Byrrhoidea

Heterocerus fenestratus, copyright Udo Schmidt.

Belongs within: Elateriformia.
Contains: Dryopidae, Ptilodactylidae, Psephenidae, Elmidae, Limnichidae.

The Byrrhoidea are a clade of often aquatic or riparian beetles that commonly have a specialised mode of wing-folding (Lawrence & Britton 1991).

<==Byrrhoidea [Dryopoidea, Psephenoidea] MW15
    |  i. s.: Sinodryopites Hong 2002 [Sinodryopitidae] H02
    |           `--*S. ovalifemorales Hong 2002 H02
    |         Expansifemoria Hong 2002 H02
    |           `--*E. orientalis Hong 2002 H02
    |         Brachypodites Hong 2002 H02
    |           `--*B. liaoningensis Hong 2002 H02
    |         Actinocerites Hong 2002 H02
    |           `--*A. punctatus Hong 2002 H02
    |--Byrrhidae MW15
    |    |  i. s.: Notolioon gemmatus (Lea 1920) [=Pedilophorus gemmatus] B14
    |    |         Cytilus B14
    |    |           |--C. alternatus (Say 1825) B14
    |    |           |--C. avunculus F89
    |    |           `--C. mimicus B14
    |    |--Byrrhinae MW15
    |    |    |--Byrrhus KB11
    |    |    |    |--B. australis B35
    |    |    |    |--B. pilula L02
    |    |    |    |--B. raucus Blackb. 1891 M96
    |    |    |    `--B. torrensensis Blackb. 1889 M96
    |    |    `--Simplocaria semistriata MW15
    |    `--Syncalyptinae KB11
    |         |--Chaetophora spinosa KB11
    |         |--Curimopsis setigera KB11
    |         |--Syncalypta P92
    |         `--Microchaetes MW15
    `--+--+--+--Dryopidae MW15
       |  |  `--Lutrochus [Lutrochidae] MW15
       |  |       |--L. arizonicus MW15
       |  |       `--L. germari Grouvelle 1889 B14
       |  `--Callirhipidae MW15
       |       |--Horatocera B14
       |       |--Zenoa picea B14
       |       |--Ennometes lacordairei LB91, M86
       |       |--Celadonia laportei (Hope 1846) B14
       |       |    |--C. l. laportei B14
       |       |    `--C. l. nigroimpressa B14
       |       `--Callirrhipis Latr. 1829 FS90
       |            |--C. cardwellensis LB91
       |            |--C. dejeanii B35
       |            |--C. insularis Cast. 1835 FS90
       |            |--C. lacordairei Cast. 1834 FS90
       |            |--C. lherminieri Cast. 1834 [incl. C. brunnea Cast. 1834] FS90
       |            `--C. ruficornis M86
       `--+--+--+--Ptilodactylidae MW15
          |  |  `--Podabrocephalus [Podabrocephalidae] MW15
          |  |       `--P. sinuaticollis Pic 1913 B14
          |  `--+--Anchycteis [Anchytarsinae] MW15
          |     |    `--A. velutina MW15
          |     `--Cneoglossa [Cneoglossidae] MW15
          |          |--C. edsoni B14
          |          `--C. lampyroides Champion 1897 B14
          `--+--+--Psephenidae MW15
             |  `--+--Elmidae MW15
             |     `--Eulichadidae MW15
             |          |--Stenocolus scutellaris MW15
             |          `--Eulichas B14
             |               |--E. sausai B14
             |               `--E. serricornis Hájek 2009 B14
             `--+--Chelonariidae MW15
                |    |--Brounia thoracica LE04
                |    `--+--Pseudochelonarium LE04
                |       `--Chelonarium Fab. 1801 LE04, FS90
                |            |--C. atrum L02
                |            |--C. australicum LB91
                |            |--C. ornatum Klug 1825 B14
                |            |--C. pilosellum Chv. 1880 FS90
                |            `--C. signatum B14
                `--+--Limnichidae MW15
                   `--Heteroceridae MW15
                        |--Elythomerus elongatulus LB91
                        |--Lanternarius gemmatus C91
                        |--Augyles maritimus KB11
                        |--Heterocerites kobdoensis Ponomarenko 1986 RJ93
                        `--Heterocerus MW15 [incl. Neoheterocerus B14; Heterocerinae]
                             |--H. angustatus B14
                             |--H. fenestratus MW15
                             |--H. flindersi Blackb. 1887 M96
                             |--H. gnatho LeConte 1863 B14
                             |--H. indistinctus Blackb. 1891 M96
                             |--H. lituratus G89
                             |--H. marginatus L02
                             |--H. multimaculatus Blackb. 1887 M96
                             |--H. salinus C01
                             `--H. victoriae Blackb. 1891 M96

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

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[B14] Bouchard, P. (ed.) 2014. The Book of Beetles: A lifesize guide to six hundred of nature's gems. Ivy Press: Lewes (United Kingdom).

[C91] Chapman, R. F. 1991. General anatomy and function. In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers 2^nd ed. vol. 1 pp. 33–67. Melbourne University Press: Carlton (Victoria).

[C01] Csiki, E. 1901. Bogarak [Coleopteren]. In: Horváth, G. (ed.) Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazása [Dritte Asiatische Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] vol. 2. Zichy Jenő Gróf Harmadik Ázsiai Utazásának Állattani Eredményei [Zoologische Ergebnisse der Dritten Asiatischen Forschungsreise des Grafen Eugen Zichy] pp. 75–120. Victor Hornyánszky: Budapest, and Karl W. Hierseman: Leipzig.

[F89] Fairmaire, L. 1889. Coléoptères de l'intérieur de la Chine. 5^e partie. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 6^e série 9: 5–84.

[FS90] Fleutiaux, E., & A. Sallé. 1890. Liste des coléoptères de la Guadeloupe et descriptions d’espèces nouvelles. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 6^e série 9: 351–484.

[G89] Grouvelle, A. 1889. Voyage de M. E. Simon au Venezuela (Décembre 1887–Avril 1888). Coléoptéres, 2^e mémoire. Cucujidae, Rhysodidae, Dryopidae, Cyathoceridae, Heteroceridae. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 6^e série 9: 157–166, pl. 6.

[H02] Hong Y. 2002. Amber Insect of China. Beijing Scientific and Technological Publishing House.

[KB11] Kundrata, R., & L. Bocak. 2011. The phylogeny and limits of Elateridae (Insecta, Coleoptera): is there a common tendency of click beetles to soft-bodiedness and neoteny? Zoologica Scripta 40: 364–378.

[L02] Latreille, P. A. 1802. Histoire Naturelle, générale et particulière des crustacés et des insectes vol. 3. Familles naturelles des genres. F. Dufart: Paris.

[LB91] Lawrence, J. F., & E. B. Britton. 1991. Coleoptera (beetles). In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers vol. 2 pp. 543–683. Melbourne University Press: Carlton (Victoria).

[LE04] Leschen, R., & J. Early. 2004. New collection of Brounia thoracica (Coleoptera: Chelonariidae). Weta 27: 15–21.

[M86] Masters, G. 1886. Catalogue of the described Coleoptera of Australia. Part IV. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, series 2, 1 (2): 259–380.

[M96] Masters, G. 1896. Catalogue of the described Coleoptera of Australia. Supplement, part II. Dytiscidae, Gyrinidae, Hydrophyllidae, Staphylinidae, Pselaphidae, Paussidae, Silphidae, Scaphididae, Histeridae, Phalacridae, Nitidulidae, Trogositidae, Colydiidae, Cucujidae, Cryptophagidae, Lathridiidae, Mycetophagidae, Dermestidae, Byrrhidae, Parnidae, Heteroceridae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 21 (Suppl.): 695–754.

