype. Lower half of vertex variably but at least slightly more convex when viewed from above., Published as part of 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, pp. 225-240 in Zootaxa 3681 (3) on pages 229-230, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3681.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/219605, {"references":["Bellamy, C. L. (1994) Balthasarella melandryoides Obenberger: a relict buprestid becomes less enigmatic (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin, 48 (3), 300.","Obenberger, J. (1958) Novy rod podceledi krascu Polycestinae z Australie (Col. Buprestidae). Un genre nouveau de la sousfamille Polycestinae de l'Australie (Col. Buprestidae). Acta Entomologica Musaei Nationalis Pragae, 32, 487 - 490."]}

Differences between Neobuprestis and Burnsiellus The table below lists the main differences between these two genera. Neobuprestis Burnsiellus Antennal cavities forward facing; fully visible when viewed Antennal cavities downward facing; not fully visible when directly from the front (Figs. 15, 16) viewed directly from the front (fig. 17) Clypeal margin straight or very shallowly excised at centre; Clypeal margin moderately deeply excised at centre; obtusely not angulate (Figs. 15, 16) angulate on either side of the excision (Figs. 17) Distal part of labium pale, less highly chitinised than basal Whole of labium highly chitinised part Mandible not strongly angled at base Mandible strongly angled at base Pronotum without large depressions Pronotum with large depressions Adhesive pads on tarsal segments 1 and 2 more than half the Adhesive pads on tarsal segment 1 and 2 reduced in size, length of the segment much less than half the length of the segment (Fig. 20), Published as part of 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, pp. 225-240 in Zootaxa 3681 (3) on page 226, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3681.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/219605

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): 225-240, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3681.3.2

Burnsiellus albosparsa (Carter) (Figs. 9, 13) Neobuprestis albosparsa Carter 1924: 523; 1929: 281; Obenberger 1930: 362; Bellamy 2002: 84; 2008: 1021. Material examined: Holotype 3 (not dissected) (SAMA) Cairns, Allen// TYPE H.J.C. Neobuprestis albosparsa Carter., Published as part of 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, pp. 225-240 in Zootaxa 3681 (3) on page 237, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3681.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/219605, {"references":["Carter, H. J. (1924) Australian Coleoptera: notes and new species. Number iv. Proceedings of the Linnaean Society of New South Wales, 49 (4), 521 - 536.","Obenberger, J. (1930) Buprestidae 2. In: Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (Eds.), Coleopterorum Catalogus Vo l. 1 2. W. Junk, Berlin, Pars 111, 213 - 568.","Bellamy, C. L. (2002) Coleoptera: Buprestoidea. In: Houston, W. W. K. (Ed.), Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vo l. 29. 5. Melbourne, CSIRO Publishing, Australia, xii + 492 pp., 4 color plates."]}

Neobuprestis (s. str.) peroni (Gory & Laporte) (Figs. 1, 2, 16, 18, 21, 25) Stigmodera (Curis) peroni Gory & Laporte 1838: 48; Pl. 11, fig. 57 Curis peroni (Gory & Laporte); Lacordaire 1857: 52; Gemminger & Harold 1869: 1392; Saunders 1871: 57. Neobuprestis peroni (Gory & Laporte) Fairmaire 1877: 327; Gestro 1877: 430; Masters 1886: 78; Kerremans 1892: 132; 1903: 181; Waterhouse 1913: 183; Carter 1928: 277; Obenberger 1930: 363; Kurosawa 1988: 264; Hołyński 1993: 28; Bellamy 2002: 84; 2008: 1021. Strigoptera australis Blackburn 1892: 501. Neobuprestis australis (Blackburn) Kerremans 1903: 137; Carter 1924, p. 524; 1929: 281; Waterhouse 1913: 184; Obenberger 1930: 363; Kurosawa 1988: 264; figs. 17 & 18; Bellamy 2002: 85; 2003: 127; fig. 260. Material examined: Lectotype �� (BMNH) Strigoptera australis Blackburn here designated. Type (round red label)// Type // 2528 // Strigoptera australis, Blackb. //Blackburn Coll. 1910 - 236 //. LECTOTYPE Strigoptera australis Blackb. B. Levey det. 1991. Paralectotype �� (SAMA) 2528 // Australia Blackb's Coll.// Strigoptera australis, Blackb. Co-type//. In the original description the type locality was given as Yorke's Peninsula, S. Australia. Other material: S. Australia: 3 �� Kangaroo Island, (BMNH, SAMA); 13, 2 �� (SAMA) Mindarie; 2 �� (SAMA, NMVA) Murray River. Victoria: 23, 10 �� (NMVA, SAMA, NMWC) Birchip; 43, 6 �� (SAMA, NMVA, NMWC) Mallee district; 13, 1 �� (NMVA) Sea Lake; 1 �� (IRSNB) 466 ex coll.A.F. Hoschek; 1 �� (IRSNB) 467 ex coll.A.F. Hoschek. 1 �� (IRSNB) ex coll.Dr. Lotte. W. Australia: 1 not sexed (TMSHC) Holt Rock; 1 not sexed (TMSHC) Lake Hurlestone, 6.3. 2000, dead; 13 (SAMA) Jung. Australia: 1 3, 1 �� (BMNH) no other data, 13, 1 �� (IRSNB) no other data. Other material not examined: W. Australia: 1 �� (PMHC)[image seen] Lort River 40km W of Salmon Gums Dead 2.Feb. 2004 P.Hutchinson / Edge Saltlake., Published as part of 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, pp. 225-240 in Zootaxa 3681 (3) on pages 228-229, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3681.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/219605, {"references":["Gory, H. L. & Laporte (de Castelnau), Caumont, de F. L. N. (1838) Histoire naturelle de iconographie des insectes Coleopteres. Monographie des buprestides, Vol. 2. Livraisons. P. Dumenil, Paris, 17 - 24.","Lacordaire, J. T. (1857) Histoire naturelle des insectes. Genera des Coleopteres ou expose methodique decritique de tous les genres proposes jusqu'ici dans cet ordre d'insectes. Vo l. 4. Roret, Paris, pp. 1 - 554. [Contenant les familles des buprestides, throscides, eucnemides, elaterides, cebrionides, cerophytides, rhipicerides, dascyllides, malacodermes, clerides, lymexylones, cupesides, ptiniores, bostrichides et cissides.]","Gemminger, M. & Harold, E. Von (1869) Catalogus coleopterorum hucusque descriptorum synonymicus et systematicus. Vol 5. Monachii, London, pp. 1347 - 1608. [Buprestidae, Trixagidae, Monommidae, Eucnemidae, Elateridae, Cebrionidae]","Saunders, E. (1871) Catalogus Buprestidarum Synonymicus et Systematicus. J. Janson, London, 171 pp.","Fairmaire, L. M. H. (1877) Synopsis des especes australiennes du genre Curis de la famille des Buprestides. Annales de la Societe entomologique de France, (5) 7, 327 - 333.","Gestro, R. (1877) Descrizione di una nuova specie del gener Curis, della famiglia dei Buprestidi. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, 9, 429 - 432.","Masters, G. (1886) Catalogue of the described Coleoptera of Australia. Part III. Proceedings of the Linnaean Society of New South Wales, 1 (2), 21 - 126.","Kerremans, C. (1892) Catalogue synonymique des Buprestides decrits de 1758 a 1890. Memoires de la Societe entomologique de Belgique, 1, 1 - 304.","Waterhouse, C. O. (1913) Observations on Coleoptera of the family Buprestidae, with descriptions of new species. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 12 (8), 181 - 184.","Carter, H. J. (1928) Revision of the Australian species of the genera Curis, Neocuris and Trachys, together with notes and descriptions of new species of other Coleoptera. Proceedings of the Linnaean Society of New South Wales, 53 (3), 270 - 290.","Obenberger, J. (1930) Buprestidae 2. In: Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (Eds.), Coleopterorum Catalogus Vo l. 1 2. W. Junk, Berlin, Pars 111, 213 - 568.","Kurosawa, Y. (1988) Reorganization of Buprestis and its allies (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). Kontyu, 56 (2), 261 - 279.","Holynski, R. (1993) A reassessment of the internal classification of the Buprestidae Leach (Coleoptera). Crystal, series Zoologica, Number 1, 1 - 42.","Bellamy, C. L. (2002) Coleoptera: Buprestoidea. In: Houston, W. W. K. (Ed.), Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vo l. 29. 5. Melbourne, CSIRO Publishing, Australia, xii + 492 pp., 4 color plates.","Blackburn, T. (1892) Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new species, x. Proceedings of the Linnaean Society of New South Wales, 6, 479 - 550.","Kerremans, C. (1903) Coleoptera Serricornia, Fam. Buprestidae. In: Wytsman, P. (Ed.), Genera Insectorum, Fasc. 12 b; 12 c; 12 d. Verteneuil & Desmet, Bruxelles, pp. 49 - 338.","Carter, H. J. (1924) Australian Coleoptera: notes and new species. Number iv. Proceedings of the Linnaean Society of New South Wales, 49 (4), 521 - 536."]}

Key to the species of Burnsiellus 1 Metacoxal plate strongly widening to the femoral insertion, about twice as wide at the medial edge as at the lateral edge (Fig. 31).................................................................................................. 3 - Metacoxal plate less strongly widening to the femoral insertion, about one and a half times as wide at the medial edge as at the lateral edge (Fig. 30)................................................................................... 2 2 Elytra purple-brown with black costae and small pulverulent white spots (Fig. 9); underside entirely 'metallic' reddish purple and blue-green; Queensland........................................................... B. albosparsa (Carter) - Elytra straw coloured with brown patches and black costae (Fig. 7); underside largely 'metallic' purple-brown but anterior margin and lateral margin of prosternum yellow; W. Australia, S. Australia, Victoria.............. B. marmorata (Blackburn) 3 Elytral apices subtruncate, without well defined teeth (Fig. 28); elytra very densely almost contiguously punctured between the costae; pronotum strongly narrowing to the anterior and posterior angles (Figs. 10, 26); fronto-clypeus strongly depressed between the antennal insertions; mid tibia much broader than hind tibia, strongly swollen in male, with long tibial spurs which curve at the apex; posterior margin of 2 nd visible ventrite simple (Fig. 12); apex of last visible ventrite truncate, without lateral teeth (Fig. 12), W. Australia, S. Australia, New South Wales................................ B. trisulcata (Carter) - Elytral apices obliquely truncate, with well defined teeth (Figs. 8, 29); elytra less densely punctured between costae; pronotum almost parallel sided (Fig. 8); fronto-clypeus only slightly depressed between the antennal insertions; mid tibia about as broad as hind tibia, not swollen in male, with shorter, straight tibial spurs; posterior margin of 2 nd visible ventrite with a large semitransparent lobe at the middle, covering part of the 3 rd ventrite (Fig. 11); apex of last visible ventrite slightly concave, with lateral teeth (Fig. 11); Victoria.............................................................. B. lobatum sp. n., Published as part of 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, pp. 225-240 in Zootaxa 3681 (3) on page 237, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3681.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/219605

Differences between Neobuprestis and Burnsiellus The table below lists the main differences between these two genera. Neobuprestis Burnsiellus Antennal cavities forward facing; fully visible when viewed Antennal cavities downward facing; not fully visible when directly from the front (Figs. 15, 16) viewed directly from the front (fig. 17) Clypeal margin straight or very shallowly excised at centre; Clypeal margin moderately deeply excised at centre; obtusely not angulate (Figs. 15, 16) angulate on either side of the excision (Figs. 17) Distal part of labium pale, less highly chitinised than basal Whole of labium highly chitinised part Mandible not strongly angled at base Mandible strongly angled at base Pronotum without large depressions Pronotum with large depressions Adhesive pads on tarsal segments 1 and 2 more than half the Adhesive pads on tarsal segment 1 and 2 reduced in size, length of the segment much less than half the length of the segment (Fig. 20)

Neobuprestis Kerremans 1903 Neobuprestis Kerremans 1903: 136 Type species: Strigoptera australis Blackburn 1892 (fixed by subsequent designation: Kurosawa 1988). Diagnosis. Medium sized (length 14���20 mm), elongate subcylindrical species. Head (Fig. 16): antennal cavities large, approximately circular, forward facing, fully visible when viewed directly from the front, bordered dorsally by a narrow well defined semicircular ridge. Head above eyes (vertex) nearly horizontal, lower part of head between eyes (frons) and clypeal region almost vertical, not separated from one another by a groove or carina; clypeal region with a large depression in the centre just behind the clypeal margin; clypeal margin weakly bisinuate, very shallowly excised at centre, not angulate. Anteclypeus not visible. Genae below eyes relatively broad about one-fifth vertical length of eye. Mandible not strongly angled at base. Distal part of labium pale, less highly chitinised than basal part. Eyes relatively small, vertical length about 2.5 times maximum width, moderately convergent dorsally, moderately convex when viewed from above. Antennae (Fig. 18): rather long, when flexed backwards reaching just beyond the base of the pronotum; 11 segmented, with segments 3���10 expanded, the expanded part acutely triangular in shape, expanded segments relatively larger in 3 than ��; in 3 expanded segments almost completely covered with basiconic sensillae (see Volkovitsh 2001, Fig. 124); in �� fields of B 4 c sensillae confined to inner margins (see Volkovitsh 2001, Fig. 125); scape almost club shaped, about 2.5���3.0 times length of pedicel; pedicel almost subcylindrical about 1.25 time as long as wide at apex; segment 3 very slightly triangularly expanded, about 1.25 times length of pedicel in ��, more strongly triangularly expanded and about same length as pedicel in 3; segment 4 about same length as 3, segments 5-10 slightly progressively shorter in ��; segment 4 slightly longer than 3, segments 5���10 slightly progressively narrower in 3; segment 11 about 2.0 times as long as wide, triangularly expanded, the expansion excised near the apex in ��, about 3.0 as long as wide and only slightly triangularly expanded, with a subcylindrical prolongation at the apex in 3. Pronotum (Figs. 1, 2): about twice as wide as long; anterior and posterior margins weakly bisinuate; lateral margins regularly curved; slightly depressed in mid line near base; lateral carina confined to basal half; punctation composed of simple shallow punctures, without associated setae. Scutellum: transverse, almost heart shaped, about one tenth width of elytra at base. Elytra (Figs. 1, 2): slightly widened from base over the humeral callosities; almost parallel sided behind callosities to mid length, before weakly converging to the conjointly rounded apices; lateral margins and apices weakly serrate in 3, smooth in ��; epipleura broad opposite the mesepimeron, gradually narrowing opposite metepisternum (metanepisternum), disappearing behind the hind coxa; deflexed ventrally, separated from disc by fine carina; each elytron with four long, well defined, narrow equidistant costae, and a short scutellary costa fusing with the slightly raised suture in the basal fifth; punctation between costae uniform, without evidence of seriation. Underside: sparsely punctulate. Prosternum: anterior margin weakly curved, with a complete narrow bead; prosternal process flat, with a slight groove along the lateral margin, lateral margins almost straight in basal two-thirds, before narrowing in apical third, apex broad. Mesosternal cavity broad, reaching the metasternum. Legs: tarsal segments 1���4 with well developed pulvilli, occupying apical two-thirds of each segment; Segment 5 elongate, flat club shaped with simple claws, widened at base; metacoxal plate twice as wide at inner edge as at outer edge. Abdomen: ventrite 1 almost twice as long as ventrite 2, which is about as long as 3 and 4; ventrite 5 almost twice as long as 4, with apex broadly and deeply excised, with a slightly developed flange and well developed lateral spines in 3 (Fig. 21), apex truncate with a small shallow excision at middle in ��. Ovipositor: elongate. Aedeagus (Fig. 25): with a narrow basal lobe; parameres parallel sided with long sensory setae confined to the apex; median lobe (penis) with the apex produced., Published as part of 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, pp. 225-240 in Zootaxa 3681 (3) on pages 226-227, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3681.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/219605, {"references":["Kerremans, C. (1903) Coleoptera Serricornia, Fam. Buprestidae. In: Wytsman, P. (Ed.), Genera Insectorum, Fasc. 12 b; 12 c; 12 d. Verteneuil & Desmet, Bruxelles, pp. 49 - 338.","Blackburn, T. (1892) Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new species, x. Proceedings of the Linnaean Society of New South Wales, 6, 479 - 550.","Kurosawa, Y. (1988) Reorganization of Buprestis and its allies (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). Kontyu, 56 (2), 261 - 279.","Volkovitsh, M. G. (2001) The comparative morphology of antennal structures in Buprestidae (Coleoptera): evolutionary trends, taxonomic and phylogenetic implications. Part 1. Acta Musei Moraviae, Scientiae biologicae (Brno), 86, 43 - 169."]}

