The Madagascan Coraebini (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae): Part 4, New genera and species
Author
Bellamy, C. L.
text
Zootaxa
2003
174
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.157035
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Neefioides rufobasalis
(Fairmaire)
,
comb. nov.
(Figs. 9, 11, 13, 15, 25)
Cisseis rufobasalis
Fairmaire, 1897
:380
(orig. desc.); Alluaud, 1900: 197;
Marie & Lesne 1917
: 27
.
Entomogaster rufobasalis
: Kerremans, 1903: 226
;
Théry, 1905
: 118
;
Obenberger, 1928
: 340
; 1934: 809;
Bellamy 2001a
: 61
.
Specimens examined.
Holotype
, (MNHN): [
Madagascar
West, S.P. de Maevatanana] Suberbieville, H. Perrier; 1, 1,
Madagascar
Est, Belalono,
30 km
S.
O
. Sambava,
xi.1968
, Vadon et Peyrieras; 5, same data except
ii.1969
; 1, 1, same data except
i.1970
; 3, same data except
ii.1970
; 1 (CASC): CASCENT 8022136/MADASCAR: Mahajanga Prov., For/ret de Tsimembo,
8.7 km
336ENNW Soatana elev
20m
,
2125 Nov. 2001
/19E 1' 17"S 44E 26' 26" E, coll: Fisher, Griswold, et al., California Academy of Sciences, malaise trap in tropical forest coll. code: BLF4507. The remainder of the nontype specimens are deposited in TNSC and CLBC.
Remarks. This species is placed in a new monotypic genus because, although in general facies it resembles the species of
Neefia
described above, it differs in several important character states as indicated in
Table 2
. The original description by
Fairmaire (1897)
in the genus
Cisseis
Gory & Laporte, 1839
may have been sufficient in 1897, but
Cisseis
is limited almost entirely to the Australasian region with 84 valid species known from
Australia
, three species from
Papua New Guinea
, one species from
New Caledonia
and two species from the IndoMalayan region, one each from
Indonesia
and the
Philippine Islands
(see
Barker 2002
).