[MW15] McKenna, D. D., A. L. Wild, K. Kanda, C. L. Bellamy, R. G. Beutel, M. S. Caterino, C. W. Farnum, D. C. Hawks, M. A. Ivie, M. L. Jameson, R. A. B. Leschen, A. E. Marvaldi, J. V. McHugh, A. F. Newton, J. A. Robertson, M. K. Thayer, M. F. Whiting, J. F. Lawrence, A. Ślipiński, D. R. Maddison & B. D. Farrell. 2015. The beetle tree of life reveals that Coleoptera survived end-Permian mass extinction to diversify during the Cretaceous terrestrial revolution. Systematic Entomology 40 (4): 835–880.

[P92] Poinar, G. O., Jr. 1992. Life in Amber. Stanford University Press: Stanford.

[RJ93] Ross, A. J., & E. A. Jarzembowski. 1993. Arthropoda (Hexapoda; Insecta). In: Benton, M. J. (ed.) The Fossil Record 2 pp. 363–426. Chapman & Hall: London.

Limnichidae

Limnichus australis, from Insects of Tasmania.

Belongs within: Byrrhoidea.

The Limnichidae are a group of very small beetles often found in riparian habitats (Lawrence & Britton 1991).

Characters (from Lawrence & Britton 1991): Very small, oval and moderately convex beetles, clothed with decumbent, erect or occasionally minute and pruinose vestiture. Antennae eleven-segmented with three- or four-segmented club, usually slender; frontoclypeal suture present; body with ventral cavities into which legs can be folded; prosternum elongate, extending well in front of coxae; fore coxae transverse, trochantins exposed, coxal cavities externally and internally open; mid coxal cavities widely separated, laterally open; transverse metasternal suture usually present; tarsi usually five-segmented, rarely four-segmented; abdomen with five visible ventrites, three to five connate. Larvae cylindrical, maxillolabial complex consolidated, so cardines are contiguous, maxillary articulating areas absent, postmentum joined to stipites for most of its length.

<==Limnichidae
    |--Babalimnichus B14
    |--Pseudeucinetus LB91
    |--Limnichus KB11
    |    |--L. australis LB91
    |    `--L. pygmaeus KB11
    |--Paralimnichus LB91
    |--Byrrhinus LB91
    |--Hyphalus [Hyphalinae] B14
    |    `--H. insularis Britton 1971 B14
    `--Mexico [Thaumastodinae] B14
         |--M. litoralis B14
         `--M. morrisoni Skelley 2005 B14

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[B14] Bouchard, P. (ed.) 2014. The Book of Beetles: A lifesize guide to six hundred of nature's gems. Ivy Press: Lewes (United Kingdom).

[KB11] Kundrata, R., & L. Bocak. 2011. The phylogeny and limits of Elateridae (Insecta, Coleoptera): is there a common tendency of click beetles to soft-bodiedness and neoteny? Zoologica Scripta 40: 364–378.

[LB91] Lawrence, J. F., & E. B. Britton. 1991. Coleoptera (beetles). In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers 2^nd ed. vol. 2 pp. 543–683. Melbourne University Press: Carlton (Victoria).

Julodinae

Brush jewel beetle Julodis viridipes on Othonna arbuscula, copyright Alexey Yakovlev.

Belongs within: Buprestidae.

The Julodinae are a group of jewel beetles whose larvae are free-living soil dwellers, feeding externally on roots (Bouchard 2014).

Julodinae [Amblysternini, Julodides, Julodini] B14
    |--Aaata Semenov-Tian-Shanskij 1906 B85
    |    `--A. finchi (Waterhouse 1884) B14
    |--Julodella Semenov-Tian-Shanskij 1893 [=Julodiella (l. c.)] B85
    |--Neojulodis Kerremans 1902 B85
    |    |  i. s.: N. rufolimbata G08
    |    `--N. (Protojulodis Holm 1979) B85
    |--Amblysterna Thomson 1878 B85
    |    |--A. johnstoni B14
    |    `--A. natalensis (Fåhraeus 1851) B14
    |--Sternocera Eschscholtz 1829 [incl. Charytonia Gistel 1834, Sternoxus] B85
    |    |--S. boucardi G08
    |    |--S. castanea B14
    |    |--S. chrysis (Fabricius 1775) B14
    |    |    |--S. c. chrysis B14
    |    |    `--S. c. nitidicollis B14
    |    |--S. discedens B14
    |    |--S. hildebrandti G08
    |    `--S. hunteri G08
    `--Julodis Eschscholtz 1829 [incl. Phyllis Gistel 1834, Saccosoma Motschulsky 1859] B85
         |--J. arabica G89
         |--J. cirrosa B14
         |    |--J. c. cirrosa B14
         |    |--J. c. hirtiventris Laporte 1835 B14
         |    `--J. c. mellyi B14
         |--J. fascicularis B14
         |--J. fimbriata [=Buprestis fimbriata] G89
         |--J. hirsuta B14
         |--J. sulcicollis B14
         `--J. viridipes B14

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[B85] 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.

[B14] Bouchard, P. (ed.) 2014. The Book of Beetles: A lifesize guide to six hundred of nature's gems. Ivy Press: Lewes (United Kingdom).

[G89] Gestro, R. 1889. Viaggio ab Assab nel Mar Rosso dei signori G. Doria ed O. Beccari con il R. Avviso «Esploratore» dal 16 Novembre 1879 al 26 Febbraio 1880.—IV. Coleotteri. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Serie 2^a, 7: 5–72.

[G08] Golding, M. R. 2008. A Pictorial Field Guide to the Beetles of Australia. Part 3: Chalcophorinae. Ocean Publishing.

Dascillidae

Dascillus cervinus, copyright Udo Schmidt.

Belongs within: Elateriformia.

The Dascillidae are a group of elongate beetles with serrate antennae whose larvae live on organic matter in the soil (Lawrence & Britton 1991). Members of the subfamily Karumiinae are relatively soft-bodied with a tendency for neotenic development (Bouchard 2014).

Characters (from Lawrence & Britton 1991): Elongate, more or less parallel-sided, brown and clothed with decumbent grey or yellow pubescence usually forming narrow stripes on elytra; antennae eleven-segmented, serrate; pronotum strongly transverse with complete lateral carinae visible from above; fore coxae transverse, trochantins exposed, fore coxal cavities externally and internally open; mid coxal cavities narrowly separated, laterally open; tarsi pentamerous; abdomen with five ventrites, 0–2 connate. Larva more or less C-shaped, with large head, well-developed legs, and complex epipharyngeal and hypopharyngeal armature; labrum partly fused to clypeus; antennae appearing two-segmented with sensorium at apex; T9 with pair of minute urogomphi.

<==Dascillidae B14
    |  i. s.: Notodascillus sublineatus LB91
    |         Helodes M86
    |           |--H. atkinsoni Waterh. 1877 M86
    |           |--H. australis Erichs. 1841 M86
    |           |--H. distincta Lucas 1846 E12
    |           |--H. maculatus Waterh. 1877 M86
    |           `--H. vicina Lucas 1846 E12
    |         Notiocyphon B70
    |--Dascillus Latreille 1802 L02 [Dascillinae B14]
    |    |--D. brevicornis Macleay 1872 M86
    |    |--D. cervinus G20 [=Atopa cervina L02, Cebrio (Dascillus) cervinus G20]
    |    |--D. davidsoni LeConte 1859 B14
    |    `--D. plumbeus B14
    `--Karumiinae [Karumiidae] B14
         |--Anorus piceus LeConte 1859 B14
         `--Karumia B14
              |--K. estafilinoides B14
              `--K. staphylinus (Semenov & Martynov 1925) B14

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[B14] Bouchard, P. (ed.) 2014. The Book of Beetles: A lifesize guide to six hundred of nature's gems. Ivy Press: Lewes (United Kingdom).