Burnsiellus lobatum sp. n. (Figs. 8, 11, 17, 19, 20, 29, 31) Material examined: Holotype 3 (BMNH) Austr. Melbn.[Melbourne] 53 55 // HOLOTYPE Burnsiellus lobatum sp. n. B. Levey det. 1992. [The specimen came to the BMNH in 1853 amongst some material from Mr Baly. This was probably J. Baly who described many Australian Chrysomelidae in the Transactions of the Entomological Society in 1855, and presumably acquired the specimen from one of his contacts in Australia]. Diagnosis. General diagnosis: length 14.1 mm (from anterior margin of pronotum to apex of elytra); head, pronotum and elytra predominantly blue-black, the more densely punctured setose areas of elytra coppery and emerald green; underside predominantly blue-black, abdomen with reddish violet reflections; the lobate central part of the distal margin of the second abdominal ventrite brownish yellow, transparent, lightly chitinised; head, pronotum and underside sparsely clothed with moderately long adpressed silvery setae; elytra appearing glabrous but the more densely punctured areas moderately densely clothed with very short inconspicuous adpressed setae. Head (Fig. 17): very densely punctate reticulate, the punctures moderately deep round to ovate; frons with a well defined central carina; unpunctured areas shiny; lower two-thirds sparsely clothed with moderately long, curved silvery setae; distal margin of fronto-clypeus with a broad shallow V shaped excision bordered by obtusely angulate peaks, area just basal to the distal margin broadly, shallowly depressed; vertex about one-third width of head across eyes when viewed from above; eyes moderately convex, inner margins strongly convergent dorsally, the margins regularly curved. Antennae (Fig. 19): short, when extended backwards not reaching beyond mid-length of pronotum; antennomere 1 strongly bent at basal third, the basal third brownish yellow, distal two-thirds blackish green about 2 �� times length of 2; 3 & 4 missing, 5 & 6 longer than wide, subserrate; 7���8 progressively shorter triangularly serrate, 9���11 wider than long, subserrate. Pronotum (Fig. 8): 1.48 times as wide at base as long in midline; anterior margin very weakly bisinuate, with a very poorly developed median lobe, without a groove or bead along the margin; posterior margin weakly curved on either side of a broad well developed median lobe; lateral margins subparallel, weakly convergent to anterior and posterior angles; posterior angles slightly obtuse; disc with a broad longitudinal, densely punctured depression, bordered on either side by a broad longitudinal, sparsely punctured callosity; lateral half densely punctured with a well marked, more sparsely punctured callosity anterior to the basal angle; punctures moderately deep, round, with associated moderately long, adpressed silvery setae; lateral carina not visible from above, slightly curved, extending just over half distance from basal angle towards anterior margin. Scutellum: small, convex, approximately shield shaped, about one-twentieth width of elytra at base. Elytra (Figs. 8, 29): much wider than pronotum; basal margin biarcuate; strongly widening over the humeral callosities, thence parallel sided for a short distance, before sinuately widening to mid-length, then narrowing to the very broad obliquely truncate, irregularly, minutely serrate apices; sutural margins costate for entire length; each elytron with a short scutellary costa which fuses with the sutural costa at the basal quarter, and four long equidistant costae which anastomose near the apex; costae unpunctured, the area between the costae irregularly, densely rugose-punctate, glabrous; with areas of much smaller punctures bearing very short adpressed setae. Hypomeron: very densely to contiguously rugose-punctate, with sparse moderately long adpressed silvery setae. Prosternum: densely punctate at centre, very densely transversely rugose-punctate laterally, with dense moderately long adpressed silvery setae laterally; anterior margin with a poorly defined broad flat bead; prosternal process densely punctured, trilobate, with lateral margins curved and apical lobe broad at tip. Mesoepisternum: very densely punctured with large shallow setae-bearing punctures. Mesosternum, mesoepimeron and metasternum contiguously punctate-reticulate with sparse moderately long adpressed silvery setae. Abdomen (Fig. 11): ventrites moderately densely punctured with shallow punctures at centre, densely to very densely punctured laterally, moderately densely clothed with moderately long adpressed silvery setae; distal margin of second ventrite broadly produced in a semi-transparent lightly chitinised brownish yellow curved lobe at centre, which broadly overlaps the third ventrite; apical ventrite broadly, shallowly excised with a well developed flange in the excision, bordered laterally by well developed spines. Aedeagus (Fig. 24): lateral margins of parameres subparallel; median lobe acutely produced at apex. Comments. The unusual development of the distal margin of the second abdominal ventrite might justify placement of this species in a separate subgenus or even a separate genus. We have refrained from this action since the female is unknown and this character might be merely an unusual secondary sexual character of the male, although similar lobes on the 2 nd (sometimes also on 3 rd and 4 th ventrites occurs in some species of Polycesta Dejean 1833, Paratyndaris Fisher 1919 and Sponsor Gory & Laporte 1839, where they are not confined to one sex (M.Volkovitsh pers. comm.)., Published as part of 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, pp. 225-240 in Zootaxa 3681 (3) on pages 238-239, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3681.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/219605

Oaxacanthaxia bicolorata, sp. nov. (Figs. 1, 4) Description of male holotype. Small, 6.07 mm in length from midpoint of frontovertex to elytral apices, 2.83 mm across elytra at approximately anterior 1/4; slightly elongate ovoid; transversely convex; dorsal surface mostly red-cupreous with greenish reflections on frontovertex, pronotum, scutellum, near anterior margin of elytra and just at elytral apices; when viewed directly head appears mostly shining green; ventral surface black with blue-green reflections; coarsely shallowly punctate on dorsal surface; head with narrow transverse portion of frontoclypeus just dorsad antennal cavities areolate; most of ventral surface, especially prosternal disc, process and thoracic ventrites foveolate; head, pronotum and elytra with one very short recumbent white seta from each puncture; ventral setae each longer, finer, especially on abdominal ventrites. Head: frontovertex convex between eyes; inner margins of eyes slightly sinuate, subparallel; frontoclypeus feebly constricted between widely separated antenna1 cavities; distal margin concave; anteclypeus partially visible; labrum feebly bilobed distally; mandibles robust, recurved, acuminate distally; maxillary palpi elongate, palpomere 2 shorter than either 1 or 3, 3 slightly curved, apex round; mentum broadly rounded trapezoid; antennomere 1 elongate, longer than 2 + 3, wider distally; 2 shorter than 3; 3–10 serrate; 3 longer than 4; 4–10 each decreasing in length; 11 oblong, longer than 10; 3–11 moderately setose, sensory pores concentrated in single apicolateral fovea on ventral surface. Pronotum: 2.11x wider than long, widest at base; posterior margin biarcuate with slight medial convexity; lateral margins broadly arcuate, unicarinate, entire, viewed from above feebly arcuate; posterolateral angles subacute; posterior margin feebly bisinuate; disc flattened medially, feebly transversely convex laterally. Scutellum small, subtriangular, lateral margins feebly concave. Elytra: wider than pronotal base, widest beyond a point opposite humeri; humeri small, moderately elevated; lateral margins carinate, explanate dorsad epipleura, arcuate in anterior 1/2, attenuate in posterior 1/2, serrate from before posterior 1/3; apices separately rounded; elytra with very feebly elevated, irregular, oblique costae mostly visible in median portion of disc; epipleuron broad from past base to opposite metacoxal plate then narrowing and becoming confluent with lateral margin near posterior 1/4; pygidium not visible past elytral apices. Underside: prosternum compressed laterally, with feebly bilobed anterior margin; process with sides subparallel between procoxae, apex with truncate medial lobe between mesosternal lobes; metacoxal plates with posterior margin oblique on lateral 1/2, feebly dilated; sutures between abdominal ventrites transverse medially; abdominal ventrite 5 attenuate laterally, broadly rounded apically. Legs: femora fusiform; tibiae straight, with two apical spines; metatibiae with setal comb along outer edge; tarsomeres 1–4 with ventral pulvilli, pulvillus on 1 only on apical 2/3; 5 with claws appendiculate. Genitalia: as in Fig. 4 (mounted on point with specimen). Variation. The female allotype (Figs. 2, 3) differs from the holotype as follows: length 5.96 mm, width 2.86 mm; head and pronotum essentially the same green to blue-green color, with only a hint of that color reflecting near the anterior margin of elytral disc medially and scutellum; the eyes are slightly smaller, not quite so convex and slightly more widely separated. The allotype appears to be slightly more robust (L/ W 2.083) in comparison to the slightly more slender holotype (L/ W 2.144). Specimens examined. Holotype, ♂ (CNIN): MÉXICO: Quintana Roo, 1 km N Xel-há [ca. 20° 19' 00" N 087° 21' 15" W], 7–11.vi.2011, J. Cope, beating legumes; allotype, ♀ (CLBC): same data as holotype. Etymology. The specific epithet bicolorata is chosen for two reasons, both specimens, but especially the female, is at least of two colors and unlike the four congeners, there is a clear sexual dichromatism in this species. Remarks. Surprisingly this new species reverses the usual pattern sexual dichromatism that occurs in buprestids, i.e. males with different colors, principally on the head, which leads to an expectation that at least some species ‘see’ in color. Before the two type specimens were dissected, I would have wagered excessively that the allotype specimen was the male due to the more strongly bicolorous dorsal coloration. Simply due to the coloration differences and southeastern Mexico coastal type locality, I have chosen not to repeat or append the very detailed key and character state matrices presented by Hornburg & Gottwald (2008), but suggest that a comparison of the dorsal habitus figures in Figures 1, 2, 5– 8 and the separation of type localities is sufficient to separate the five species now placed in Oaxacanthaxia, along with the use of Hornburg & Gottwald’s (2008) very detailed key and table if needed., Published as part of Bellamy, C. L., 2011, A new dichromatic species of Oaxacanthaxia Bellamy 1991 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from Quintana Roo, México, pp. 59-62 in Zootaxa 3053 on pages 59-61, {"references":["Bellamy, C. L. (1991) Oaxacanthaxia viridis, a new genus and species (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from Mexico with Old World affinities. Insecta Mundi, 4 (1 - 4) (1990), 81 - 86.","Nelson, G. H. & T. C. MacRae. (1994) Oaxacanthaxia nigroaenea Nelson and MacRae, a new species from Mexico (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin, 48 (2), 149 - 152.","Niehuis, M. & S. Gottwald. (2006) Oaxacanthaxia vandenberghei n. sp. ein neuer Prachtkafer aus Nicaragua (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Mitteilungen des Internationalen Entomologischen Vereins, 31 (1 - 2), 31 - 36."]}

