Five new species of sub-Saharan and Arabian Acmaeodera (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
B. Levey & M.G. Volkovitsh
Abstract. Four new Acmaeodera from Ethiopian region are described, illustrated and compared with related species. One species, A. (Cobosiella) sudanica sp. n., belongs to a subgenus not previously recorded from the Ethiopian region. A. (s. str.) abyssinica Kerremans, A. (s. str.) chaetosoma Obenberger, A. (s. str.) louwi Holm, A. (s. str.) luteopicta Fahraeus, A. (s. str.) s. signata Castelnau & Gory, A. (s. str.) s. gaerdesi Descarpentries, A. (s. str.) s. keniensis Thery, A. (s. str.) stictithorax Obenberger, A. (s. str.) lugubrina Boheman, and A. (s. str.) virgo Boheman, are transferred to the subgenus Acmaeotethya Volkovitsh, and A. (Acmaeotethya) holmi sp. n., A. (Acmaeotethya) ruahaensis sp. n. and A. (Acmaeotethya) bjornstadi sp. n. are also assigned to this subgenus. A revised key to part of Holm’s Acmaeodera (s. str.) (Holm,1978) is provided. A. (s. str.) guichardi sp. n. from Muscat is described, illustrated and compared with related species.
Zoosystematica Rossica, 1996, 5(1): 139–148 ▪ Published in print 25 June 1996
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