[B70] Britton, E. B. 1970. Coleoptera (beetles). In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers pp. 495–621. Melbourne University Press.

[G20] Goldfuss, G. A. 1820. Handbuch der Naturgeschichte vol. 3. Handbuch der Zoologie pt 1. Johann Leonhard Schrag: Nürnberg.

[L02] Latreille, P. A. 1802. Histoire Naturelle, générale et particulière des crustacés et des insectes vol. 3. Familles naturelles des genres. F. Dufart: Paris.

[LB91] Lawrence, J. F., & E. B. Britton. 1991. Coleoptera (beetles). In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers 2^nd ed. vol. 2 pp. 543–683. Melbourne University Press: Carlton (Victoria).

[M86] Masters, G. 1886. Catalogue of the described Coleoptera of Australia. Part IV. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, series 2, 1 (2): 259–380.

Last updated: 10 December 2020.

Chrysochroinae

Capnodis cariosa, copyright Siga.

Belongs within: Buprestidae.
Contains: Chalcophorina.

The Chrysochroinae are a group of jewel beetles whose antennae have pores distributed over both surfaces of the segments rather than being concentrated into a ventral depression. Members include the heavily sclerotised Palaearctic and Oriental genus Capnodis whose members include a number of pests of fruit trees (Bouchard 2014).

Chrysochroinae [Chalcophorides, Chalcophorinae] B14
    |--Vadonaxia Descarpentries 1969 [Vadonaxiini] B85
    |--Mendizabalia Cobos 1957 [Mendizabalini] B85
    |--Cinyrini [Paraleptodemini] B85
    |    |--Euleptodema Obenberger 1928 B85
    |    `--Cinyra Laporte & Gory 1837 [=Cynira (l. c.); incl. Paraleptodema Obenberger 1936] B85
    |         `--C. spilota (Hope 1846) [=Cisseis spilota] M86
    |--Epistomentini B85
    |    |--Cyrioxus Hoscheck 1925 B85
    |    |--Araucariana Levey 1978 B85
    |    |--Epistomentis Solier 1850 B85
    |    |    `--E. pictus G08
    |    |--Cyria Solier 1833 [incl. Cyrioides Carter 1920, Xenocyria Obenberger 1947] B85
    |    |    |--C. australis C08 [=Buprestis australis B35; incl. C. gagates C08]
    |    |    |--C. cincta Carter 1908 C08
    |    |    |--C. elateroides Saund. 1872 M86
    |    |    `--C. vittigera C08
    |    `--Diadoxus Saunders 1868 B85, G08
    |         |--D. erythrurus (White 1846) G08 [=Stigmodera erythrura M86; incl. Anthaxia pistacina M86]
    |         |--D. jungi Blackburn 1899 G08
    |         |--D. regius Peterson 1991 G08
    |         `--D. scalaris [incl. Anthaxia erichsoni] M86
    |--Psilopterini [Psilopterides] B85
    |    |--Touzalinia Thery 1922 B85
    |    |--Icarina Alluaud 1896 [incl. Icaria Thomson 1878 non Saussure 1853] B85
    |    |--Asidoptera Obenberger 1923 B85
    |    |--Aurigena Laporte & Gory 1837 B85
    |    |--Ectinogonia Spinola 1837 [incl. Kheilia Obenberger 1926 (preoc.), Kheiliella Obenberger 1940] B85
    |    |    `--E. (Achardella Obenberger 1926) B85
    |    |--Lampetis Spinola 1837 [incl. Pseudolampetis Obenberger 1926, Spinthoptera Casey 1909] B85
    |    |    `--L. gregaria G08
    |    |--Cyphosoma Mannerheim 1837 (see below for synonymy) B85
    |    |    `--C. tartaricum G08
    |    |--Perotis Spinola 1837 B85
    |    |    `--P. unicolor G08
    |    |--Latipalpis Solier 1833 B85
    |    |    `--L. (Palpilatis Bily 1980) B85
    |    |--Polybothris Spinola 1837 (see below for synonymy) B85
    |    |    |--P. angulosa B14
    |    |    |--P. auriventris (Laporte & Gory 1837) B14
    |    |    `--P. sumptuosa G08
    |    |--Psiloptera Solier 1833 B85
    |    |    |  i. s.: P. acroptera B14
    |    |    |         P. attenuata (Fabricius 1793) B14
    |    |    |         P. transversovittata B14
    |    |    |         P. weigelti S12
    |    |    `--P. (Damarsila Thomson 1881) B85
    |    |--Oedisterna Lacordaire 1857 [incl. Lachesis Saunders 1871 nec Daudin 1803 nec Risso 1826] B85
    |    |    |--O. (Embrikillium Obenberger 1936) B85
    |    |    |--O. (Fahraeusia Obenberger 1936) B85
    |    |    |--O. (Monosacra Thomson 1878) B85
    |    |    |--O. (Pseudoperotis Obenberger 1936) B85
    |    |    `--O. (Strandissa Obenberger 1936) B85
    |    `--Capnodis Eschscholtz 1829 B85
    |         |--C. carbonaria B14
    |         |--C. cariosa B14
    |         |--C. excisa G08
    |         |--C. miliaris (Klug 1829) B14
    |         |    |--C. m. miliaris B14
    |         |    `--C. m. metallica B14
    |         `--C. tenebrionis B14
    `--Chrysochroini [Catoxanthini] G08
         |  i. s.: Chrysochroa Solier 1833 G08, B85
         |           |--C. buqueti (Gory 1833) B14
         |           |    |--C. b. buqueti B14
         |           |    |--C. b. kerremansi B14
         |           |    |--C. b. rugicollis B14
         |           |    |--C. b. suturalis B14
         |           |    `--C. b. trimaculata B14
         |           |--C. castelnaudi B14
         |           |--C. fulminans G08
         |           `--C. toulgoeti G08
         |         Megaloxantha Kerremans 1902 B85
         |           |--M. bicolor (Fabricius 1775) B14
         |           |    |--M. b. bicolor B14
         |           |    |--M. b. ohtanii B14
         |           |    `--M. b. ryoi B14
         |           |--M. concolor B14
         |           |--M. gigantea B14
         |           `--M. netscheri B14
         |         Demochroa White 1859 B85
         |           `--D. lacordairi G08
         |         Catoxantha Solier 1833 B14, B85 [incl. Euchloris B85, Pyranthe Gistel 1834 B85]
         |           |--C. bonvouloirii B14
         |           |--C. eburnea B14
         |           |--C. nagaii B14
         |           |--C. opulenta (Gory 1832) B14
         |           |    |--C. o. opulenta B14
         |           |    `--C. o. borneensis B14
         |           |--C. pierrei B14
         |           `--C. purpurea B14
         |         Semenoviella Obenberger 1924 B85
         |         Steraspis Solier 1833 [incl. Phalantha Gistel 1834] B85
         |           |--S. ambigua G08
         |           `--S. squamosa [=Buprestis squamosa] G89
         |         Chrysaspina Thery 1930 [incl. Chrysaspis Kerremans 1893 (preoc.)] B85
         |         Pygichaeta Obenberger 1920 B85
         |         Asamia Thery 1909 B85
         |         Agelia Laporte & Gory 1835 B85
         |           |--A. burmensis B14
         |           |--A. chalybea B14
         |           |--A. fasciata B14
         |           |--A. limbata B14
         |           |--A. lordi B14
         |           |--A. obtusicollis B14
         |           |--A. pectinicornis B14
         |           |--A. petelii (Gory 1840) B14
         |           `--A. theryi B14
         |         Philocteanus Deyrolle 1864 B85
         |         Kolleria Thery 1925 B85
         |         Epidelus Deyrolle 1864 B85
         |         Epidelomorphus Thery 1925 B85
         |         Micropistus Thery 1922 B85
         |           `--M. microcephalus G08
         |         Szentendreya Holynski 1980 B85
         |         Chrysopistus Thery 1922 B85
         |         Callopistus Deyrolle 1864 B85
         |         Pseudocallopistus Obenberger 1942 B85
         |         Cyalithus Thomson 1878 [incl. Aprosopus Deyrolle 1864] B85
         |         Cyalithoides Fisher 1922 B85
         |         Mrazia Obenberger 1928 B85
         `--Chalcophorina B14