Buprestis aurora, n. sp. Figures 1–4 Description of female holotype. Elongate, subovoid, flattened dorsoventrally; maximum length (from feebly anteriorly projecting frontoclypeal midpoint to apex of elytral sutural spine): 17.1 mm, maximum width across elytral humeri: 5.5 mm; surface moderately covered with medium-sized, shallow punctures on head, pronotum and less visibly on ventral surface; elytra striate-costate with punctures in subparallel striae slightly more dense; punctures apparently each with a single very short, recurved, nearly translucent seta, many of which are apparently abraded; antennae and legs with slightly more dense recumbent setae; each hind tibiae with a single row of very short, stout, erect setae along external edge in form of comb; dorsal coloration black with strong blue-green reflection; front of head, basal portion of mandibles, sides of pronotum, elytra and ventral surface with pattern of mostly yellow markings and one lateral yellow vitta on either side of pronotum, each elytron with slightly oblique discal vitta on elytra with swollen terminal circle, and a single broad preapical fascia of yellow bleeding to orange laterad, this pair of short fasciae subcontiguous except black subsutural costa; ventral surface nearly completely yellow except for dark markings that mostly mark the boundaries of each ventral sclerite; femora a mix of black shapes and yellow disc (Fig. 2); antennae, tibiae and tarsi a stronger intensity of iridescent blue-green. Head (Fig. 3): median portion of frontoclypeal disc slightly projecting anteriorly when viewed from above, appearing feebly angulately convex; surface otherwise entire; antennal cavities moderate-sized, separated by distance greater than individual diameter; ventral portion of frontoclypeus divided into three sections by pair of oblique costae which diverge dorsally; these costae become confluent with broadly, shallowly concave ventral margin; anteclypeus prominently visible dorsad labrum; antennomere 1 elongate, slightly swollen apically, more than 3x length of 2; 3 narrower than 1, 2, slender; 4–10 elongate, slender distally, expanding apically; 11 oblong, rounded apically. Pronotum: in general shape, trapezoidal, narrower from anterior margin and expanding to maximum width at posterior margin; anterior margin bisinuate; posterior margin biarcuate; posterolateral angles subacute; lateral margins nearly straight except for feebly convex midpoint; disc very slightly rounded across width in cross-section, slightly steeper laterad. Scutellum: small, elongate-ovoid with disc slightly concave. Elytra: each with ten subparallel broadly rounded costae from suture to lateral margin; several of the costae become confluent or terminate anterior to apices; lateral margins subparallel from slightly posteriad anterolateral angles to about posterior 1/3, then narrowing to bispinose apices; sutural spine slightly longer than margin spine; disc very feebly rounded across width in cross-section, slightly steeper laterad; pygidium not visible between or beyond apex. Thoracic ventrites: anterior margin of prosternum broadly, shallowly convex. Abdominal ventrites: suture between 1 and 2 feebly visible laterally; last visible (ventrite 5) with sides strongly attenuate, apex bispinose. Legs: pro- and, mesofemora shorter, fusiform; metafemora slightly longer, parallel-sided; tibiae very slightly bisinuate when viewed laterally; protibiae slightly expanded distally with one pair of stout brown teeth internally and a slightly angulate apex externally; tarsi with first four tarsomeres each shorter than preceding; each with ventral pulvillus on entire length; claws slightly appendiculate basally, then narrowing to stout tips. Ovipositor (Fig. 4): typical buprestid structure, i.e. elongate, membranous tube supported by sclerotized rods; apical coxites with stout sensory setae. Variation. An additional six female paratypes constitutes the type series. These vary in size (length: 17.1 mm – 21.5 mm; width: 5.2 mm – 5.9 mm) and slightly in color with two of the smaller specimens having the dorsal elytral markings nearly completely yellow and without the orange tinge as in the holotype and other paratypes. This color variation could be natural or could be the result of chemical exposure to the prepared specimens. Etymology. The specific epithet aurora is chosen from a Latin poetical word meaning “dawn” to highlight the dorsal elytral markings which appear as sunrise from the orange lateroposterior to the discal anterior yellow (Fig. 1). Specimens examined. Holotype, ♀ (CNIN): MEXICO, Veracruz 1200m Vol [cán] San Martin env. Sant [iago]. Tuxla, Juillet 2005; 6 paratypes: 1 ♀, same data as holotype; 1 ♀, [San Pedro de] Soteapan, Veracruz, MEXIQUE, 07.[19]99; 1 ♀, San Pedro de Soteapan, Veracruz 500/ 800m, MEXIQUE VII/ VIII 2000; 2 ♀♀, Mexico, Veracruz, San Pedro de Soteapan, 500–800m, VII-VIII-2001; 1 ♀, MEXICO VERACRUZ vicinity Santiago Tuxtlas, Volcán San Martin, Sierra de los Tuxtlas /18E33'00"N 095E12'00"W, 1200–1400m, 12.vii.2009, local collector. Paratypes are deposited in the following collections: CLBC, CNIN, RLWE and TNSB. Comments. As is clear from the images herein, B. aurora is similar in color and pattern to B. catoxantha. The recorded distribution of B. catoxantha is limited to El Progresso in Guatemala and the Mexican states of Hidalgo, Puebla and Veracruz; it is likely awaiting discovery in other southern Mexican states as well. With so much recorded habitat loss in southeastern Mexico, it may be too much to hope for a wider distribution of many things, particularly taxa with narrow host requirements.These two species can be separated by the obvious differences shown in the respective dorsal habitus illustration (Figs. 1, 17). The fact that there are two recently described species of Buprestis from Veracruz not only is suggestive of the rich biodiversity of that part of Mexico, but requires some brief mention of the trade in insect specimens that takes place in so many parts of the world. It has long been suspected that professional or mercenary collectors, perhaps Mexican nationals or foreign dealers, are collecting certain groups or in certain areas of mainland Mexico. Nearly all, if not all, of the known specimens of B. carabuho, including the original two on which the description was based (Westcott 1998) and all seven specimens of B. aurora discussed herein became available only through the insect trade network, principally several dealers from Europe. It is ironic that a country such as Mexico, widely known to be interested in understanding and sustaining biological diversity, would either be unaware or turn a blind eye in the direction of commercial ventures that may profoundly hamper such efforts. Certainly it is hard to control the movements of so many entering the country on tourist visas, but with the recent evolution of the Mexican system of collecting permits to all citizens and their foreign colleagues, it doesn’t seem that enough has been done in this area. Perhaps Mexico should consider something more well-defined and accepted such as Australia’s holotype declaration and permitting system? In an interesting and timely recent publication, Ross (2010) provided a discussion about the various habitats and plant communities of the same region of southeastern Veracruz as well as information about the indigenous people (the Popoluca) and regional changes he observed during his time in that area. Henry Hespenheide (in litt.) suggested B. aurora bears a general resemblance to the widespread neotropical buprestid Hiperantha interrogationis (Klug 1825), and thus potentially belonging to an undefined mimicry complex. While both of these taxa are recorded from the state of Veracruz, not enough is known about either to know if they share habitat or host preferences. The latter is less likely since species of Hiperantha, as with most of their stigmoderine relatives, are primarily flower-visiting as adults while Buprestis species generally feed on foliage of the larval host plant(s) and not flowers., Published as part of Bellamy, C. L., 2011, A new species of Buprestis Linnaeus, 1758 from Veracruz, Mexico (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Buprestini) and a brief discussion of the Mesoamerican species of the subgenus Knulliobuprestis Kurosawa, 1988, pp. 49-56 in Zootaxa 2803 on pages 50-55, {"references":["Westcott, R. L. (1998) Three new species of Buprestidae from Mexico (Coleoptera). Jewel Beetles, 6, 18 - 22.","Obenberger, J. (1928) Opuscula Buprestologica I. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Buprestiden (Col.). Archiv fur Naturgeschichte, 92 (A) 9 - 11 (1926), 1 - 350.","Gory, H. L. (1840) Histoire naturelle et iconographie des insectes Coleopteres. Supplement aux Buprestides. P. Dumenil, Paris. Volume 4, livraisons 36 - 42, pp. 1 - 72, genera: Sternocera, Julodis, Acmaeodera, Chrysochroa, Chrysodema, Ptosima, Coeculus (pp. 79 - 80), Buprestis (pp. 81 - 106; 112 - 125), Polycesta.","Duges, D. E. (1891) Descripcion de coleopteros indigenas de la familia de los Buprestidos. La Naturaleza, (Serie 2) 2, 1 - 38, plates 1 & 2.","Ross, G. N. (2010) Living with the Popoluca: another adventure in remote Mexico. News of the Lepidopterists' Society, 52 (4), 118 - 127."]}

Chrysobothris fiji sp. nov. (Figs. 2���6) Description of holotype (♀). Diagnosis. Body generally flattened above although slightly transversely convex laterally; very slightly transversely convex below on disc of thoracic and abdominal ventrites; length 13.2 mm, maximum width (across elytral humeri) 5.8 mm; dark aeneous dorsally, with a red-cupreous tint on distal clypeal margin, base of each mandible, thoracic and abdominal ventrites laterally and most of each femur and tibia; otherwise with bright green to blue-green as follows: eight elytral foveae, basal antennomeres, maxillary palpomeres, median portion of thoracic ventrites and abdominal ventrites 1 ���4, apicolateral angles of abdominal ventrites 2, 3, 4, at bispinose apex of 5; additionally the elytral foveae each have a very thin bright cupreous perimeter; surface of head rugulose-lacunose laterally, imbricate medially; pronotum punctate generally, additionally irregularly transversely or obliquely rugose medially; elytra generally punctate, with posterior half additionally transversely rugose; ventral surface generally more finely punctate, lateroposterior surface of prosternum transversely rugose; dorsal surface mostly glabrous, sparse, moderately long, recumbant white setae on frontovertex and on apicolateral portions of pronotum and elytra; a more dense amount of setae along posterior margin of each eye, partially underlying anterior margin of pronotum; one seta posteriad each lateroposterior marginal spine projecting posteriorly; antennomeres, labrum, legs and ventral surface with a slightly more dense setal covering, especially on disc of thoracic ventrites. Head. Frontovertex very feebly projecting beyond outline of head; surface flattened to a broad, shallow depression medially, which narrows between antennal cavities; eyes very large with inner margins very strongly converging dorsally; antennal cavities large, shallow, separated by distance approximately equal to width of each cavity; clypeal distal margin nearly evenly transverse, slightly thickened laterally and with very slight median angulate emargination; gena with very slight oblique depression beneath eye to receive basal antennomeres in repose. Antennae. Short, compact, antennomere 1 stout, subequal in length to 2+3; 2 short, flattened; 3 nearly 2x length of 2; 4���10 short, compact, slight wider than long, each with lateral projection rounded; 11 slightly longer than 10, roundly oblique. Pronotum. Width 2x length, maximum width slightly anterior to posterior margin; anterior margin evenly transverse medially, with slight anterior arch laterally; lateral margin bisinuate, generally subparallel to each other; posterior margin moderately biarcuate, with very feeble medial emargination anterior to scutellum; lateroposterior angles broadly rounded, subacute; disc more or less evenly transversly convex. Scutellum. Moderate in size, subtriangular, anterior margin feebly convex, lateral margins feebly concave, all three angles narrowly acuminate. Elytra. Wider opposite humeri than maximum pronotal width; anterior margin bisinuate, one slightly projecting anterior lobe inside median longitude; disc flattened, very slightly transversely convex; with four very slightly elevated, impunctate costae as in Fig. 2; each elytron with four impressed foveae as follows: one between costae 1 and 2 on anterior lobe; one between costae 1 and 2 before midpoint of elytral length; one pair, with one each overlying costae 2 and 3 respectively; lateral margins with humeral angle broadly arcuate, then slightly narrowing before widening at posterior 1/3, then moderately attenuate to separately spinose apices; margin serrulate from humeral angle to about anterior 1/3, thereafter widely serrate to apex. Pygidium not visible beyond elytral apices. Thoracic ventrites. Prosternum slightly longitudinally convex on disc, process strongly trispinose, with lateral projections longer than posterior projection; metacoxae moderately dilated. Legs. Femora fusiform, profemora each with a single short, broad angulate tooth projecting ventrad; tibiae feebly arcuate, each with single distal spine; tarsomeres 1 subequal in length to 2+3, 2 very slightly longer than 3, 4 shorter than 3, 5 longer than 1���4 together; 2���4 with single ventral pulvillus; claws simple but with very slight basal appendix. Abdominal ventrites. Suture between 1 and 2 invisible medially; posterolateral angles of ventrites 1���4 strongly acute (Fig. 3); 5 with longitudinal medial carina with extends onto median angulate projection beyond distal margin, apex strongly laterally bispinose (Fig. 6). Female genitalia. Not dissected. Variation. Only known from the holotype. Etymology. The specific epithet is obviously chosen for the country of origin. Specimens examined. Holotype ♀ from FIJI: Vanua Levu, Bua Prov., Batiqere Range, 6 km NW Kilaka Village, 98m, 28.VI���21.VII.2004, Malaise 5, Schlinger, Tokota���a. 16.807ES, 178.991EE. FBA 146231. Holotype to be deposited in FNIC. Fiji Distribution: Vanua Levu Comments. Traditionally (e.g. Fisher 1942), the important diagnostic features used to distinguish species of Chrysobothris are: clypeal margin (Fig. 3), armature of the male protibia, apex of abdominal ventrite 5 (Fig. 5) and male genitalia. According to comments of my colleague Wolfgang Barries (in litt., 25 February 2009), C. fiji comes near to C. costata Kerremans, 1895 (Fig. 1, syntype, BMNH) from the Mariana Islands, differing by color, three pairs of elytral foveae and prominence of the elytral costae. Barries (2006, 2008, 2009) has begun a long-term study of Chrysobothris from the wider Indo-Oriental biogeographic region. He suspects that each Pacific island may have one, or more, endemic species, many of which belong to the C. indica Gory & Laporte species-group characterized by having three pairs of elytral foveae and has seen undescribed species from Palau and Samoa., Published as part of Bellamy, C. L., 2009, A new species of Chrysobothris Eschscholtz, 1829, the first from Fiji (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), pp. 63-65 in Zootaxa 2261 (1) on pages 63-65, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2261.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/5305689, {"references":["Kerremans, C. 1895. Buprestides d'Indo-Malais. Annales de la Societe entomologique de Belgique, 39, 192 - 224.","Fisher, W. S. 1942. A revision of the North American species of buprestid beetles belonging to the tribe Chrysobothrini. United States Department of Agriculture, Miscellaneous Publications, Number 470, 1 - 274.","Barries, W. 2006. Zwei neue Arten deer Gattung Chrysobothris (s. str.) Eschscholtz, 1829 von den Philippinen (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Chrysobothrini). Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Osterreichischer Entomologen 58, 77 - 81.","Barries, W. 2008. Vier neue Arten der Gattung Chrysobothris (s. str.) Eschscholtz, 1829 aus Indonesien (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Chrysobothrini). Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Osterreichischer Entomologen 60 (1 - 2), 37 - 47.","Barries, W. 2009. Chrysobothris (s. str.) jakli sp. n. aus Indonesien (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Chrysobothrini). Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Osterreichischer Entomologen 61 (1 - 2), 51 - 54."]}

Genus Strandietta Obenberger, 1931 Strandietta Obenberger, 1931a: 195; Bellamy, 1991: 6; 2003: 79. Type species: Strandietta schoutedeni Obenberger, 1931 (fixed by subsequent designation: Bellamy 1986b:239). Comments. Within this genus, there are five diminutive species belonging to two species-groups which are distinct by configuration of the depression on the frontovertex, shape of the pronotum and surface sculpture of the elytra. With a new species from southern Africa described below, it seems appropriate to present a key to distinguish these taxa., Published as part of Bellamy, C. L., 2008, New taxa, distribution and biological records of Afrotropical Coraebini Bedel, 1921 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae), pp. 1-15 in Zootaxa 1848 on page 7, {"references":["Obenberger, J. (1931 a) Studien uber die aethiopischen Buprestiden I. Folia Zoologica et Hydrobiologica, 2, 175 - 201.","Bellamy, C. L. (1991) A catalogue of the Coroebini of sub-Saharan Africa (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Department of Agriculture and Water Supply, Republic of South Africa, Entomology Memoirs, No. 81, 19 pp.","Bellamy, C. L. (2003) An illustrated summary of the higher classification of the superfamily Buprestoidea (Coleoptera). Folia Heyrovskyana, Supplementum 10, 197 pp, 44 plates.","Bellamy, C. L. (1986 b) Rectifications and descriptions of new taxa of Coraebini (Coleoptera, Buprestidae, Agrilinae). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 49 (2), 239 - 249."]}

