Two new species in the Anthaxia (Anthaxia) candens (Panzer, 1793) species­group from Iran and Turkey, with taxonomic notes on the group (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) Author Bílý, Svatopluk text Zootaxa 2006 1309 25 35 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.173848 3d2bbcf3-c746-4b99-96fb-ef5b24b3d705 1175­5326 173848 Key to species of the Anthaxia candens species­group 1 Pronotum green with two black, longitudinal spots; elytra green or golden­green with two longitudinal orange or purple stripes or with large, black, saddle­shaped spot margined by yellow­orange and with long, green postscutellar stripe; pronotal sculpture consisting of rounded or transversely widened cells with distinct central grains; elytra never caudiform............................................................................................................. 2 ­ Different colouration; central part of pronotum with transversely very enlarged cells without central grains or with transverse wrinkles which are laterally bent towards anterior pronotal angles; elytra very often caudiform................................................... 4 2 Elytra green with two orange or purple longitudinal stripes and with silky lustre; male metatibiae ( Fig. 8 ); aedeagus as in Fig. 1 ; 6.8–8.5 mm ; Syria , Turkey .......................... .............................................................. A . rutilipennis Abeille de Perrin, 1891 ( Fig.15 ) ­ Elytra lustrous, green with black, saddle­shaped spot margined by golden­orange and with long, green postscutellar stripe.............................................................................. 3 3 Central part of pronotum with more transverse sculpture; male metatibiae less curved ( Fig. 9 ); aedeagus as in Fig. 2 ; 5.5–8.0 mm; Turkey (Taurus)........................................ ................................................................................. A. turcica Svoboda, 1994 ( Fig. 16 ) ­ Central part of pronotum only with slightly transversely enlarged cells; male metatibiae strongly curved ( Fig. 10 ); aedeagus as in Fig. 3 ; 6.0–8.0 mm; Greece ..................... ........................................................................... A. vittula Kiesenwetter, 1857 ( Fig. 19 ) 4 Elytra not caudiform, black with blue­green lustre (male) or violet with golden green or blue­green postscutellar, triangular field; pronotum with orange lateral portions and large, black central spot which is nearly divided into two parts by very narrow, bluegreen stripe; cells on lateral portions of pronotum small, rounded with tiny, nearly indistinct central grains; male metatibiae nearly straight, very slightly incurved and finely serrate on inner margin ( Fig. 14 ); aedeagus as in Fig. 4 ; the largest species of the subgenus Anthaxia : 9.0– 13.5 mm ; Crete ...................... A . ariadna Bílý, 1982 ( Fig. 18 ) ­ Elytra more or less caudiform, purple with large, black, saddle­shape and well­limited spot or whole body completely bright­bronze with or without indistinct, dark, saddleshaped spot; male metatibiae strongly curved............................................................... 5 5 Entire body bronze or bright bronze with or without indistinct, dark, saddle­shaped elytral spot..................................................................................................................... 6 ­ Elytra red, purple or golden­orange with large, black or blue­black and well­limited, saddle­shaped spot ........................................................................................................ 7 6 Entire body bronze or bright­bronze; lateral pronotal margins slightly rounded, maximum pronotal width at anterior third; central part of pronotum with transverse wrinkles which are laterally bent towards anterior pronotal angles; male unknown; 6.1–7.5 mm ; S Iran ...................................................................... A. jenisi new species ( Fig. 21 ) ­ Whole body bronze, sometimes with greenish lustre, elytra with poorly limited and unclear, dark, saddle­shaped spot; pronotum with two large, indistinct and dark spots; central part of pronotum with fine, transverse wrinkles which are arcuately bent towards anterior pronotal angles; male unknown; 7.0– 7.2 mm ; Armenia ...................... .................................................................. A. superba Abeille de Perrin, 1900 ( Fig. 17 ) 7 Ventral surface bright bronze or red­bronze; pronotum red­bronze with two large, poorly limited and sometimes merging dark spots; male metatibiae only very slightly bent with several very small, preapical teeth on inner margin ( Fig. 11 ); aedeagus as in Fig. 5 ; 6.0– 7.1 mm ; SE Turkey ............ ....... A. pyrosoma new species ( Fig. 22 ) ­ Ventral surface black, blue or green; pronotum black or black with green lateral margins and narrow, blue­green medial stripe; male metatibiae strongly curved; larger species................................................................................................................................. 8 8 Ventral surface and pronotum black; elytra distinctly caudiform; metallic postscutellar field missing; black, saddle­shaped elytral spot reaching nearly apex of elytra; male unknown; 6.0– 10.2 mm ; SE Turkey , Syria ..................................................................... ........................................................... A . lucens urens Abeille de Perrin, 1882 ( Fig. 23 ) ­ Ventral surface blue or green; pronotum black with narrow, blue or green medial line; lateral portions of pronotum green, blue­green or violet; elytra only slightly caudiform; metallic (blue or green) postscutellar field well­developed reaching midlength of elytra; black, saddle­shaped elytral spot far not reaching elytral apex ..................... 9 9 Slender species, elytra 1.9–2.0 times as long as wide; pronotum 1.7–1.8 times as wide as long, less rounded laterally; black, saddle­shaped elytral spot truncate or incurved posteriorly reaching only apical fourth of elytra; male metatibiae distinctly more strongly curved ( Fig. 12 ); aedeagus as in Fig. 6 ; 7.0–10.0 mm; Austria , Czech Rep., France , Germany , Greece , Hungary , Italy , Spain , Switzerland , Ukraine ........................ ................................................................................. A.candens (Panzer, 1793) ( Fig. 24 ) ­ Stouter species, elytra 1.7–1.9 times as long as wide; pronotum 1.6–1.7 times as wide as long, more rounded laterally; black, saddle­shaped elytral spot rounded posteriorly, reaching apical fifth of elytra; male metatibiae distinctly less curved ( Fig. 13 ); aedeagus as in Fig. 7 ; 5.8–9.1 mm ; Albania , Bulgaria , Bosnia , Croatia , Greece , Italy , Macedonia , Malta , Turkey ......................................... A. lucens lucens Küster, 1852 ( Fig. 23 )