Chrysochroinae incertae sedis:
  Cyriodes Carter 1920 G08
    |--C. australis (Boisduval 1835) G08
    |--C. cincta (Carter 1908) G08
    |--C. elateroides (Saunders 1872) G08
    |--C. imperialis (Fabricius 1801) G08
    |--C. sexspilota Carter 1920 G09
    |--C. tridens (Blackburn 1892) G08
    `--C. vittigera (L. & G. 1835) G08
  Calopistus castelnaui G08
  Afrochroa lepida G08
  Chrycestes tripunctata G08

Cyphosoma Mannerheim 1837 [incl. Coeculus Laporte & Gory 1839, Cyphonota Dejean 1836, Phelix Marseul 1865] B85

Polybothris Spinola 1837 [incl. Alampetis Thomson 1878, Amphisbeta Thomson 1878, Apatea Thomson 1878, Aplax Thomson 1878, Carcinias Thomson 1878, Cassidabothris Thomson 1878, Coccinellopsis Thomson 1878, Cornelia Thomson 1878, Enharpya Thomson 1878, Erebodes Thomson 1878, Hemisobothris Thomson 1878, Laconides Thomson 1878, Paleobothris Thomson 1878, Phobetodes Thomson 1878, Pseudophthalma Thomson 1878, Pycnobothris Thomson 1878] B85

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[B85] 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.

[B35] Boisduval, J. B. 1835. Voyage de Découvertes de l’Astrolabe. Exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826–1827–1828–1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Faune entomologique de l'océan Pacifique, avec l'illustration des insectes nouveaux recueillis pendant le voyage vol. 2. Coléoptères et autres ordres. J. Tastu: Paris.

[B14] Bouchard, P. (ed.) 2014. The Book of Beetles: A lifesize guide to six hundred of nature's gems. Ivy Press: Lewes (United Kingdom).

[C08] Carter, H. J. 1908. Revision of the genus Seirotrana, together with descriptions of new species of other Australian Coleoptera. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 33: 392–422.

[G89] Gestro, R. 1889. Viaggio ab Assab nel Mar Rosso dei signori G. Doria ed O. Beccari con il R. Avviso “Esploratore” dal 16 Novembre 1879 al 26 Febbraio 1880.—IV. Coleotteri. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, Serie 2^a, 7: 5–72.

[G08] Golding, M. R. 2008. A Pictorial Field Guide to the Beetles of Australia. Part 3: Chalcophorinae. Ocean Publishing.

[G09] Golding, M. R. 2009. A Pictorial Field Guide to the Beetles of Australia. Part 4: Bolboceratinae. Privately published.

[M86] Masters, G. 1886. Catalogue of the described Coleoptera of Australia. Part III. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, series 2, 1 (1): 21–126.

[S12] Schaal, S. 2012. Messel Pit fossil site—the legacy of the environment and life of the Eocene. In: Talent, J. A. (ed.) Earth and Life: Global biodiversity, extinction intervals and biogeographic perturbations through time pp. 225–236. Springer.

Last updated: 10 December 2020.

Polycestinae

Astraeus fraterculus, copyright Western Australian Museum.

Belongs within: Buprestidae.
Contains: Acmaeodera, Polycesta.

The Polycestinae are a group of jewel beetles that often have strongly punctured and/or carinate elytra and a sternal cavity for reception of the prosternal process often formed entirely from the mesosternum. The sternal cavity is partially formed by the metasternum in the Australasian genus Astraeus, members of which are generally strongly convex.