Subtribe Toxoscelina Majer, 2001 Toxoscelina Majer in Kubá ň, et al., 2001: 207; Bellamy, 2003: 75. Type genus: Toxoscelus Deyrolle, 1864., Published as part of Bellamy, C. L., 2008, New taxa, distribution and biological records of Afrotropical Coraebini Bedel, 1921 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae), pp. 1-15 in Zootaxa 1848 on page 2, {"references":["Kuba n, V., Majer, K. & Koliba c, J. (2001) Classification of the tribe Coraebini Bedel, 1921 (Coleoptera, Buprestidae, Agrilinae). Acta Musei Moraviae, Scientiae biologicae (Brno), 85 (2000), 185 - 287.","Bellamy, C. L. (2003) An illustrated summary of the higher classification of the superfamily Buprestoidea (Coleoptera). Folia Heyrovskyana, Supplementum 10, 197 pp, 44 plates.","Deyrolle, H. (1864) Description des Buprestides de la Malaisie recueilles par M. Wallace pendant son voyage dans cet Archipel. Annales de la Societe entomologique de Belgique, 8, 1 - 280, 4 plates, i - iii in color. [English summary including keys in Zoological Record for 1865]"]}

Paradorella natalensis, sp. nov. (Figs. 5, 6) Description (male holotype). Length 6.2 mm x maximum width 1.9 mm; elongate, flattened above; entire integument nitid black with various subtle reflected colors, depending upon angle of reflection; setal pattern with several small areas of concentration on pronotum and elytra and elytra with three transverse "zig-zag" fasciae, one pair at about midpoint, third just beyond apical fourth. Head. Frontovertex slightly produced between widely separated eyes, appearing truncate from above, slightly longitudinally depressed; relatively large, ovoid eyes with inner margins diverging dorsad; circumocular groove entire along inner and outer margins, invisible beneath portion hidden by pronotum, groove confluent at ventral midpoint of eye, then slight narrow groove extends ventrad on gena; supra-antennal groove biarcuate, confluent medially between large antennal cavities; distal margin of epistome narrowly arcuate; gena depressed for basal antennomeres, and with slight rounded distal projection ventral to eye. Antenna with antennomere 2 globose, 3 narrower, shorter than 2, 3 subequal to 4, 5–10 serrate, progressively shorter and wider, 11 oblong, oblique. Pronotum. Wider than long, nearly 1.4x as wide as long, widest just posterior to midpoint; anterior margin arcuate medially; basal margin strongly biarcuate with median lobe subtruncate; lateral margins widening past obtuse lateroposterior angles to midpoint and the narrowing arcuately in anterior half; disc with three small depressions: one round, median in anterior half and one pair more elongate, transverse in posterior half; disc with one irregular slight carina on either side before margin. Scutellum triangular, nearly equilateral. Elytra. Width at base equal to pronotal maximum width, widest across humeri, then narrowing to just before midpoint, before slightly widening, sides subparallel to posterior third before gradually narrowing to separately rounded apices; epipleuron short, separated from disc by carina. Underside. Prosternum somewhat convex, mentonniere short, feebly bilobed, process subparallel between procoxae, apex acuminate; abdominal sterna with 1 and 2 completely fused, no visible suture, these two together slightly longer than length of 3–5; 5 broadly rounded to subtruncate apex, entire submarginal groove. Legs. Femora feebly fusiform, subparallel, tibiae somewhat flattened, slightly swollen near base; metatibiae with setal comb on distal half of outer face; tarsi with ventral pulvilli on tarsomeres 1–4, each slightly shorter and each slightly wider; 5 elongate, narrow and with appendiculate claws. Genitalia as in Fig. 6. Specimens examined. Holotype ♂ (TMSA): South Africa: Natal, Karkloof Forest, 1300 m, 29.18S, 30.13E, 5.xii.1989, E-Y:2742, Endrödy & Klimaszewski. Etymology. The new specific epithet is chosen for the old South African provincial name "Natal" (now Kwazulu-Natal). Comments. This species is named for the province of origin, collected in Natal before the adoption of the current provincial name (Kwazulu-Natal) and is the only species known from outside of the eastern Cape. Paradorella natalensis differs from its congeners most substantially by the black coloration and is the only species with antennae serrate from antennomere 5. The species of Paradorella can be distinguished in the following key, Published as part of Bellamy, C. L., 2008, New taxa, distribution and biological records of Afrotropical Coraebini Bedel, 1921 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae), pp. 1-15 in Zootaxa 1848 on page 5

Strandietta jakobsoni Obenberger, 1931 Strandietta jakobsoni Obenberger, 1931a: 196; 1934: 807; Bellamy, 1986b: 242; 1991: 6. Cryptodactylus jakobsoni: Burgeon, 1941: 212. Specimens examined. Congo (NMPC 23629)., Published as part of Bellamy, C. L., 2008, New taxa, distribution and biological records of Afrotropical Coraebini Bedel, 1921 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae), pp. 1-15 in Zootaxa 1848 on page 7, {"references":["Obenberger, J. (1931 a) Studien uber die aethiopischen Buprestiden I. Folia Zoologica et Hydrobiologica, 2, 175 - 201.","Obenberger, J. (1934) Buprestidae 4. In: Junk, W., Schenkling, S. Coleopterorum Catalogus, 143, 782 - 934.","Bellamy, C. L. (1986 b) Rectifications and descriptions of new taxa of Coraebini (Coleoptera, Buprestidae, Agrilinae). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 49 (2), 239 - 249.","Bellamy, C. L. (1991) A catalogue of the Coroebini of sub-Saharan Africa (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Department of Agriculture and Water Supply, Republic of South Africa, Entomology Memoirs, No. 81, 19 pp.","Burgeon, L. (1941) Catalogues raisonnes de la faune entomologique du Congo Belge. Coleopteres. Buprestides. Annales du Musee du Congo Belge, C, (Zool.), ser. III (II), tome V., fasc. 3, 121 - 276."]}

Pseudokerremansia zuluensis, sp. nov. (Figs. 7–9) Description (male holotype). Small, length 6,6 x maximum width 1,9 mm; elongate; body ventrally convex when viewed from side; shining black; surface sculpture on head irregularly striate, on pronotum and elytra rugosely imbricate; surface with sparse coat of short, dark (perhaps greased) recumbent setae. Head: slightly produced between large eyes; inner margin of eyes moderately diverging dorsad; frons and vertex each with a pair of feeble tubercules separated by longitudinal groove; frons with slight medial depression below tubercules channeled between antennal foveae; antennal foveae moderate, close, separated by distance less than individual width, with diagonally transverse excavation laterally for basal antennomeres in repose; epistome bisinuate ventrad antennal foveae, widely, shallowly emarginate medially; antennomeres with 1 curved and wider distally, 2 as wide as 1 and subequal to 3, 3 elongate and wider distally, 4 shorter than 3 and subserrate, serrate from 5, 5–10 longer than wide, 11 elongate and feebly recurved distally. Pronotum: wider than head, nearly 1.3x wide as long, widest at middle; anterior margin angularly arcuate, lateral margins arcuate, posterior margin bisinuate; disk irregular with large depressions as follows: one central, large, circular before middle, posteriorly narrowed into elongate longitudinal groove extending to base; on either side of wide, elongate groove from base to apical one-third, longitudinally in line with eye, laterally bordered by prelateral carina from just anteriad base up to opposite apical one-third of margin; a narrow elongate depression between prelateral carina and lateral margin, extending anteriad to beyond the carina. Scutellum of moderate size, triangular and finely punctate. Elytra: widest at base, narrow than pronotum; lateral margins subparallel, broadly concave from beyond across humeri to posterior one-third, exposing dorsolateral lateral extent of dilated metacoxal plate and abdominal sterna 1, 2, 3 and 4, then narrowing gradually to separately rounded, finely serrulate apices; disk flattened, even except for: humeri elevated diagonally, and large, anteriorly declivous preapical swelling on each elytron; pygidium centrally carinate extending to elongate apical spine. Underside: prosternum with disk convex, finely rugose; process narrow, slightly wider preapically, broadly acuminate, with prelateral carina entire on perimeter; metaventrite discally convex; abdominal sterna 1–4 strongly convex, sutures transverse; abdominal ventrite 5 flattened discally with preapical truncate margin. Legs: femora slightly flattened, fusiform; tibiae flattened, margins carinate; femora and tibiae striatopunctate; dorsal surface of tibiae excavate to receive tarsi in repose; tarsomeres 1–4 short, subequal, each with ventral pulvillus, increasing in length distally, 5 longer than 1–4 taken together; tarsal claws strongly appendiculate basally. Aedeagus as in Fig. 9. Variation. The female paratype differs from the holotype only in size: length 2,5 x width 2,1 mm. Specimens examined. Holotype, ♂ (TMSA): S. Afr. Zululand, Lake Bhangazi, 28.07S - 32.21E / 12.12.1975; E-Y:969, beaten in forest, leg. Endrödy-Younga; 1 ♀ paratype (SANC): Natal, Kosi Bay, Banga Nek, 27.00S 32.53E, 50 m, 11.ii.1990, B. Grobbelaar. Etymology. This new species is named for the old regional name 'Zululand'. Comments. This new second species can be separated from P. arcuata as follows: P. arcuata has the serrate antennomeres longer than wide from 6, while in P. zuluensis the serrate antennomeres are slightly wider than long from 5; the elytral topography of swollen areas differs between the two species with the disk of P. arcuata more irregular having additional elevations; the extent of the lateral emargination of P. zuluensis results in more of the abdominal tergites being visible from above. The dark setation of this species is possibly the result of a greased condition of the holotype., Published as part of Bellamy, C. L., 2008, New taxa, distribution and biological records of Afrotropical Coraebini Bedel, 1921 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae), pp. 1-15 in Zootaxa 1848 on pages 6-7

Genus Discoderoides Théry, 1936 Discoderoides Théry, 1936: 12; Bellamy, 2003: 76. Type species: Discoderoides priesneri Théry, 1936 (fixed by original monotypy)., Published as part of Bellamy, C. L., 2008, New taxa, distribution and biological records of Afrotropical Coraebini Bedel, 1921 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae), pp. 1-15 in Zootaxa 1848 on page 3, {"references":["Thery, A. (1936) Description de Buprestides nouveaux de la Faune Egyptienne et remarques synonymique (Coleoptera). Bulletin de la Societe Royale Entomologique d'Egypte, 20, 3 - 15.","Bellamy, C. L. (2003) An illustrated summary of the higher classification of the superfamily Buprestoidea (Coleoptera). Folia Heyrovskyana, Supplementum 10, 197 pp, 44 plates."]}

Genus Pseudokerremansia Bellamy & Holm, 1985 Pseudokerremansia Bellamy & Holm, 1985: 125; Bellamy, 1991: 6; 2003: 79. Type species: Kerremansia arcuata Péringuey, 1908 (fixed by original designation). Comments. This now bitypic genus has heretofore only been known for the holotype of the genotype species, P. arcuata (Péringuey, 1908) as discussed earlier by Bellamy & Holm (1985). Considering the diversity of coraebine taxa from Subsaharan Africa, including Madagascar (e.g. Bellamy, 2001, 2006b), it is not surprising to find that another species exists., Published as part of Bellamy, C. L., 2008, New taxa, distribution and biological records of Afrotropical Coraebini Bedel, 1921 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae), pp. 1-15 in Zootaxa 1848 on page 6, {"references":["Bellamy, C. L. & Holm, E. (1985) Studies in the African Agrilinae, Coraebini I (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 48 (1), 121 - 128.","Bellamy, C. L. (1991) A catalogue of the Coroebini of sub-Saharan Africa (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Department of Agriculture and Water Supply, Republic of South Africa, Entomology Memoirs, No. 81, 19 pp.","Bellamy, C. L. (2003) An illustrated summary of the higher classification of the superfamily Buprestoidea (Coleoptera). Folia Heyrovskyana, Supplementum 10, 197 pp, 44 plates.","Bellamy, C. L. (2001) The Madagascan Coraebina Bedel, 1921 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae: Agrilini): introduction and systematic catalogue. Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 38, 57 - 70.","Bellamy, C. L. (2006 b) Insecta Coleoptera Buprestidae de Madagascar et des iles voisines, catalogue annote. [Insecta Coleoptera Buprestidae of Madagascar and adjacent islands, an annotated catalogue]. Faune de Madagascar, 92, vi + 7 - 263 pp., 8 color plates."]}

Discoderoides alluaudi (Kerremans, 1914) (Fig. 4) Planidia alluaudi Kerremans, 1914: 231; Obenberger, 1934: 801. Discoderoides alluaudi: Jelínek, 1971: 2; Bellamy, 1986a: 139; 1991: 4. Cryptodactylus abyssinicus Théry, 1930: 165; Obenberger, 1934: 803; Bellamy, 1986a: 139 (synonymy); 1991: 4. Comments. New distributional data for this species are: ETHIOPIA, Sidamo Prov., 60 km N Yavello, vi.1994, leg. K. Werner; KENYA, Meru Dist. Materi (Mitunguu), 5–13.ix.1988, leg. D. Gianasso (new country record)., Published as part of Bellamy, C. L., 2008, New taxa, distribution and biological records of Afrotropical Coraebini Bedel, 1921 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae), pp. 1-15 in Zootaxa 1848 on page 3, {"references":["Kerremans, C. (1914) Buprestidae. In: Voyage de Ch. Alluad et R. Jeannel en Afrique orientale (1911 - 1912). Resultats scientifique, Memoire No. 28, Coleoptera VI, pp. 207 - 246.","Obenberger, J. (1934) Buprestidae 4. In: Junk, W., Schenkling, S. Coleopterorum Catalogus, 143, 782 - 934.","Jelinek, J. (1971) Revision of the genus Planidia Kerremans (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). Opuscula Zoologica, 120, 1 - 11.","Bellamy, C. L. (1986 a) Studies in the African Agrilinae, Coraebini IV (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). Navorsinge van die Nasionale Museum, Bloemfontein, 5 (8), 93 - 167.","Bellamy, C. L. (1991) A catalogue of the Coroebini of sub-Saharan Africa (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Department of Agriculture and Water Supply, Republic of South Africa, Entomology Memoirs, No. 81, 19 pp.","Thery, A. (1930) Buprestides nouveaux d'Afrique (Deuxieme note). Bulletin de la Societe des Sciences Naturelles du Maroc, 9 (1929), 139 - 171."]}

