The Madagascan Coraebini (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae): Part 4, New genera and species
Author
Bellamy, C. L.
text
Zootaxa
2003
174
1
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.157035
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157035
Dejongiella cavifrons
(Fairmaire)
,
comb. nov.
(Fig. 1)
Discoderes cavifrons
Fairmaire 1904
: 234
(orig. desc.);
Théry 1905
: 178
;
Marie & Lesne 1917
: 40
.
Phlocteis cavifrons
:
Obenberger 1928
: 341
; 1934: 796;
Bellamy 2001b
: 66
.
Specimens examined.
Holotype
(gender indet.) (MNHN): Soalala, H. Perrier; 2 spms. (CASC):
Madagascar
, Bekiley,
xii.1943
, det. Descarpentries.
Remarks. This little species is neither a
Discoderes
Chevrolat, 1838
(
type
species:
Agrilus salzmanni
Solier, 1833
, original designation) nor a
Phlocteis
Kerremans, 1893
(
type
species:
Buprestis exasperata
Swartz
,
in
Schönherr, 1817, original designation), the two genera where it has been placed in the past, as currently defined (
Bellamy 1986
,
1988a
,
1988b
). No members of the former genus are known to occur on
Madagascar
, while two species of
Phlocteis
are known from the island (
Bellamy 2001a
).
Discoderes
is represented by two species:
D. salzmanni
(Solier)
is known from Subsaharan Africa including records for
Ethiopia
,
Guinea
,
Nigeria
and
Senegal
is probably naturally distributed in the thornscrub savanna immediately below the southern boundary of the Sahara Desert. The second species,
D. villiersi
Descarpentries, 1952
is known only from
Benin
. These two species are moderatesized coraebines, relatively elongate, flattened above, with the upper surface uniform in color, aeneneous (
D. villiersi
) to black (
D. salzmanni
) with the head only very feebly longitudinally sulcate, with the upper surface notably patterned with setal spots and short fasciae (white on
D. salzmanni
or creamcolored on
D. villiersi
). The five species of
Phlocteis
differ by having both the head and pronotum with narrow, moderately elevated gibbosities, four on the frontovertex.