Polycestinae [Acmaeoderinae, Acmaeoderites, Polycestides, Ptosimites] B14
    |--Pseudacherusia Kerremans 1904 B85
    |--Perucola Thery 1925 [Perucolini] B85
    |--Prospheres Thomson 1878 [=Phospheres (l. c.); Prospherini] B85
    |--Nothomorpha Thomson 1878 [Nothomorphini] B85
    |--Acmaeoderoides Van Dyke 1942 [Acmaeoderoidini] B85
    |--Xyroscelis Thomson 1878 [Xyroscelini] B85
    |    `--X. crocata [incl. X. melanosticta Hope 1846, X. nodosa Hope 1846] M86
    |--Thrincopyge LeConte 1858 B14, B85 [Thrincopyginae, Thrincopygini]
    |    `--T. alacris LeConte 1858 B14
    |--Tylauchenini B85
    |    |--Tylauchenia Burmeister 1872 [incl. Ocypetes Thomson 1878 non Lesson 1842] B85
    |    |--Neocypetes Cobos 1973 B85
    |    `--Ancylotela Waterhouse 1882 B85
    |--Polyctesini B85
    |    |--Paraxenopsis Cobos 1980 B85
    |    |--Xenopsis Saunders 1867 B85
    |    |--Polyctesis Marseul 1865 [incl. Schoutedenia Obenberger 1924 (preoc.), Schoutendeiastes Burgeon 1941] B85
    |    |--Chrysophana LeConte 1860 B85
    |    `--Beerellus Nelson 1981 B85
    |--Acherusini B85
    |    |--Hayekina Cobos 1980 B85
    |    |--Bulis Laporte & Gory 1837 B85
    |    `--Acherusia Laporte & Gory 1837 B85
    |         |  i. s.: A. childreni M86
    |         `--A. (Nelsonila Cobos 1980) B85
    |--Ptosimini B85
    |    |--Paratrachys Saunders 1873 [Paratrachysae] B85
    |    `--Ptosimae B85
    |         |--Ptosima Solier 1833 B85
    |         `--Sponsor Laporte & Gory 1839 B85
    |              |--S. (Neoptosima Thery 1905) B85
    |              `--S. (Stenianthe Fairmaire 1886) B85
    |--Tyndarini B85
    |    |--Paraancylotela Cobos 1959 B85
    |    |--Bordonia Cobos 1980 B85
    |    `--Tyndaris Thomson 1857 B85
    |         |--T. (Barberia Cobos 1980) B85
    |         |--T. (Knulliella Cobos 1980) B85
    |         |--T. (Paratyndaris Fisher 1919) B85
    |         `--T. (Tucsonia Cobos 1980) B85
    |--Astraeus Laporte & Gory 1837 [Astraeusini] B85
    |    |--A. aberrans B14
    |    |--A. adamsi B14
    |    |--A. caledonicus B14
    |    |--A. carnabyi B14
    |    |--A. dedariensis B14
    |    |--A. flavopictus M86
    |    |--A. fraterculus van de Poll 1889 B14
    |    |--A. mastersi Macleay 1872 M86
    |    |--A. navarchis Thoms. 1856 M86
    |    `--A. samoellei Saund. 1868 M86
    |--Acmaeoderini B85
    |    |--Acmaeodera B14
    |    |--Microacmaeodera Cobos 1966 B85
    |    |--Acmaeoderopsis Barr 1974 B85
    |    |--Anambodera Barr 1974 B85
    |    |--Xantheremia Volkovitsh 1979 B85
    |    |--Cochinchinula Volkovitsh 1984 B85
    |    |    `--*C. quadriareolata [=Acmaeodera quadriareolata] B85
    |    `--Acmaeoderella Cobos 1955 B85
    |         |--A. (Carininota Volkovitsh 1979) B85
    |         |--A. (Euacmaeoderella Volkovitsh 1979) B85
    |         |--A. (Kocheridia Cobos 1958) B85
    |         |--A. (Liogastria Volkovitsh 1979) B85
    |         `--A. (Omphalothorax Volkovitsh 1979) B85
    `--Polycestini B85
         |--Polycesta B85
         |--Pseudocastalia Kraatz 1896 B85
         |--Agenjosiana Cobos 1981 B85
         |--Madecacesta Descarpentries 1975 B85
         |--Cobosesta Holm 1982 B85
         |--Jelinekia Cobos 1981 B85
         |--Kogania Cobos 1981 B85
         |--Madecastalia Descarpentries 1975 B85
         |--Parapolycesta Cobos 1981 B85
         |--Strigopteroides Cobos 1981 B85
         |--Polycestoides Kerremans 1902 B85
         |--Polycestaxis Obenberger 1920 B85
         |--Polycestaxia Cobos 1981 B85
         |--Pseudopolycesta Cobos 1981 B85
         |--Castaliella Cobos 1981 B85
         |--Micropolycesta Cobos 1981 B85
         |--Aldabrica Cobos 1981 B85
         |--Polycestella Kerremans 1902 B85
         |--Thurntaxisia Schatzmayr 1929 [incl. Acassidiocesta Mandl 1972] B85
         |--Paracastalia Kerremans 1902 [incl. Lypocesta Cobos 1981] B85
         |    `--P. (Mattheesta Holm 1982) B85
         |--Polycestina Cobos 1981 B85
         |    `--P. (Damarana Cobos 1981) B85
         |--Neopolycesta Kerremans 1904 [incl. Holmia Cobos 1981] B85
         |    `--N. (Peringueyesta Holm 1982) B85
         `--Strigoptera Dejean 1838 [incl. Castalia Gory & Laporte 1837 non Savigny 1820] B85
              |--S. bimaculata (Linnaeus 1758) B35, L58 (see below for synonymy)
              |--S. bipustulata B35 [=Buprestis bipustulata B35, Castalia bipustulata M86]
              |--‘Castalia’ globithorax Thoms. 1878 M86
              `--‘Castalia’ pacifica M86

Strigoptera bimaculata (Linnaeus 1758) B35, L58 [=Buprestis bimaculata B35, Castalia bimaculata M86; incl. C. impustulata M86]

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[B85] 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.

[B35] Boisduval, J. B. 1835. Voyage de Découvertes de l’Astrolabe. Exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826–1827–1828–1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Faune entomologique de l'océan Pacifique, avec l'illustration des insectes nouveaux recueillis pendant le voyage vol. 2. Coléoptères et autres ordres. J. Tastu: Paris.

[B14] Bouchard, P. (ed.) 2014. The Book of Beetles: A lifesize guide to six hundred of nature's gems. Ivy Press: Lewes (United Kingdom).

[L58] Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae.

[M86] Masters, G. 1886. Catalogue of the described Coleoptera of Australia. Part III. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, series 2, 1 (1): 21–126.

Last updated: 10 December 2020.

Agrilinae

Ethon latipennis, from Brisbane Insects.

Belongs within: Buprestidae.
Contains: Agrilus, Aphanisticus, Cisseis.

The Agrilinae are a group of jewel beetles characterised by a sternal cavity (receiving the prosternal process) formed in more or less equal parts by the mesosternum and metasternum. Members of the tribes Aphanisticini and Tracheini have mesocoxae more widely separated than the procoxae and legs with relatively short tarsi whereas Agrilini and Coraebini have procoxae and mesocoxae more or less equidistant and relatively long tarsi.