Ethiopoeus croesus (Obenberger, 1931), comb. nov. (Figs. 12–16) Meliboeus croesus Obenberger, 1931b: 209; 1934: 901; Bellamy 1991: 12. Redescription. Maximum length ca. 5.2–6.7 mm, elongate-ovoid, subcylindrical; integument generally black with steel-blue reflections on head and ventral surface; head with or without coppery reflections on frontovertex; pronotum and elytra cupreous to red-coppery except for paired black markings with steel-blue reflections: pronotum with one pair in posterior half, elytra with two pairs of spots, two pairs of lateral fasciae and in some specimens the apex black; surface coasely punctate on head and median portion of ventral surface; portion of dorsal surface with cupreous reflections also punctate-imbricate and setose; pronotal and elytra spots and fasciae generally only feebly punctate and glabrose; dorsal surface generally with moderate cover of short, stout, semi-transparent white, recurved setae; ventral surface with moderate cover of similar colored setae except these appressed, except for very dense concentration of off-white setae on posterolateral portion of mesoventrite and adjacent metacoxal plate; frontovertex broad, slightly produced between eyes; eyes large, inner margins diverging dorsally; circumocular groove along inner margin extending more than half of eye circumference; supra-antennal groove above large antennal cavities; antennal cavities narrowly separated, width of separation less than width of each antennal cavity; clypeal margin broadly, shallowly emarginate; gena with shallow transverse depression for basal antennae in repose; distal margin of gena with stout, acute tooth; antennae with antennomere 1, longer than 2+3, feebly arcuate; 2 slightly longer, more globose than 3; serrate from antennomere 4: 4 triangular, 5–10 each successively wider than long, 11 oblong, rounded distally; pronotum 1.4 times wider than long, widest near midpoint, narrowing to posterior margin; anterior margin convex; posterior margin sinuate on either side of bispinose prescutellar lobe; disc transversely convex, except for slight depression on either side of middle in posterior 1/2; lateral margin crenulate; one premarginal carina on either side; scutellum biplanar, wider than long, transversely carinate; elytra slightly narrower than maximum pronotal width, widest across humeri and at about posterior 1/3; humeri moderately elevated; lateral margin biarcuate, narrowing medially, apices separately rounded, lateroposterior margin finely serrate; disc transversely convex; epipleuron not extending to apex, widest with margin subparallel to elytral margin in anterior half; pygidium not visible beyond elytra, with apical margin entire; prosternum short, longitudinally compressed, with short, feebly, steeply declivous, bilobed mentonniere; disc transversely convex; process broad, subparallel between procoxae, apex feebly trilobed; abdominal ventrites feebly expanded laterally, ventrites 1 and 2 longer than 3+4+5; ventrite 5 with premarginal groove, apex entire, without sexual morphology; legs with tibiae subquadrate in cross-section, feebly arcuate outer edge; metatibiae with setal comb of stout short, erect semi-transparent white setae along upper margin on apical ½; tarsi with tarsomeres 1–4 with ventral pulvilli; tarsal claws bifid; male genitalia as in Fig. 15; ovipositor as in Fig. 16. Specimens examined. Lectotype ♂ (new designation) (ZIN): fl. Mieissa, Abessinia, Brovtsyn [leg] 17.IV.[19]05; paralectotype (sex?) (NMPC 23922): Katschinuoha, Tschertscher Abess. Brovtsyn [leg] 12.III.1903; additional specimens: 2 ex, Abyssinia, 12.4.1905, Sedov [leg]; 1 ex, Abyss., 7.VI.1897, Kachunuga, Tabichev [leg]; 4 ex, Abyssinia, Avdench, 70 km W Dirdaun, 26.VII.1918, expedition of Gumilev, Sverchkov [leg]; 5 ex, Abyssinia, Mul'u River, 18.IV.1905, Sedov [leg]; 1 ex, Abyssinia, Danakie desert, Adiss-Adebba, 1905, Sedov [leg]., Published as part of Bellamy, C. L., 2008, New taxa, distribution and biological records of Afrotropical Coraebini Bedel, 1921 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae), pp. 1-15 in Zootaxa 1848 on pages 11-12, {"references":["Obenberger, J. (1931 b) Specierum generis Meliboeus H. Deyrolle diagnoses praeliminares (Coleoptera. Buprestidae). Folia Zoologica et Hydrobiologica, 2, 202 - 219.","Obenberger, J. (1934) Buprestidae 4. In: Junk, W., Schenkling, S. Coleopterorum Catalogus, 143, 782 - 934.","Bellamy, C. L. (1991) A catalogue of the Coroebini of sub-Saharan Africa (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Department of Agriculture and Water Supply, Republic of South Africa, Entomology Memoirs, No. 81, 19 pp."]}

Anodontodora aurulans (Obenberger, 1922) (Fig. 23) Discoderes aurulans Obenberger, 1922: 128. Anodontodora aurulans: Obenberger 1931a: 193; Bellamy 1991: 2. Specimens examined. A single specimen (NMPC) from Zimbabwe, Mutare, Inyanga, km 34, 1250m, 12.II.1987 (new country record) and 3 specimens (ZMHB, CLBC): R.S. Africa, Northern Cape Province, Quaggafontein 478, 15 km SWS Soebatfontein, 30°11'21.0"S / 17°32'55.0"E, yellow pan traps, 29.ix–5.x.2002., Published as part of Bellamy, C. L., 2008, New taxa, distribution and biological records of Afrotropical Coraebini Bedel, 1921 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae), pp. 1-15 in Zootaxa 1848 on page 13, {"references":["Obenberger, J. (1922) Beitrage zur Kenntnis Buprestiden (Col). Archiv fur Naturgeschicte, 88 (A), Heft 12, 64 - 168.","Obenberger, J. (1931 a) Studien uber die aethiopischen Buprestiden I. Folia Zoologica et Hydrobiologica, 2, 175 - 201.","Bellamy, C. L. (1991) A catalogue of the Coroebini of sub-Saharan Africa (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Department of Agriculture and Water Supply, Republic of South Africa, Entomology Memoirs, No. 81, 19 pp."]}

Strandietta nodosa (Kerremans, 1914) Cryptodactylus nodosa Kerremans, 1914: 355; Burgeon, 1941: 212. Strandietta nodosa: Obenberger, 1934: 804; Bellamy, 1986b: 242; 1991: 6. Specimens examined. ' Zaïre' [Democratic Republic of Congo] (MRAC); The Gambia: Western Div., Kombo District, Lamin Bridge, 2.ix.1997, D. J. Mann /marginal veg. at edge of rice fields, NMW.Z. 1998.050 (OXUM) (new country record)., Published as part of Bellamy, C. L., 2008, New taxa, distribution and biological records of Afrotropical Coraebini Bedel, 1921 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae), pp. 1-15 in Zootaxa 1848 on page 7, {"references":["Kerremans, C. (1914) Buprestidae. In: Voyage de Ch. Alluad et R. Jeannel en Afrique orientale (1911 - 1912). Resultats scientifique, Memoire No. 28, Coleoptera VI, pp. 207 - 246.","Burgeon, L. (1941) Catalogues raisonnes de la faune entomologique du Congo Belge. Coleopteres. Buprestides. Annales du Musee du Congo Belge, C, (Zool.), ser. III (II), tome V., fasc. 3, 121 - 276.","Obenberger, J. (1934) Buprestidae 4. In: Junk, W., Schenkling, S. Coleopterorum Catalogus, 143, 782 - 934.","Bellamy, C. L. (1986 b) Rectifications and descriptions of new taxa of Coraebini (Coleoptera, Buprestidae, Agrilinae). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 49 (2), 239 - 249.","Bellamy, C. L. (1991) A catalogue of the Coroebini of sub-Saharan Africa (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Department of Agriculture and Water Supply, Republic of South Africa, Entomology Memoirs, No. 81, 19 pp."]}

Genus Chalcophlocteis Obenberger, 1924 Chalcophlocteis Obenberger, 1924: 27; 1934: 801; Bellamy, 1986a: 123; 1988a: 112; 1991: 5; 2003: 75. Type species: Phlocteis dives Péringuey, 1908 (fixed by original designation). Comments. This genus, along with Asymades Kerremans 1893, are two bitypic coraebine genera in Africa (Figs. 1–3), one distributed in southern Africa and the other in east Africa., Published as part of Bellamy, C. L., 2008, New taxa, distribution and biological records of Afrotropical Coraebini Bedel, 1921 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae), pp. 1-15 in Zootaxa 1848 on page 2, {"references":["Obenberger, J. (1924) Druha r ada novych rod u c eledi Buprestidae (Coleoptera). Deuxieme serie de nouveaux genres de Buprestides. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 2, 7 - 44.","Obenberger, J. (1934) Buprestidae 4. In: Junk, W., Schenkling, S. Coleopterorum Catalogus, 143, 782 - 934.","Bellamy, C. L. (1986 a) Studies in the African Agrilinae, Coraebini IV (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). Navorsinge van die Nasionale Museum, Bloemfontein, 5 (8), 93 - 167.","Bellamy, C. L. (1988 a) Studies in the African Agrilinae, Coroebini VI (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 51 (1), 101 - 114.","Bellamy, C. L. (1991) A catalogue of the Coroebini of sub-Saharan Africa (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Department of Agriculture and Water Supply, Republic of South Africa, Entomology Memoirs, No. 81, 19 pp.","Bellamy, C. L. (2003) An illustrated summary of the higher classification of the superfamily Buprestoidea (Coleoptera). Folia Heyrovskyana, Supplementum 10, 197 pp, 44 plates."]}

Subtribe Clematina Majer, 2001 Clematina Majer in Kubá ň, et al., 2001: 215; Bellamy 2003: 85., Published as part of Bellamy, C. L., 2008, New taxa, distribution and biological records of Afrotropical Coraebini Bedel, 1921 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae), pp. 1-15 in Zootaxa 1848 on page 12, {"references":["Kuba n, V., Majer, K. & Koliba c, J. (2001) Classification of the tribe Coraebini Bedel, 1921 (Coleoptera, Buprestidae, Agrilinae). Acta Musei Moraviae, Scientiae biologicae (Brno), 85 (2000), 185 - 287.","Bellamy, C. L. (2003) An illustrated summary of the higher classification of the superfamily Buprestoidea (Coleoptera). Folia Heyrovskyana, Supplementum 10, 197 pp, 44 plates."]}

Strandietta schoutedeni Obenberger, 1931 Strandietta schoutedeni Obenberger, 1931a: 195; 1934: 807; Bellamy, 1986b: 242; 1991: 6. Cryptodactylus schoutedeni: Burgeon, 1941: 212. Specimens examined. 2 specimens (NMPC 23627, 8): 'Zaïre' [Democratic Republic of Congo]; 1 specimen (NMPC 23628): ZAIRE (MRAC) Ituri, La Moto, Madyu, L. Burgeon: smaller, likely ♂., Published as part of Bellamy, C. L., 2008, New taxa, distribution and biological records of Afrotropical Coraebini Bedel, 1921 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae), pp. 1-15 in Zootaxa 1848 on page 8, {"references":["Obenberger, J. (1931 a) Studien uber die aethiopischen Buprestiden I. Folia Zoologica et Hydrobiologica, 2, 175 - 201.","Obenberger, J. (1934) Buprestidae 4. In: Junk, W., Schenkling, S. Coleopterorum Catalogus, 143, 782 - 934.","Bellamy, C. L. (1986 b) Rectifications and descriptions of new taxa of Coraebini (Coleoptera, Buprestidae, Agrilinae). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 49 (2), 239 - 249.","Bellamy, C. L. (1991) A catalogue of the Coroebini of sub-Saharan Africa (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Department of Agriculture and Water Supply, Republic of South Africa, Entomology Memoirs, No. 81, 19 pp.","Burgeon, L. (1941) Catalogues raisonnes de la faune entomologique du Congo Belge. Coleopteres. Buprestides. Annales du Musee du Congo Belge, C, (Zool.), ser. III (II), tome V., fasc. 3, 121 - 276."]}

Genus Anodontodora Obenberger, 1931 Anodontodora Obenberger, 1931a: 189, 193; Bellamy 2003: 85. Type species: Discoderes aurulans Obenberger, 1922 (fixed by original designation). Comments. Both species in this genus were described from "Capland", presumbably the old Cape Province of South Africa, (Obenberger 1922). The new records below increase our understanding of the distribution for both species., Published as part of Bellamy, C. L., 2008, New taxa, distribution and biological records of Afrotropical Coraebini Bedel, 1921 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae), pp. 1-15 in Zootaxa 1848 on page 13, {"references":["Obenberger, J. (1931 a) Studien uber die aethiopischen Buprestiden I. Folia Zoologica et Hydrobiologica, 2, 175 - 201.","Bellamy, C. L. (2003) An illustrated summary of the higher classification of the superfamily Buprestoidea (Coleoptera). Folia Heyrovskyana, Supplementum 10, 197 pp, 44 plates.","Obenberger, J. (1922) Beitrage zur Kenntnis Buprestiden (Col). Archiv fur Naturgeschicte, 88 (A), Heft 12, 64 - 168."]}

Genus Paradorella Obenberger, 1923 Paradorella Obenberger, 1923: 26; 1931a: 189; 1934: 800; Bellamy, 1991: 3; 2003: 78. Type species: Paradorella capensis Obenberger, 1923 (fixed by original monotypy)., Published as part of Bellamy, C. L., 2008, New taxa, distribution and biological records of Afrotropical Coraebini Bedel, 1921 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae), pp. 1-15 in Zootaxa 1848 on page 3, {"references":["Obenberger, J. (1923) R ada novych rod u c eledi Buprestidae (Coleoptera). Une serie de nouveaux genres de Buprestides. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 1, 13 - 44.","Obenberger, J. (1931 a) Studien uber die aethiopischen Buprestiden I. Folia Zoologica et Hydrobiologica, 2, 175 - 201.","Obenberger, J. (1934) Buprestidae 4. In: Junk, W., Schenkling, S. Coleopterorum Catalogus, 143, 782 - 934.","Bellamy, C. L. (1991) A catalogue of the Coroebini of sub-Saharan Africa (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Department of Agriculture and Water Supply, Republic of South Africa, Entomology Memoirs, No. 81, 19 pp.","Bellamy, C. L. (2003) An illustrated summary of the higher classification of the superfamily Buprestoidea (Coleoptera). Folia Heyrovskyana, Supplementum 10, 197 pp, 44 plates."]}

