A new species of the subgenus Deudora of the genus Sphenoptera (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from the Eastern Mediterranean
M.Yu. Kalashian
& V. Kubáň
Abstract. Sphenoptera (Deudora) polaceki sp. nov. from the Eastern Mediterranean (Bulgaria, Turkey and Greece) is described and compared with closely related species. Sphenoptera (Deudora) tamerlani Obenberger, 1929 is recorded for the first time from Tajikistan.
Key words: systematics, Buprestidae, Chrysochroinae, Sphenopterini, new species, new record
Zoosystematica Rossica, 2025, 34(1): 54–58 ▪ Published online 10 March 2025
https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2025.34.1.54 ▪ Open full article 
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Kalashian M.Yu., Volkovitsh M.G. & Niehuis M. 2005. Taxonomic notes on some Palaearctic species of Sphenoptera from subgenera Deudora and Sphenoptera s. str. (part) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Zoosystematica Rossica, 14(1): 87–100. https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2005.14.1.87