Agrilinae [Agrilites, Trachyinae, Trachysites] B14
    |--Tracheini [Brachyini, Pachyschelini] B14
    |    |--Habroloma Thomson 1864 B85
    |    |    |  i. s.: H. australis (Macleay 1888) G08
    |    |    |--H. (Malobroha Cobos 1979) B85
    |    |    `--H. (Parahabroloma Kurosawa 1959) B85
    |    |--Brachys Solier 1833 B14, B85
    |    |--Pachyschelus Solier 1833 B14, B85 [incl. Mentonius Say 1836 B85]
    |    |    |--P. laevigatus B14
    |    |    `--P. terminans (Fabricius 1801) B14
    |    |--Trachys Fabricius 1801 B85
    |    |    |--T. anthaxoides B88
    |    |    |--T. minutus B14
    |    |    |--T. phlyctaenoides Kolenati 1846 B14
    |    |    |--T. picta F37
    |    |    |--T. (Trachys) pipturi Fisher 1937 F37
    |    |    `--T. troglodytiformis B14
    |    |--Hylaeogena Obenberger 1923 B85
    |    |    `--H. (Hedwigiella Obenberger 1941) B85
    |    |--Lius Deyrolle 1864 B85
    |    |--Taphrocerus Solier 1833 B85
    |    |    `--T. (Parabrachys Cobos 1979) B85
    |    |--Leiopleura Deyrolle 1864 [incl. Enbrachys Fisher 1935, Leiopleurella Fisher 1922] B85
    |    |--Callimicra Deyrolle 1864 [incl. Bakerietta Obenberger 1932] B85
    |    `--Neotrachys Obenberger 1923 B85
    |--Agrilini B85
    |    |--Agrilus B14
    |    |--Agrilomorpha Thery 1909 B85
    |    |--Trypantius Waterhouse 1887 [incl. Trypanidius Waterhouse 1889] B85
    |    |--Dismorpha Gistel 1848 [incl. Stenogaster Solier 1833 (preoc.)] B85
    |    |--Wendleria Obenberger 1924 [incl. Wendleriana Thery 1925] B85
    |    |--Mychommatus Murray 1868 B85
    |    |--Maublancia Thery 1946 B85
    |    |--Cyphothorax Waterhouse 1887 B85
    |    |--Geralius Harold 1869 [incl. Acanthopygus Deyrolle 1864 (preoc.)] B85
    |    |--Omochyseus Waterhouse 1887 [=Omochryseus (l. c.)] B85
    |    |--Agrilodia Obenberger 1924 B85
    |    |--Sarawakita Obenberger 1924 B85
    |    |--Parakamosia Obenberger 1924 B85
    |    |--Sjoestedtius Thery 1931 [=Sjoestedtia Thery 1931; incl. Eukamosia Obenberger ms] B85
    |    |--Agriloides Kerremans 1903 [incl. Xenagrilus Obenberger 1924] B85
    |    |--Agrilacanthus Thery 1940 B85
    |    |--Agrilochyseus Thery 1935 B85
    |    |--Callchitones Obenberger 1931 B85
    |    |--Amyia Thomson 1878 B85
    |    |--Callipyndax Waterhouse 1887 B85
    |    |--Euamyia Kerremans 1903 [incl. Eumerus Gory & Laporte 1839 non Geoffroy Saint-Hailaire 1829] B85
    |    |--Pareumerus Deyrolle 1864 B85
    |    |--Rhaeboscelis Chevrolat 1837 B85
    |    |--Velutia Kerremans 1900 B85
    |    `--Paragrilus Saunders 1871 [incl. Clinocera Deryolle 1864 (preoc.)] B85
    |--Aphanisticini [Aphanisticites] B85
    |    |--Aphanisticus B85
    |    |--Anthaxomorphus Deyrolle 1864 [incl. Bolivarina Obenberger 1921] B85
    |    `--Endelus Deyrolle 1864 B85
    |--Germarica Blackburn 1887 [Germaricini] B85
    |--Cylindromorphoidini B85
    |    |--Cylindromorphoides Kerremans 1903 B85
    |    `--Eurynodes Thery 1934 B85
    `--Coraebini [Amorphosternae] B14
         |--Sibuyanella Obenberger 1942 B85
         |    |--S. bakeri (Fisher 1924) B14
         |    |--S. boudanti B14
         |    `--S. mimica B14
         |--Coraebus Laporte & Gory 1839 B85
         |    |  i. s.: C. chrysopygius M86
         |    |         C. elatus [incl. C. elatus var. repletus] C01
         |    |         C. fulgidicollis Lucas 1846 E12
         |    |         C. kamikochianus Kano 1929 [=Coraebuus (l. c.) kamikochianus] TYM08
         |    |         C. loochooensis Kano 1929 [=Coraebuus (l. c.) loochooensis] TYM08
         |    |         C. marmoratus Macleay 1872 M86
         |    |         C. undatus (Fabricius 1787) B14
         |    |         C. westwoodi M86
         |    |--C. (Katonia Thery 1941) B85
         |    `--C. (Negreia Cobos 1962) B85
         |--Synechocera Deyrolle 1864 B85
         |--Pseudosynechocera Obenberger 1943 B85
         |--Paracephala Thomson 1878 B85
         |    |--P. murina Thoms. 1878 M86
         |    `--P. pistacina (Hope 1846) [=Agrilus pistacinus; incl. Aphanisticus canaliculatus] M86
         |--Meliboeithon Obenberger 1920 B85
         |--Dinocephalia Obenberger 1923 B85
         |    `--D. browni (Carter 1933) G08
         |--Alcinous Deyrolle 1864 B85
         |--Clema Semenov-Tian-Shanskij 1900 B85
         |--Pseudoclema Thery 1938 B85
         |--Lepidoclema Bellamy & Holm 1985 B85
         |--Promeliboeus Obenberger 1924 B85
         |--Anodontodora Obenberger 1931 [incl. Discoderes Obenberger 1922 nec Chevrolat 1837 nec Thery 1905] B85
         |--Eudiadora Obenberger 1924 B85
         |--Diadora Kerremans 1900 B85
         |--Diadorina Cobos 1974 B85
         |--Bergidora Kerremans 1903 B85
         |--Helferina Cobos 1956 B85
         |--Amorphosternoides Cobos 1974 B85
         |--Amorphosternus Deyrolle 1864 B85
         |--Amorphosoma Laporte 1835 B85
         |--Anadora Kerremans 1898 B85
         |--Shimogia Obenberger 1942 B85
         |--Kerremansella Obenberger 1923 [incl. Kerremansia Obenberger 1920 non Peringuey 1908] B85
         |--Brachydora Obenberger 1923 B85
         |--Compsoglypta Fairmaire 1904 [=Compsoglyhpa (l. c.)] B85
         |--Discoderopsis Thery 1929 B85
         |--Chalcophlocteis Obenberger 1924 B85