Strandietta austroafricana, sp. nov. (Figs. 10, 11) Description (holotype, sex unknown, genitalia missing). Length 4.7 mm x maximum width 1.5 mm; widest across humeri; surface black, median portion of elytral disc with faint blue or purple reflections; dorsal surface rugose-punctate on head and pronotum, elytra uneven, transversely rugose, finely imbricate; ventral surface shagreened; head and pronotum with sparsely positioned short, white recumbent setae, elytra without visible setation; ventral surface with sparse, widely-separated short, adpressed white setae. Head feebly, truncately produced between widely-separated, golden eyes; eyes moderately large, globose, inner margins slightly diverging dorsad; circumocular groove extend from before dorsal apex around internal margin to after ventral apex; vertex with feeble longitudinal groove; frons disc with slight median depression dorsad to preantennal transverse groove; antennal cavities large, separated by depressed middle disc slightly wider than cavity width; epistome feebly sinuate, transverse; gena with longitudinal groove to accept basal antennomeres in repose; antennae with antennomere 2 somewhat swollen, subequal in length to 3, 4 subserrate, 5–10 triangularly serrate, much wider than individual length; 11 oblong. Pronotum about 1.6 as wide as long, widest at middle; anterior margin strongly arcuate medially, sinuate on either side; posterior margin sinuate on either side of truncate median lobe; lateral margins arcuate in anterior half, sides straight, subparallel in posterior half; laterobasal angles feebly obtuse; disc uneven with elevated and depressed areas: two median depressions between pair of sinuate longitudinal costae; depressed on either side to beyond lateral thirds, then strongly declivous to explanate premarginal area; scutellum nearly an equilateral triangle, lateral margins feebly emarginate. Elytra widest across humeri; lateral margins straight, subparallel to about midpoint, then widening to near posterior third before gradually narrowing to separately obliquely rounded apices; margins finely serrate in posterior third; disc uneven, with single moderately large, longitudinal elevation preapically. Underside: prosternum with broadly arcuate, short, entire mentonniere; process broad, attenuate apically; metepimeron nearly entirely obscured by anteriolateral abdominal projection; abdominal sterna 1 shorter than 2, with deep lateral groove extending from midpoint of sternum 1 to around apical margin of 5; suture between 1 and 2 anteriorly arcuate, remaining sutures evenly transverse; 5 rounded to truncate apex; legs with femora fusiform, tarsi flattened, explanate to hide tarsomeres in repose; tarsomeres 1–4 each slightly shorter than preceeding, with ventral pulvilli, 5 slender, nearly as long as 1–4 together, claws angularly appendiculate. Specimens examined. Holotype (sex?) (SANC): SOUTH AFRICA, Tvl [Transvaal]. Entabeni For. Res. 33.00S 30.16E, 7–11.i.1987, V.M. Uys [S 23.02 E 30.16 not as labelled]; 1 paratype: ♀ (BMNH): [Zimbabwe] Chirinda, Gaza Ld. Dec. 1901, G. A. K. Marshall. Etymology. The specific epithet combines the roots for 'southern' (austro) and 'Africa' to note this as the first congener from southern part of the continent. Comments. This is the first species of Strandietta from southern Africa, as reflected in the epithet, and one of two from the S. nodosa species-group. The new species and S. nodosa can be separated as indicated in couplet 4 of the following key., Published as part of Bellamy, C. L., 2008, New taxa, distribution and biological records of Afrotropical Coraebini Bedel, 1921 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae), pp. 1-15 in Zootaxa 1848 on page 8

Anodontodora capicola (Obenberger, 1922) Discoderes capicola Obenberger, 1922: 128. Anodontodora capicola: Obenberger 1931a: 193; Bellamy 1991: 2. Specimens examined. A single unsexed specimen (NMPC) from Willowmore, Capland, Dr. Brauns and a single ♀ (NMBH) is labelled: Doringbaai, Vredendal, 31.44S, 18.15E / 21.x.1987, Entomol. Dept./ NMBH 25658/ Mesems [Mesembryanthamaceae]., Published as part of Bellamy, C. L., 2008, New taxa, distribution and biological records of Afrotropical Coraebini Bedel, 1921 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae), pp. 1-15 in Zootaxa 1848 on page 13, {"references":["Obenberger, J. (1922) Beitrage zur Kenntnis Buprestiden (Col). Archiv fur Naturgeschicte, 88 (A), Heft 12, 64 - 168.","Obenberger, J. (1931 a) Studien uber die aethiopischen Buprestiden I. Folia Zoologica et Hydrobiologica, 2, 175 - 201.","Bellamy, C. L. (1991) A catalogue of the Coroebini of sub-Saharan Africa (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Department of Agriculture and Water Supply, Republic of South Africa, Entomology Memoirs, No. 81, 19 pp."]}

Strandietta maynei (Kerremans, 1914) Cryptodactylus maynei Kerremans, 1914: 355; Burgeon, 1941: 212. Strandietta maynei: Obenberger, 1934: 804; Bellamy, 1986b: 242; 1991: 6. Specimens examined. 'Zaïre' [Democratic Republic of Congo] (MRAC)., Published as part of Bellamy, C. L., 2008, New taxa, distribution and biological records of Afrotropical Coraebini Bedel, 1921 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae), pp. 1-15 in Zootaxa 1848 on page 7, {"references":["Kerremans, C. (1914) Buprestidae. In: Voyage de Ch. Alluad et R. Jeannel en Afrique orientale (1911 - 1912). Resultats scientifique, Memoire No. 28, Coleoptera VI, pp. 207 - 246.","Burgeon, L. (1941) Catalogues raisonnes de la faune entomologique du Congo Belge. Coleopteres. Buprestides. Annales du Musee du Congo Belge, C, (Zool.), ser. III (II), tome V., fasc. 3, 121 - 276.","Obenberger, J. (1934) Buprestidae 4. In: Junk, W., Schenkling, S. Coleopterorum Catalogus, 143, 782 - 934.","Bellamy, C. L. (1986 b) Rectifications and descriptions of new taxa of Coraebini (Coleoptera, Buprestidae, Agrilinae). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 49 (2), 239 - 249.","Bellamy, C. L. (1991) A catalogue of the Coroebini of sub-Saharan Africa (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Department of Agriculture and Water Supply, Republic of South Africa, Entomology Memoirs, No. 81, 19 pp."]}

Madecorformica silhouetta, sp. nov. (Figures 1–6) Description of male holotype. Myrmecomorphic; small (7.0 mm maximum length x 2.3 mm width across apical 1/3 of elytra), elongate-ovoid, subcylindrical; integument generally black with elytra bearing a mix of short erect setae, both black and off-white, forming a pattern resembling a silhouette of one pair of inverse facing heads (Fig. 5a, b); posterior portion of metaventrite and metepiventrite a deep iridescent maroon; underside with short, appressed squamose setae most dense on thoracic ventrites; head with frontovertex broad, flat on vertex; frons with short, shallow longitudinal depression between eyes; eyes large, inner margins diverging dorsally; circumocular groove extends from beyond dorsalmost point along inner margin to beyond ventral-most point; bisinuate supra-antennal groove above large antennal cavities; antennal cavities narrowly separated; clypeal margin broadly, deeply, arcuately emarginate; gena with feeble transverse depression for basal antennomeres in repose; distal margin of gena broadly rounded; antennae with scape narrow, elongate, feebly arcuate, nearly as long as 2+3+4 together, triangularly serrate from antennomere 5; right antennae missing antennomeres 10–11; pronotum 1.7 times wider than long, widest near midpoint, narrowing to posterior margin; anterior margin feebly convex; posterior margin bisinuate on either side of prescutellar lobe; disc transversely convex on anterior 1/2, otherwise flattened posteriorly and laterally; lateral margin entire; one elongate, narrow premarginal carina on either side parallel to margin; scutellum elongate cordiform; elytra much wider both across humeri and again at about apical 1/3; humeri strongly, subangularly elevated, with angled peaks slightly diverging from each other; disc evenly, transversely convex; lateral margin narrowing posterior to margin below humeral swelling, before widening at about mid-point then narrowing again from apical 1/3 to narrowly, separately rounded apices; epipleuron extends along entire length, widest below humerus, subparallel to opposite metacoxa, then much narrower and extending to apex; pygidium not visible beyond elytra, with apical margin entire; proventrite with mentonniere very feebly produced, angularly bilobed; disc evenly transversely convex; process broad, subparallel between procoxae, apex feebly trilobed; abdominal ventrites expanded laterally, ventrite 2 wider than 1 or 3–5, widest medially; ventrite 5 entire, without terminal sexual morphology; legs with tibiae flattened, having arcuate outer edge; tarsi with tarsomeres 1–4 with at least partial ventral pulvilli; tarsal claws appendiculate; aedeagus as in Fig. 6. Variation. In the short type series, the variation is only in size and proportion. Males vary: 6.2–7.3 x 2.1–2.3 mm; females vary: 6.8–8.2 x 2.4–3.0 mm. The pair of silhouettes on the elytra vary slightly, allowing the imagination to consider that these may look like the head of a baboon or a chameleon, etc. (e.g. Figs. 1, 5a, b). Specimens examined. Holotype ♂ (MNHN): Madagascar Est., Distr. Mananara N., Seranambe, II-[19]64, Vadon et Peyrieras; 13 paratypes: 8, same data as holotype, except 1 ♀, I-[19]64; 3 ♂♂, 1 ♀, II-[19]65; 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀, without date; 1 ♂, Antanambe, II-[19]67; 2 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, Mont Antampona, iii-[19]67. Paratypes deposited in MNHN, NMPC and CLBC. Etymology. The specific epithet silhouetta is chosen for the elytral pattern of facing heads on the disc. Remarks. This new species differs, and can be distinguished, from other lookalike, putative ant-mimics of the genus Entomogaster as noted in Table 1., Published as part of Bellamy, C. L., 2008, A new monotypic genus of ant-mimicking Coraebini (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae) from Madagascar, pp. 65-68 in Zootaxa 1817 (1) on pages 66-67, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1817.1.7, http://zenodo.org/record/5125199

Genus Chrysodema Laporte & Gory, 1835 Chrysodema Laporte & Gory 1835: 1; Obenberger 1926: 129; Bellamy 2003: 35. Type species: Chrysodema sonnerati Laporte & Gory 1835 (fixed by subsequent designation: Opinion 2076, ICZN 2004: 128). Cyalithoides Fisher 1922: 4; Obenberger 1926: 135; Levey 1978: 154; Hoyski 1980: 274; Bellamy 2003: 31; 2006: 151 (gender). syn. nov. Type species: Cyalithoides fulgida Fisher 1922 (fixed by original designation)., Published as part of Bellamy, C. L. & Lander, T., 2008, The synonymy of Cyalithoides fulgida Fisher, 1922 with Chrysodema robusta Deyrolle, 1864 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Chrysochroinae), pp. 34-36 in Zootaxa 1811 (1) on page 34, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1811.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/5125098, {"references":["Obenberger, J. (1926) Buprestidae 1. In: W. Junk & S. Schenkling. (Eds.). Coleopterorum Catalogus, W. Junk, Berlin, Volume 12, Pars 84, 1 - 212.","Bellamy, C. L. (2003) An illustrated summary of the higher classification of the superfamily Buprestoidea (Coleoptera). Folia Heyrovskyana, Supplementum 10, 197 pp, 44 plates.","ICZN. (2004) Opinion 2076 (Case 3193). Chrysodema Laporte & Gory, 1835 and Iridotaenia Deyrolle, 1864 (Insecta, Coleoptera): usage conserved by the designation of C. sonnerati Laporte & Gory, 1835 as the type species of Chrysodema. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 61 (2), 128 - 129.","Fisher, W. S. (1922) New buprestid beetles from Borneo and the Philippines Islands. Proceedings of the United States National Museum (Number 2428), 61 (7), 1 - 18.","Bellamy, C. L. (2006) Nomenclatural notes and corrections in Buprestidae (Coleoptera). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, 81 (3 / 4), 145 - 158."]}

Pseudotaenia superba (Saunders, 1872) (Figure 8) Chalcotaenia superba Saunders 1872: 246. Chalcophora superba: Kerremans 1885: 127; Masters 1886: 70; Kerremans 1892: 43. Pseudotaenia superba: Kerremans 1903: 81; 1909: 88; Obenberger 1926: 146; Carter 1929: 300; Bellamy 2002: 57. Pseudotaenia laeta: Carnaby 1987: 24 (misidentification). Type locality. " Nicol Bay, W. Australia." Specimens examined. The ♀ holotype (BMNH). Distribution. Australia, Western Australia, Pilbara region. Biology/Bionomy. Carnaby (1987) recorded this species (as P. laeta sic!) found dead along the Ashburton River underneath the river gums in March along with P. gigas and ' Chalcotaenia ' australasiae. Michael Powell (pers. comm.) believes this species uses a local, as yet undetermined species of Acacia as the larval host. Remarks. The published type locality of Nickol Bay (as 'Nicol') [PIL], W.A. indicates that this species is geographically well­separated from those species to which it is closest morphologically, e.g. P.frenchi and P. gigas., Published as part of Bellamy, C. L., 2006, Studies on the Australian Chalcophorini: a new genus for Chalcophora subfasciata Carter, 1916 and a review of the Pseudotaenia Kerremans, 1903 generic-group (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), pp. 23-46 in Zootaxa 1206 (1) on page 36, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1206.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/5064452, {"references":["Saunders, E. (1872) Description of twenty new species of Buprestidae. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 20, 239 - 254.","Kerremans, C. (1885) Enumeration des Buprestides decrits posterieurement au Catalogue de MM. Gemminger & de Harold. Annales de la Societe entomologique de Belgique, 29, 119 - 157.","Masters, G. (1886) Catalogue of the described Coleoptera of Australia. Part III. Proceedings of the Linnaean Society of New South Wales, (2) 1, 21 - 126.","Kerremans, C. (1892) Catalogue synonymique des Buprestides decrits de 1758 a 1890. Memoires de la Societe entomologique de Belgique, 1, 1 - 304.","Kerremans, C. (1903) Coleoptera Serricornia, Fam. Buprestidae. In: P. Wytsman. (Ed.). Genera Insectorum, Fascicles 12 b; 12 c; 12 d. Verteneuil & Desmet, Bruxelles, pp. 49 - 338.","Kerremans, C. (1909) Monographie des buprestides, Volume 3, livraison 13, pp. 385 - 416; livraison 14, pp. 417 - 448; livraison 15, pp. 449 - 480; livraison 16, pp. 481 - 512; livraison 17, pp. 513 - 544; livraison 18, pp. 545 - 576; livraison 19, pp. 577 - 602, color plates 17 - 22. Volume 4, livraison 1, pp. 1 - 32; livraison 2, pp. 33 - 64; livraison 3, pp. 65 - 96; livraison 4, pp. 97 - 128; livraison 5, pp. 129 - 160; color plates 23 - 26, Dulau & Co., London; Author, Bruxelles; R. Friedlander & Son, Berlin.","Obenberger, J. (1926) Buprestidae 1. In: W. Junk & S. Schenkling. (Eds.). Coleopterorum Catalogus, W. Junk, Berlin, Pars 84, 1 - 212.","Carter, H. J. (1929) A check list of the Australian Buprestidae. With tables and keys to sub-families, tribes, and genera (by A. Thery). Australian Zoologist, 5 (4), 265 - 304.","Bellamy, C. L. (2002) Coleoptera: Buprestoidea. In: W. W. K. Houston (Ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 29.5. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, Australia, xii + 492 pp., 4 color plates.","Carnaby, K. (1987) Jewel Beetles of Western Australia. Direct Colour Printers, Leedersville, Perth. 69 pp."]}

