Two new species of the genus Anthaxia (Anthaxia Eschscholtz 1829) from China, and notes on the related species (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Anthaxiini)

Svatopluk Bílý

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3964.4.7

Two new species of the genus Anthaxia (Anthaxia Eschscholtz 1829) from China, and notes on the related species (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Anthaxiini)

Zootaxa. 2015 Jun 4;3964(4):482-8. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3964.4.7.

Author

Svatopluk Bílý¹

Affiliation

¹ Czech University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Department of Game Management and Wildlife Biology, Kamýcká 1176, Praha 6-Suchdol, 165 21 Czech Republic.; Email: svatopluk_bily@nm.cz.

PMID: 26249458
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3964.4.7

Abstract

Anthaxia (Anthaxia) kmoniceki sp. nov. and Anthaxia (Anthaxia) ungulata sp. nov. (China, Sichuan) both belonging to the A. (A.) nitidula Linnaeus, 1758 species-group are described, illustrated and compared with the most similar species. A short description of the male and new records of Anthaxia (A.) nitiduliformis Bílý, 1995 are given together with the notes on the bionomy of the species-group.

MeSH terms

Animal Distribution
Animal Structures / anatomy & histology
Animal Structures / growth & development
Animals
Body Size
China
Coleoptera / anatomy & histology
Coleoptera / classification*
Coleoptera / growth & development
Female
Male
Organ Size