         |--Suarezina Thery 1936 [incl. Suarezia Thery 1912 (preoc.)] B85
         |--Phlocteis Kerremans 1893 [incl. Discoderes Thery 1905 non Chevrolat 1837, Paradora Kerremans 1900] B85
         |--Speophora Thery 1936 B85
         |--Xenita Thery 1941 B85
         |--Seranambia Descarpentries 1974 B85
         |--Angatra Descarpentries 1969 B85
         |--Discoderes Chevrolat 1837 [incl. Paradorella Obenberger 1923] B85
         |    `--D. tasmanicus M86
         |--Discoderoides Thery 1936 B85
         |--Planidia Kerremans 1899 B85
         |--Parademostis Obenberger 1931 B85
         |--Holubia Obenberger 1924 B85
         |--Demostis Kerremans 1900 B85
         |--Helferia Obenberger 1932 B85
         |--Epimacha Kerremans 1900 B85
         |--Polyonychus Chevrolat 1837 B85
         |--Toxoscelus Deyrolle 1864 B85
         |--Dessumia Descarpentries & Villiers 1966 B85
         |--Melanodactylus Baudon 1963 B85
         |--Cryptodactylus Deyrolle 1864 [incl. Strandietta Obenberger 1931] B85
         |--Acanthocephalon Thery 1955 B85
         |--Neotoxoscelus Fisher 1921 B85
         |--Kerremansia Peringuey 1908 B85
         |--Pseudokerremansia Bellamy & Holm 1985 B85
         |--Pseudokerremansia Bellamy 1985 B85
         |--Cupriscobina Bellamy & Holm 1985 B85
         |--Peyrierasina Descarpentries 1975 B85
         |--Strigulia Kerremans 1893 B85
         |--Nastella Kerremans 1903 B85
         |--Paranastelle Obenberger 1931 B85
         |--Jaroslavia Obenberger 1942 B85
         |--Entomogaster Fairmaire 1899 B85
         |--Eumorphocerus Thery 1929 B85
         |--Coraebastus Fairmaire 1896 [incl. Annietta Obenberger 1931] B85
         |--Bourgoinia Obenberger 1926 B85
         |--Evimantius Kerremans 1891 B85
         |--Alissoderus Deyrolle 1864 [=Alyssoderus (l. c.)] B85
         |    `--A. (Angolia Obenberger 1920) B85
         |--Eulasiodora Obenberger 1924 B85
         |--Mundaria Kerremans 1894 B85
         |--Asymades Kerremans 1893 B85
         |--Belgaumia Kerremans 1903 B85
         |--Pseudocoraebus Thery 1905 B85
         |--Chloricala Kerremans 1893 B85
         |--Seyrigia Thery 1936 B85
         |--Neocoraebus Kerremans 1903 B85
         |--Euchroaria Obenberger 1924 B85
         |--Vanroonia Obenberger 1923 B85
         |--Dinocoraebus Obenberger 1924 B85
         |--Cisseicoraebus Kerremans 1903 B85
         |--Coraebosoma Obenberger 1923 B85
         |--Obenbergerula Strand 1932 [incl. Bottcheria Hoscheck 1931 (preoc.)] B85
         |--Melanocoraebus Baudon 1968 B85
         |--Autarcontes Waterhouse 1887 [=Autarchontes (l. c.)] B85
         |--Eupristocerus Deyrolle 1864 B85
         |--Zavattaria Obenberger 1940 B85
         |--Gigantocoraebus Obenberger 1942 B85
         |--Midongya Obenberger 1942 B85
         |--Antanambia Descarpentries 1975 B85
         |--Maroantsetra Thery 1936 B85
         |--Cisseis B85
         |--Cisseioides Kerremans 1893 [incl. Brachycisseis Thery 1931] B85
         |--Hypocisseis Thomson 1879 [incl. Maschalix Waterhouse 1887] B85
         |    `--H. ornata Carter 1923 G08
         |--Ethon Laporte & Gory 1839 B85
         |    |--E. affine G84 [incl. E. aurifluus M86, E. proximus Bohem. 1858 M86, E. purpurascens M86]
         |    |--E. corpulentus Bohem. 1858 M86
         |    |--E. fissiceps [incl. E. viridis] M86
         |    |--E. latipennis Macleay 1872 [incl. Cisseis cornuta] M86
         |    |--E. reichei M86
         |    |--E. roei Saund. 1868 M86
         |    `--E. subfasciatus Saund. 1868 M86
         |--Weyersiella Thery 1929 B85
         |--Brachycoraebus Kerremans 1903 B85
         |--Samboides Kerremans 1900 B85
         |--Metasambus Kerremans 1903 [incl. Pusilloderes Obenberger 1916] B85
         |--Neosambus Fisher 1921 B85
         |--Therysambus Descarpentries & Villiers 1968 B85
         |--Sambus Deyrolle 1864 [incl. Arrowia Obenberger 1923] B85
         |--Parasambus Descarpentries & Villiers 1966 B85
         |--Sambirania Obenberger 1942 B85
         |--Mandritsaria Obenberger 1942 B85
         |--Nickerleola Obenberger 1923 [incl. Achilleus Thery 1929] B85
         |--Eumerophilus Deyrolle 1864 [incl. Aubertia Thery 1922] B85
         |--Pseudagriloides Obenberger 1921 B85
         |--Pseudagrilus Laporte 1835 B85
         |--Tonkinula Obenberger 1923 [incl. Chakriia Tongyai 1935] B85
         |--Kamosia Kerremans 1898 [incl. Gassneria Obenberger 1919] B85
         |--Pseudokamosia Thery 1931 B85
         |--Therybuprestis Strand 1932 [incl. Maindronia Thery 1930 nec Bouvier 1897 nec Roewer 1910] B85
         |--Coraegrilus Fairmaire 1889 [=Coragrilus (l. c.)] B85
         |--Coraebina Obenberger 1923 B85
         |--Melicoraebus Thery 1932 B85
         |--Meliboeus Deyrolle 1864 [=Melybaeus Barthe 1902] B85
         |    |--M. (Melibaeopsis Kerremans 1903) B85
         |    |--M. (Meliboeoides Thery 1942) B85
         |    |--M. (Melixes Schaefer 1949) B85
         |    `--M. (Xenomerius Obenberger 1924) B85
         |--Nalanda Thery 1904 B85
         |--Lakhonia Descarpentries & Villiers 1968 [=Lactonia Thery ms] B85
         |--Sambomorpha Obenberger 1924 B85
         `--Deyrollius Obenberger 1922 [incl. Corydon Deyrolle 1864 (preoc.)] B85
              `--D. (Eucorydon Thery 1934) B85