Pseudotaenia salamandra (Thomson, 1879) (Figure 1) Chalcotaenia salamandra Thomson 1879: clviii. Chalcophora salamandra: Kerremans 1885: 127; Neervoort van de Poll 1886: 222; Kerremans 1892: 43; 1900: 286. Chalcophora salamandri: Masters 1886: 70. Pseudotaenia salamandra: Kerremans 1903: 81; 1909: 94; Obenberger 1926: 146; Carter 1929: 300; Hołyṅski 1993: 21; Bellamy 2002: 56. Chalcotaenia vittata Waterhouse 1881: 462. Chalcophora vittata: Kerremans 1885: 128; Neervoort van de Poll 1886: 222 (synonym of salamandra); Masters 1886: 70; Kerremans 1892: 43; Barnard 1890: 179; Kerremans 1900: 286 (synonym of salamandra); Froggatt 1907: 163. Pseudotaenia vittata: Kerremans 1903: 81; 1909: 94; Obenberger 1926: 146 (synonym of salamandra); Carter 1929: 300; Bellamy 2002: 56. Type locality. salamandra —" Australia "; vittata —" Queensland." Specimens examined.. 1 ♂, Queensland, Duaringa [BBS, S23° 42' 59.0" E149° 40' 19.4", elevation 96m]; 1 ♀, Coshall, Queensland, i.1967; 1 ♂, Queensland (all CLBC). Biology/Bionomy. Barnard (1890) discussed this species eating the leaves of Casuarina. Mark Hanlon (in litt.) wrote: " P. salamandra appears to associate with Casuarina as an adult host, though I am aware it has mainly been collected on eucalypt leaves by recent collectors (sympatric with P. ajax). I have collected extensively around the Duaringa area and adjacent to the property mentioned by Barnard. The dominant Casuarina species by far is C. cristata F.Muell. ex Miq., commonly known as 'belah'. Also in the area is C. cunninghamiana Miq. which grows along creek lines and also there may be Allocasuarina leuhmannii (R.T. Baker) L.A.S. Johnson which is more commonly found further west near Dingo (I have not found it in the vicinity of Duaringa). An adult female emerged 23 February 2001 from a billet of Acacia harpophylla ('Brigalow') (new larval host record) collected on 16 January 2000, 55 km W of Emerald [BBN, S23° 36' 00.8" E147° 38' 45.2", elevation 283m], Qld. The brigalow billet was cut from dying standing tree approximately 12 meters high by Michael Powell and myself. Billet taken was approximately 3.5 metres in length cut from 40 cm above ground level. The billet diameter was 13 cm at the base and 10 cm at the tip and was cut into 3 pieces each approximately a metre in length. The specimen emerged from piece that would have been the equivalent of about 2 metres from the ground. There was evidence of old emergence holes in the wood already and several larval tunnels at the ends of the cut billets. Habitat was mixed Brigalow and eucalypt closed woodland in a gully. Also present was Casuarina cristata. This species and P. ajax have been collected several times in recent years from the leaves of Eucalyptus populnea ("poplar box" or "bimble box") in mixed brigalow/eucalypt woodland in the Springsure/ Clermont district." Remarks. This synonymy has been accepted since Neervoort van de Poll (1886). The types of this species (salamandra MNHN) and its junior synonym (vittata BMNH) have not been examined for this project., Published as part of Bellamy, C. L., 2006, Studies on the Australian Chalcophorini: a new genus for Chalcophora subfasciata Carter, 1916 and a review of the Pseudotaenia Kerremans, 1903 generic-group (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), pp. 23-46 in Zootaxa 1206 (1) on pages 32-33, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1206.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/5064452, {"references":["Thomson, J. (1879) Description d'une nouvelle espece de Buprestide [Chalcotaenia salamandra]. Bulletin des Seances et Bulletin Bibliographique de la Societe entomologique de France, (5) 9, clviii - clix.","Kerremans, C. (1885) Enumeration des Buprestides decrits posterieurement au Catalogue de MM. Gemminger & de Harold. Annales de la Societe entomologique de Belgique, 29, 119 - 157.","Neervoort van de Poll, J. R. H. (1886) Some remarks about Australian Coleoptera. Notes from the Leyden Museum, 8: 222.","Kerremans, C. (1892) Catalogue synonymique des Buprestides decrits de 1758 a 1890. Memoires de la Societe entomologique de Belgique, 1, 1 - 304.","Kerremans, C. (1900) Buprestides nouveaux et remarques synonymiques. Annales de la Societe entomologique de Belgique, 44, 282 - 351.","Masters, G. (1886) Catalogue of the described Coleoptera of Australia. Part III. Proceedings of the Linnaean Society of New South Wales, (2) 1, 21 - 126.","Kerremans, C. (1903) Coleoptera Serricornia, Fam. Buprestidae. In: P. Wytsman. (Ed.). Genera Insectorum, Fascicles 12 b; 12 c; 12 d. Verteneuil & Desmet, Bruxelles, pp. 49 - 338.","Kerremans, C. (1909) Monographie des buprestides, Volume 3, livraison 13, pp. 385 - 416; livraison 14, pp. 417 - 448; livraison 15, pp. 449 - 480; livraison 16, pp. 481 - 512; livraison 17, pp. 513 - 544; livraison 18, pp. 545 - 576; livraison 19, pp. 577 - 602, color plates 17 - 22. Volume 4, livraison 1, pp. 1 - 32; livraison 2, pp. 33 - 64; livraison 3, pp. 65 - 96; livraison 4, pp. 97 - 128; livraison 5, pp. 129 - 160; color plates 23 - 26, Dulau & Co., London; Author, Bruxelles; R. Friedlander & Son, Berlin.","Obenberger, J. (1926) Buprestidae 1. In: W. Junk & S. Schenkling. (Eds.). Coleopterorum Catalogus, W. Junk, Berlin, Pars 84, 1 - 212.","Carter, H. J. (1929) A check list of the Australian Buprestidae. With tables and keys to sub-families, tribes, and genera (by A. Thery). Australian Zoologist, 5 (4), 265 - 304.","Bellamy, C. L. (2002) Coleoptera: Buprestoidea. In: W. W. K. Houston (Ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 29.5. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, Australia, xii + 492 pp., 4 color plates.","Waterhouse, C. O. (1881) On some Buprestidae from Australia. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (5) 7, 462 - 464.","Barnard, G. (1890) Chalcophora in the scrubs of central Queensland. The Entomologist 23, 179 - 181.","Froggatt, W. W. (1907) Family 29. Jewel Beetles. Buprestidae. pp. 162 - 165, plate xviii. Australian Insects. Williams Brooks & Co. Ltd., Sydney."]}

Genus Pseudotaenia Kerremans, 1903 Pseudotaenia Kerremans 1903: 81; 1909: 84; Carter 1921: 304; Obenberger 1926: 146; 1928: 28; Carter 1929: 300; Bellamy 1985: 415; 1986: 594; Tôyama 1986: 192; Hołyṅski 1993: 13, 22; 1997: 186, 188; Bellamy 2002: 55; 2003: 37. Type species: Chalcotaenia salamandra Thomson, 1879 (subsequent designation: Tôyama 1986: 192). Remarks. The following is a compilation of previously published information and new taxonomic, biological and/or distribution data presented as an annotated catalogue. Of particular interest is the account of Barnard (1890) who described an outing with his sons to collect four species in the vicinity of Duaringa, Queensland in late February, 1890. He recorded details about P. ajax (Saunders, 1872), P. salamandra Thomson, 1879 as P. vittata (Waterhouse, 1881), P. waterhousei as P. superba Neervoort van de Poll, 1886 (Saunders, 1872) and Austrophorella quadrisignata (Saunders, 1872)., Published as part of Bellamy, C. L., 2006, Studies on the Australian Chalcophorini: a new genus for Chalcophora subfasciata Carter, 1916 and a review of the Pseudotaenia Kerremans, 1903 generic-group (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), pp. 23-46 in Zootaxa 1206 (1) on page 28, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1206.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/5064452, {"references":["Kerremans, C. (1903) Coleoptera Serricornia, Fam. Buprestidae. In: P. Wytsman. (Ed.). Genera Insectorum, Fascicles 12 b; 12 c; 12 d. Verteneuil & Desmet, Bruxelles, pp. 49 - 338.","Kerremans, C. (1909) Monographie des buprestides, Volume 3, livraison 13, pp. 385 - 416; livraison 14, pp. 417 - 448; livraison 15, pp. 449 - 480; livraison 16, pp. 481 - 512; livraison 17, pp. 513 - 544; livraison 18, pp. 545 - 576; livraison 19, pp. 577 - 602, color plates 17 - 22. Volume 4, livraison 1, pp. 1 - 32; livraison 2, pp. 33 - 64; livraison 3, pp. 65 - 96; livraison 4, pp. 97 - 128; livraison 5, pp. 129 - 160; color plates 23 - 26, Dulau & Co., London; Author, Bruxelles; R. Friedlander & Son, Berlin.","Carter, H. J. (1921) Australian Coleoptera: notes and new species. Proceedings of the Linnaean Society of New South Wales, 46 (3), 301 - 323.","Obenberger, J. (1926) Buprestidae 1. In: W. Junk & S. Schenkling. (Eds.). Coleopterorum Catalogus, W. Junk, Berlin, Pars 84, 1 - 212.","Obenberger, J. (1928) Opuscula Buprestologica I. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Buprestiden (Col.). Archiv fur Naturgeschichte, 92 (A) 9 - 11 (1926), 1 - 350.","Carter, H. J. (1929) A check list of the Australian Buprestidae. With tables and keys to sub-families, tribes, and genera (by A. Thery). Australian Zoologist, 5 (4), 265 - 304.","Bellamy, C. L. (1985) A catalogue of the higher taxa of the family Buprestidae (Coleoptera). Navorsinge van die Nasionale Museum, Bloemfontein, 4 (15), 405 - 472.","Bellamy, C. L. (1986) The higher classification of Australian Buprestidae with the description of a new genus and species (Coleoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology, 34, 583 - 600.","Toyama, M. (1986) The buprestid genus Chalcophorella Kerremans and its related genera. Entomological Papers Presented to Yoshihiko Kurosawa on the Occasion of his Retiretirement, March 20, 1986, pp. 188 - 193.","Bellamy, C. L. (2002) Coleoptera: Buprestoidea. In: W. W. K. Houston (Ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 29.5. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, Australia, xii + 492 pp., 4 color plates.","Bellamy, C. L. (2003) An illustrated summary of the higher classification of the superfamily Buprestoidea (Coleoptera). Folia Heyrovskyana Supplementum 10, 197 pp, 44 plates.","Thomson, J. (1879) Description d'une nouvelle espece de Buprestide [Chalcotaenia salamandra]. Bulletin des Seances et Bulletin Bibliographique de la Societe entomologique de France, (5) 9, clviii - clix.","Barnard, G. (1890) Chalcophora in the scrubs of central Queensland. The Entomologist 23, 179 - 181.","Saunders, E. (1872) Description of twenty new species of Buprestidae. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 20, 239 - 254.","Waterhouse, C. O. (1881) On some Buprestidae from Australia. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (5) 7, 462 - 464.","Neervoort van de Poll, J. R. H. (1886) Some remarks about Australian Coleoptera. Notes from the Leyden Museum, 8: 222."]}

Genus Austrophorella Tôyama, 1986 Austrophorella Tôyama 1986: 190; Bellamy 1986: 594; Hołyṅski 1993: 22 (synonym of Pseudotaenia); Bellamy 2002: 55; 2003: 37; Bílý & Volkovitsh 2003: 112 (resurrected). Type species: Chalcotaenia quadrisignata Saunders, 1872 (original designation)., Published as part of Bellamy, C. L., 2006, Studies on the Australian Chalcophorini: a new genus for Chalcophora subfasciata Carter, 1916 and a review of the Pseudotaenia Kerremans, 1903 generic-group (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), pp. 23-46 in Zootaxa 1206 (1) on page 39, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1206.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/5064452, {"references":["Toyama, M. (1986) The buprestid genus Chalcophorella Kerremans and its related genera. Entomological Papers Presented to Yoshihiko Kurosawa on the Occasion of his Retiretirement, March 20, 1986, pp. 188 - 193.","Bellamy, C. L. (1986) The higher classification of Australian Buprestidae with the description of a new genus and species (Coleoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology, 34, 583 - 600.","Bellamy, C. L. (2002) Coleoptera: Buprestoidea. In: W. W. K. Houston (Ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 29.5. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, Australia, xii + 492 pp., 4 color plates.","Bellamy, C. L. (2003) An illustrated summary of the higher classification of the superfamily Buprestoidea (Coleoptera). Folia Heyrovskyana Supplementum 10, 197 pp, 44 plates.","Bily, S. & Volkovitsh, M. G. (2003) Larvae of Australian Buprestidae (Coleoptera). Part 1. Genera Austrophorella and Pseudotaenia. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae, 67, 99 - 114.","Saunders, E. (1872) Description of twenty new species of Buprestidae. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 20, 239 - 254."]}

