The reinstatement of Julodimorpha saundersii Thomson 1879 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) as a valid species Author Weir, Tom text Zootaxa 2008 1751 46 54 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.274243 1f31c0c2-2913-4e96-89f3-b74505521c3b 1175-5326 274243 Julodimorpha saundersii Thomson, 1879 , name reinstated ( Figs. 5 –12) Julodimorpha saundersii Deyrolle ( nomen nudum ): Gemminger & Harold 1869 : 1397 ; Thomson 1878 : 51 . FIGURES 1–4. Julodimorpha bakewellii (White, 1859) —Holotype, The Natural History Museum (BMNH); 1, dorsal; 2, lateral; 3, ventral; 4, labels. FIGURES 5–8. Julodimorpha saundersii Thomson, 1878 —male lectotype, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN); 5, dorsal; 6, lateral; 7, ventral; 8, labels. FIGURES Julodimorpha saundersii Thomson, 1878 —female paralectotype , Paris Museum; 9, dorsal; 10, lateral; 11, ventral; 12, labels. FIGURES 13–16. 13, 15, Julodimorpha bakewellii (White, 1859) —13, head, frontal view; 15, aedeagus, dorsal view; 14, 16, Julodimorpha saundersii Thomson, 1878 —14, head, frontal view; 16, aedeagus, dorsal view. Scale bars = 1.0 mm. Julodimorpha saundersii Thomson 1878 : 51 ; Kerremans 1885: 141; Masters 1886 : 79 ; Kerremans 1892 : 142 (syn. of bakewelli ); 1902: 16; 1905: 371; Bellamy 2002 : 137 . Julodimorpha bakewelli var. saundersii : Obenberger 1926 : 35 ; 1928: 83. Specimens examined . Lectotype ( here designated ) (MNHN): male specimen ( Figs. 5–7 ) and labels ( Fig. 8 ): “Swan Riv[er]”; female paralectotype (Figs. 9–11) and labels (Fig. 12): without locality data; ɗɗ,ΨΨ, Western Australia , Eneabba (CLBC). Comments . This is the species from western localities and, as above, we are unable to define the limits of its distribution. This is also the species featured in the papers about beetles and bottles ( Gwynne & Rentz 1983 , 1984 ), and it also seems that other items with a similar texture and coloration are attractive to male beetles. The amorous male found on a piece of orange peel ( Fig. 17 ) was photographed near Yuna, Western Australia in August 1981 by Henry Howden (Howden 2007) .