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[B85] 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.

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[G08] Golding, M. R. 2008. A Pictorial Field Guide to the Beetles of Australia. Part 3: Chalcophorinae. Ocean Publishing.

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Last updated: 10 December 2020.

Buprestinae

Western cedar borer Trachykele blondeli, copyright Kildale.

Belongs within: Buprestidae.
Contains: Chrysobothris, Buprestis, Bubastini, Dicercini, Anthaxia, Neocuris, Melanophilini, Temognatha, Calodema, Stigmodera, Curis.

The Buprestinae are a group of jewel beetles characterised by the possession of antennae with arrays of pores concentrated in well defined, usually apical depressions on the antennal segments. In members of the tribes Anthaxiini, Melanophilini and Maoraxia, the metepimeron is at least partially covered by a broad anterolateral projection of the abdomen. The metepimeron is uncovered in Buprestini, Bubastini and Dicercini (Bellamy & Williams 1985).

Buprestinae [Chrysobothrinae, Chrysobothrites] B14
    |  i. s.: Agaeocera Waterhouse 1882 [incl. Anataxis Casey 1909; Agaeocerini] B85
    |           `--A. gigas G08
    |         Coomaniella Bourgoin 1924 [Coomaniellini] B85
    |           `--C. (Coomaniellina Bily 1974) B85
    |         Kisanthobia Marseul 1865 [=Cisanthobia (l. c.); Kisanthobiini] B85
    |         Trigonogenium Gemminger & Harold 1869 (see below for synonymy) B85
    |         Phrixiini B85
    |           |--Paraphrixia Saunders 1871 B85
    |           `--Phrixia Deyrolle 1864 B85
    |--Chrysobothrini B85
    |    |--Chrysobothris B14
    |    |--Colobogaster Solier 1833 B85
    |    |--Afrobothris Thery 1936 B85
    |    `--Hoscheckia Thery 1925 B85
    |--Actenodini B85
    |    |--Merimna Thomson 1878 B85
    |    |    `--M. atrata LB91
    |    |--Chalcangium Waterhouse 1887 B85
    |    |--Actenodes Dejean 1833 B85
    |    |--Pseudactenodes Kerremans 1890 [incl. Embrikiola Obenberger 1928] B85
    |    |--Paractenodes Thery 1933 B85
    |    |--Megactenodes Kerremans 1893 B85
    |    `--Belionota Eschscholtz 1829 B85
    |         `--B. (Pseudobelionota Thery 1928) B85
    |--Buprestes BW85
    |    |--Buprestini [Ancylocheirini] B85
    |    |    |--Buprestis B14
    |    |    |--Pterobothris Fairmaire & Germain 1858 B85
    |    |    |--Philandia Kerremans 1907 B85
    |    |    |--Nascio Laporte & Gory 1837 [incl. Geronia Dejean 1838] B85
    |    |    |    |--N. carissima M86
    |    |    |    |--N. chydaea Olliff 1886 O86
    |    |    |    |--N. multesima Olliff 1886 O86
    |    |    |    |--N. munda Olliff 1886 O86
    |    |    |    |--N. parryi Hope 1845 [incl. N. saundersi Hope 1846] M86
    |    |    |    |--N. simillima O86
    |    |    |    |--N. vetustus M86
    |    |    |    |--N. viridis Macleay 1872 M86
    |    |    |    `--N. xanthura M86
    |    |    |--Nascioides Kerremans 1903 B85
    |    |    |    `--N. parryi LB91
    |    |    |--Balthasarella Obenberger 1958 B85
    |    |    |--Trachykele Marseul 1865 B85
    |    |    |    |--T. blondeli Marseul 1865 B14
    |    |    |    |    |--T. b. blondeli B14
    |    |    |    |    |--T. b. cuperomarginata B14
    |    |    |    |    `--T. b. juniperi B14
    |    |    |    |--T. fattigi B14
    |    |    |    |--T. hartmani B14
    |    |    |    |--T. lecontei B14
    |    |    |    |--T. nimbosa B14
    |    |    |    `--T. opulenta B14
    |    |    |--Eurythyrea [=Eurythrea (l. c.)] B85
    |    |    |--Yamina Kerremans 1903 B85
    |    |    |--Stephansortia Thery 1925 B85
    |    |    |--Buprestina Obenberger 1923 B85
    |    |    |--Buprestodes Carter 1924 B85
    |    |    |--Melobasina Kerremans 1900 B85
    |    |    |--Pygicera Kerremans 1903 B85
    |    |    |--Mixochlorus Waterhouse 1887 B85
    |    |    |    `--M. suturalis G08
    |    |    |--Peronaemis Waterhouse 1887 B85
    |    |    |--Philanthaxia Deyrolle 1864 [incl. Engycera Saunders 1867] B85
    |    |    |--Pagdeniella Thery 1935 [incl. Pagdenia Thery 1934 (preoc.)] B85
    |    |    |--Thomassetia Thery 1928 B85
    |    |    |--Aristosoma Thomson 1879 B85
    |    |    `--Jakovleviola Obenberger 1924 B85
    |    |--Bubastini BW85
    |    `--Dicercini BW85
    |--Anthaxiae BW85
    |    |--Anthaxini [Anthaxites] B85
    |    |    |--Anthaxia BW85
    |    |    |--Brasilaxia Thery 1935 B85
    |    |    |--Brachanthaxia Thery 1930 B85
    |    |    |--Odettea Baudon 1966 B85
    |    |    |--Anthaxioides Cobos 1976 B85
    |    |    |--Pseudanilara Thery 1908 [incl. Neotorresita Obenberger 1923] B85
    |    |    |--Anilara Thomson 1879 B85
    |    |    |    `--A. adelaidae (Hope 1846) [=Anthaxia adelaidae] M86
    |    |    |--Notographus Thomson 1879 [incl. Notograptus MacLeay 1872 (preoc.)] B85
    |    |    |    |--‘Notograptus’ hieroglyphicus Macleay 1872 M86
    |    |    |    `--‘Notograptus’ sulcipennis Macleay 1872 M86
    |    |    |--Anthaxoschema Obenberger 1923 B85
    |    |    |--Tetragonoschema Thomson 1857 [incl. Pachypyga Steinheil 1872] B85
    |    |    |    `--T. (Anilaroides Thery 1934) B85
    |    |    |--Brachelytrium Obenberger 1923 B85
    |    |    |--Hesperorhipis Fall 1930 B85
    |    |    |--Xenorhipis LeConte 1866 [incl. Lamesis] B85
    |    |    |--Trichinorhipis Barr 1948 B85
    |    |    |--Isophaenus Waterhouse 1889 B85
    |    |    `--Neocuris B85
    |    |--Melanophilini B14
    |    `--Maoraxia Obenberger 1937 [=Maoriella Obenberger 1924 (preoc.); Maoraxiini] BW85
    |         |--M. eremita (White 1846) (see below for synonymy) BW85
    |         |--M. littoralis Bellamy & Williams 1985 BW85
    |         |--M. storeyi Bellamy & Williams 1985 BW85
    |         |--M. tongae Bellamy & Williams 1985 BW85
    |         `--M. viridis Bellamy & Williams 1985 BW85
    `--Stigmoderini [Stigmoderites] B14
         |--Temognatha G06
         |--Conognatha Eschscholtz 1829 [incl. Polydora Gistel 1834 non Bosc 1802] B85
         |    |  i. s.: C. navarchis Thoms. 1856 M86
         |    `--C. (Pithiscus Solier 1851) B85
         |--Calodema G06
         |--Stigmodera G06
         |--Julodimorpha Gemminger & Harold 1869 [Julodimorphini, Julodimorphites] G06
         |    |--J. bakewelli (White 1859) [=Stigmodera bakewelli] M86
         |    `--J. saundersii Thomson 1878 B14
         |--Castiarina Laporte & Gory 1838 B85
         |    |--C. carinata ZS10
         |    |--C. richardsi G09
         |    |--C. rufipennis ZS10
         |    `--‘Buprestis’ scalaris Boisduval 1835 P91 (see below for synonymy)
         |--Metaxymorpha Parry 1848 [incl. Semnopharus Van de Poll 1886] B85
         |    |--M. apiceruba Thery 1923 G06
         |    |--M. gloriosa Blackburn 1894 G06
         |    |--M. greyi (Parry 1848) G06
         |    |--M. hauseri Thery 1926 G06
         |    |--M. immitator Sainval 1994 G06
         |    |--M. nigrofasciata Nylander 2001 G06
         |    `--M. nigrosuturalis Nylander 2001 G06
         |--Hypostigmodera Blackburn 1892 B85
         |--Curis B85
         |--Selagis Dejean 1835 B85
         |    `--S. aurifera (Gory & Laporte 1838) G08
         |--Dactylozodes Chevrolat 1837 (see below for synonymy) B85
         |    |--D. (Agrilozodes Thery 1927) B85
         |    |--D. (Neodactylozodes Cobos 1958) B85
         |    |--D. (Parazodes Cobos 1958) B85
         |    `--D. (Stenozodes Thery 1935) B85
         `--Hiperantha Gistel 1834 [=Hyperantha; incl. Poecilonota Solier 1833 non Eschscholtz 1829] B85
              `--H. (Hyperanthella Hoscheck 1928) B85

‘Buprestis’ scalaris Boisduval 1835 P91 [=Polychroma scalaris Dejean 1833 (n. n.) P91, Stigmodera scalaris M86; incl. S. crucigera Hope 1836 (nom. inv.) P91, B. octosignata B35]

Dactylozodes Chevrolat 1837 [incl. Lasionota Dejean 1836 (n. n.), Zemina Laporte & Gory 1839, Zemima (l. c.)] B85

Maoraxia eremita (White 1846) [=Buprestis eremita, Maoriella eremita, Nascio eremita, Neocuris eremita; incl. *Maoriella novaezeelandiae Obenberger 1924, Maoraxia novaezeelandiae, Maoriella strandi Obenberger 1936, Maoraxia strandi] BW85

Trigonogenium Gemminger & Harold 1869 [incl. Trigonophorus Solier 1851 non Stephens 1829; Trigonogenini] B85

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[B85] 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.

[BW85] Bellamy, C. L., & G. A. Williams. 1985. A revision of the genus Maoraxia with a new synonym in Acmaeodera (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). International Journal of Entomology 27 (1–2): 147–161.

[B35] Boisduval, J. B. 1835. Voyage de Découvertes de l’Astrolabe. Exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826–1827–1828–1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Faune entomologique de l'océan Pacifique, avec l'illustration des insectes nouveaux recueillis pendant le voyage vol. 2. Coléoptères et autres ordres. J. Tastu: Paris.

[B14] Bouchard, P. (ed.) 2014. The Book of Beetles: A lifesize guide to six hundred of nature's gems. Ivy Press: Lewes (United Kingdom).

[G06] Golding, M. R. 2006. A Pictorial Field Guide to the Beetles of Australia. Part 1: Stigmoderini. Ocean Publishing.

[G08] Golding, M. R. 2008. A Pictorial Field Guide to the Beetles of Australia. Part 3: Chalcophorinae. Ocean Publishing.

[G09] Golding, M. R. 2009. A Pictorial Field Guide to the Beetles of Australia. Part 4: Bolboceratinae. Privately published.

[LB91] Lawrence, J. F., & E. B. Britton. 1991. Coleoptera (beetles). In: CSIRO. The Insects of Australia: A textbook for students and research workers 2^nd ed. vol. 2 pp. 543–683. Melbourne University Press: Carlton (Victoria).

[M86] Masters, G. 1886. Catalogue of the described Coleoptera of Australia. Part III. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, series 2, 1 (1): 21–126.

[O86] Olliff, A. S. 1886. Contributions towards a knowledge of the Coleoptera of Australia. No. III.—On the genus Nascio (fam. Buprestidae). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, series 2, 1 (3): 861–864.

[P91] Peterson, M. 1991. A replacement name for Buprestis scalaris Gory & Laporte (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Records of the Western Australian Museum 15 (1): 13–15.

[ZS10] Zborowski, P., & R. Storey. 2010. A Field Guide to Insects in Australia 3^rd ed. Reed New Holland: Sydney.

Last updated: 10 April 2022.