Genus Chalcophorotaenia Obenberger, 1928, status resurrected Pseudotaenia (Chalcophorotaenia) Obenberger 1928: 28; Bellamy 1985: 415; 1986: 594. Chalcoplia (Chalcophorotaenia): Hołyṅski 1997:182. Chalcophorotaenia: Bellamy 2002: 48. Type species: Chalcotaenia quadriimpressa Waterhouse, 1875 (original designation). Remarks. This genus contains 15 Australian species and although not originally listed as a constituent of the Pseudotaenia generic group by Volkovitsh (2001), it clearly belongs there and is transferred now. As stated in the introduction, the placement of this taxon as a subgenus of the otherwise strictly southern African Chalcoplia by Hołyṅski (1997) is counter­intuitive considering the lack of Gondwanan buprestid relationships that involve only Africa and Australia; any morphological similarities are likely at best convergent and analogous. A revision of Chalcophorotaenia is overdue., Published as part of Bellamy, C. L., 2006, Studies on the Australian Chalcophorini: a new genus for Chalcophora subfasciata Carter, 1916 and a review of the Pseudotaenia Kerremans, 1903 generic-group (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), pp. 23-46 in Zootaxa 1206 (1) on page 41, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1206.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/5064452, {"references":["Obenberger, J. (1928) Opuscula Buprestologica I. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Buprestiden (Col.). Archiv fur Naturgeschichte, 92 (A) 9 - 11 (1926), 1 - 350.","Bellamy, C. L. (1985) A catalogue of the higher taxa of the family Buprestidae (Coleoptera). Navorsinge van die Nasionale Museum, Bloemfontein, 4 (15), 405 - 472.","Bellamy, C. L. (1986) The higher classification of Australian Buprestidae with the description of a new genus and species (Coleoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology, 34, 583 - 600.","Bellamy, C. L. (2002) Coleoptera: Buprestoidea. In: W. W. K. Houston (Ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 29.5. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, Australia, xii + 492 pp., 4 color plates.","Waterhouse, C. O. (1875) Descriptions of new Coleoptera from Australia. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, pp. 191 - 206.","Volkovitsh, M. G. (2001) The comparative morphology of antennal structures in Buprestidae (Coleoptera): evolutionary trends, taxonomic and phylogenetic implications. Part 1. Acta Musei Moraviae, Scientiae biologicae (Brno), 86, 43 - 169."]}

Pseudotaenia frenchi (Blackburn, 1891), comb. nov. (Figures 9–11, 16) Chalcophora frenchi Blackburn 1891: 136. Chalcotaenia frenchi: Carter 1940: 382. Chalcophorotaenia frenchi: Bellamy 2002: 49. Type locality. "N. Queensland." Specimens examined. Holotype (♀) (MVMA T­12018 /BUP­0919) (from digital photographs): Endeavour River [CYP, S15° 28' 00.0" E145° 15' 00.0", elevation 11m]/ C. French's Coll 5.11.08/ Chalcophora frenchi Blackburn, N. Queensland; 1 ♂, N. Queensland, Newcastle Range, E. Georgetown, 1.iii.1993, J. Hasenpusch; 1 spm., E. Georgetown, White Springs Creek [EIU], 6.iv.2003, P. Hasenpusch; 11 ♂♂, 8 ♀♀, N. Queensland, E. of Croydon, Marsupial Creek [EIU, S18° 16' 36", E142° 40' 10", elevation 210m], J. Hasenpusch as follows: 1 ♀, 7.iv.2003 "ovipositing on Acacia, 2:30 pm"; 2 ♂♂, 2.i.2005 "emerged from Acacia leptostachya Benth. " (new larval host record); 3 ♂♂, 1 ♀, same data except 4.i.2005; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, same data except 8.i.2005; 1 ♀, same data except 11.i.2005; 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀, same data except 13.i.2005; 1 ♂, same data except 17.i.2005; 1 ♀, same data except 19.i.2005; 1 ♂, same data except 2.ii.2005; 1 ♂, same data except 7.ii.2005; 1 ♀, same data except 14.ii.2005 "reared from pupa"; 1 ♀, same data except 17.ii.2005; 1 ♀, N. Queensland, Croydon, Lake Bellmore [EIU, S18° 11'3.03" E142° 15' 55.25", elevation 156m], 15.i.2005, P. Hasenpusch "washed ashore"; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, E. Forsyth, Newcastle Range, 4.iii.2005, J. Hasenpusch; 1 ♀ (DPQA), Qld., 50 km SW Forsyth, 7.iv.1996, K. Halfpapp. The specimens reared by Jack Hasenpusch have been placed in the following collections: AMSA, ANIC, BMNH, CLBC, DPQA, JHCA, MHCA, NMPC, QMBA, SAMA. Additional localities. Queensland, 22 km E. Georgetown [EIU, S18° 17' 52.0" E143° 44' 19.0", elevation 480m], 8.ii.1997, 2 larvae ex. Acacia leptostachya, J. Hasenpusch & M. Powell (JHCA); White Mts National Park [DEU], iv.2000, S. Wilson, one elytra and last two abdominal plates, female, on ant nest (QMBA); 100 km S. Normanton, 15.iv.2002, J. Hasenpusch, one elytron and thorax (JHCA). Distribution. Australia, Queensland. Biology/Bionomy. The first male specimen collected by Jack Hasenpusch (in litt.) was found on Eucalyptus microneura Maiden & Blakely, possibly an adult food plant of P. frenchi. The remainder of the specimens recorded above were reared from billets of Acacia leptostachya Benth. Remarks. This species was overlooked or ignored in most subsequent works (e.g. Carter, 1929, Kerremans, 1909, Obenberger, 1926), so not surprisingly it has taken until now for the correct generic assignation to be recognized. Carter's (1940) transfer to Chalcotaenia indicates both the previously uncertain division between that genus and Pseudotaenia, as well as a probability that he never saw the type. That P. frenchi was misplaced is all the more surprising because Blackburn (1891) compared it to P. gigas, P. superba and P. waterhousei in the original description and I acknowledge Mark Hanlon's suggestion that this name was a probable match to the recent specimens collected and reared by Jack Hasenpusch., Published as part of Bellamy, C. L., 2006, Studies on the Australian Chalcophorini: a new genus for Chalcophora subfasciata Carter, 1916 and a review of the Pseudotaenia Kerremans, 1903 generic-group (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), pp. 23-46 in Zootaxa 1206 (1) on pages 29-30, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1206.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/5064452, {"references":["Blackburn, T. (1891) Further notes on Australian Coleoptera, with descriptions of new species, ix. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 14, 65 - 153.","Carter, H. J. (1940) Australian Buprestidae and the Junk Catalogue. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (11) 6, 380 - 389.","Bellamy, C. L. (2002) Coleoptera: Buprestoidea. In: W. W. K. Houston (Ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 29.5. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, Australia, xii + 492 pp., 4 color plates.","Carter, H. J. (1929) A check list of the Australian Buprestidae. With tables and keys to sub-families, tribes, and genera (by A. Thery). Australian Zoologist, 5 (4), 265 - 304.","Kerremans, C. (1909) Monographie des buprestides, Volume 3, livraison 13, pp. 385 - 416; livraison 14, pp. 417 - 448; livraison 15, pp. 449 - 480; livraison 16, pp. 481 - 512; livraison 17, pp. 513 - 544; livraison 18, pp. 545 - 576; livraison 19, pp. 577 - 602, color plates 17 - 22. Volume 4, livraison 1, pp. 1 - 32; livraison 2, pp. 33 - 64; livraison 3, pp. 65 - 96; livraison 4, pp. 97 - 128; livraison 5, pp. 129 - 160; color plates 23 - 26, Dulau & Co., London; Author, Bruxelles; R. Friedlander & Son, Berlin.","Obenberger, J. (1926) Buprestidae 1. In: W. Junk & S. Schenkling. (Eds.). Coleopterorum Catalogus, W. Junk, Berlin, Pars 84, 1 - 212."]}

Austrochalcophora, gen. nov. Type species: Chalcophora subfasciata Carter, 1916 (present designation). Diagnostic description. Moderately large, elongate­ovoid, flattened above, moderately convex below; dorsal integument black with defined, yet irregular iridescent dull green depressions laterally on pronotum and elytra with short recumbent setae that contain yellow pulverulent exudate; ventral surface iridescent dull green; head longitudinally depressed on frontovertex; inner margin of large eyes converging dorsally; antennal insertions widely separated; medioventral margin of epistome emarginate; antennomeres elongate, feebly serrate from 3; pronotum nearly 1.5x as wide as long, widest at very feeble bisinuate posterior margin; anterior margin broadly concave, with medial portion narrowly bilobed; lateral margins broadly, shallowly convex, with marginal carina extending only to posterior 1/3; scutellum small, subquadrate; elytra as wide as pronotum at anterior margin, but quickly expanding to obtuse angle opposite humerus then subparallel, feebly expanding to beyond midpoint then gradually narrowing to separately dentate apices, margin from posterior midpoint strongly, yet widely separated, acutely dentate; prosternum with anterior margin entire, prosternal process broadly trilobed distally, disc longitudinally sulcate; femora strongly fusiform; tibiae with two distal spines; tarsi with broad ventral pulvilli on tarsomeres 1–4, 5 with claws narrow, widely separated. Remarks. Théry (1929) discussed C. subfasciata in terms of placement within Chalcophora or Chrysodema and stated " Chrysodema are merely southern forms of the genus Chalcophora, without any very decisive character to separate them from Holarctic forms, being the geographic replacement for Chalcophora in the Southern Hemisphere. This is moreover the opinion of Lacordaire (1857) who refused to separate the two genera, not being able to find appreciable limits between them. We shall preserve them, however, but on the condition of not introducing into the genus Chalcophora species unprovided with the characteristic facies of the holartic species." Chalcophora, as presently defined, contains 15 species from the Nearctic, Neotropical, Oriental and Palaearctic regions and these are generally associated with coniferous trees, e.g. Pinus and Picea. Morphologically these beetles do not differ in major ways, seeming to retain many of the shared character states of a conservative chalcophorine lineage. However, the morphological differences when taken together with the biological and biogeographic divergence are sufficient to justify this new genus which conforms to the overwhelming data that support the hypothesis of a distinct Australian buprestid lineage (see discussion above). Australochalcophora and Chalcophora can be separated by the character state differences listed below in Table 1., Published as part of Bellamy, C. L., 2006, Studies on the Australian Chalcophorini: a new genus for Chalcophora subfasciata Carter, 1916 and a review of the Pseudotaenia Kerremans, 1903 generic-group (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), pp. 23-46 in Zootaxa 1206 (1) on page 26, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1206.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/5064452, {"references":["Carter, H. J. (1916) Revision of the genus Stigmodera, and descriptions of some new species of Buprestidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 40, 78 - 144.","Thery, A. (1929) Classification, pp. 266 - 272; Observations, pp. 272 - 275. In: H. J. Carter. 1929. A check list of the Australian Buprestidae. Australian Zoologist, 5 (4), 265 - 304.","Lacordaire, J. T. (1857) Histoire naturelle des insectes. Genera des Coleopteres ou expose methodique de critique de tous les genres proposes jusqu'ici dans cet ordre d'insectes. Volume 4, pp. 1 - 554, Roret, Paris. (Contenant les familles des buprestides, throscides, eucnemides, elaterides, cebrionides, cerophytides, rhipicerides, dascyllides, malacodermes, clerides, lymexylones, cupesides, ptiniores, bostrichides et cissides.)"]}

Pseudotaenia spilota Carter, 1916 (Figures 2, 14) Pseudotaenia spilota Carter 1916: 141; Obenberger 1926: 146; Carter 1929: 300; Bellamy 2002: 56. Type locality. " Western Australia: Shark Bay." Specimens examined. 1 ♂, 44 km SW Kumarina [GAS, S25° 06' 18.3" E119° 22' 17.8", elevation 542m], W.A., 28.iii.1995, A. cyperophylla; 1 ♀, 67 km SW Kumarina [GAS, S25° 12' 10.3" E119° 20' 8.9", elevation 539m], 3.iv.1996, (both CLBC). The actual distance for the specimen labelled: 44 km SW Kumarina is apparently longer from examination of Google maps, possiby 53 km and that given as 67 km SW Kumarina is probably ca. 67.7 km (A. Sundholm, in litt.). Distribution. Australia, central Western Australia. Biology/Bionomy. Hawkeswood & Peterson (1982) recorded Acacia grasbyi Maiden as a larval host. Recently this species has been collected with the following distributional and host data: Western Australia, Gascoyne River, Middle Branch crossing Great Northern Hwy or 20km ESE of Three Rivers Station Homestead [GAS, S25° 12' 10.3" E119° 20' 8.9", elevation 539m]. This species has been collected from Acacia cyperophylla cyperophylla F. Muell. ex Benth (Fabaceae) (new adult host record). Michael Powell (in litt.) collected parts of a dead adult (head, prothorax, both elytra and some abdominal sternites) from inside a living branch of A. cyperophylla, approximately 75 mm in diameter, that was broken from a living tree approx 2.5 m. above the ground at Yarlarweelor Station, ca. 150 km NW of Meekatharra, WA in August 1980. Remarks. The ♀ holotype is from Shark Bay, Western Australia and is held in MVMA (T­ 12019)., Published as part of Bellamy, C. L., 2006, Studies on the Australian Chalcophorini: a new genus for Chalcophora subfasciata Carter, 1916 and a review of the Pseudotaenia Kerremans, 1903 generic-group (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), pp. 23-46 in Zootaxa 1206 (1) on page 33, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1206.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/5064452, {"references":["Carter, H. J. (1916) Revision of the genus Stigmodera, and descriptions of some new species of Buprestidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 40, 78 - 144.","Obenberger, J. (1926) Buprestidae 1. In: W. Junk & S. Schenkling. (Eds.). Coleopterorum Catalogus, W. Junk, Berlin, Pars 84, 1 - 212.","Carter, H. J. (1929) A check list of the Australian Buprestidae. With tables and keys to sub-families, tribes, and genera (by A. Thery). Australian Zoologist, 5 (4), 265 - 304.","Bellamy, C. L. (2002) Coleoptera: Buprestoidea. In: W. W. K. Houston (Ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 29.5. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, Australia, xii + 492 pp., 4 color plates.","Hawkeswood, T. J. & M. Peterson. (1982) A review of larval host records for Australian jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). The Victorian Naturalist, 99, 240 - 251."]}