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Australian Faunal Directory

<I>Maoaxia auroimpressa</I> [artist André Olwage]

Maoaxia auroimpressa [artist André Olwage]

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Subfamily Buprestinae Leach, 1815


Compiler and date details

2013-14 - ABRS (addition of plant associates from Bellamy et al. (2013))

2006 - ABRS, genus Castiarina updated, following Barker (2006)

2002 - C.L. Bellamy, California Department of Food and Agriculture, Sacramento, California, USA (Bellamy, C.L., 2002)

 

Introduction

The nominate subfamily was originally recognized by Lacordaire (1857) as Buprestides vrais (Group I). The inclusion of the subtribe Polycestina under Buprestini by Holynski (1993) is rejected due to the significant differences in both adult and larval morphology discussed under Polycestinae above.

The concept of Buprestinae used by Théry (1929) included all elements of the family except for the groups placed in his concept of Chalcophorinae. Those two subfamilies were separated based on the distribution of the antennal sensory pores. More recent discussions about the use of antennal sensory pore distribution and other characters in defining certain higher taxa and the appropriate level for those groups to be separated can be found in the works of Holynski (1993), Levey (1978) and Toyama (1987). The recent, extensive discussion on relationships based on antennal sensory structures by Volkovitsh (2001) has resulted in the inclusion of eleven tribes containing Australian taxa presented below.

In this Catalogue, 874 described species are recorded from Australia.

 

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

Anthaxia (HapIanthaxia) novaehollandiae Obenberger, 1928 [the type locality (Melbourne) is wrong, due to mislabelling; after examination of the holotype, it turns out to be synonym of Anthaxia (HapIanthaxia) splendida Chevrolat, 1837 from south-western Africa (Bílý 2002).] — Bílý, S. 2002. New species, subspecies and taxonomical notes on Anthaxia (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from the Palaearctic and Afrotropical regions. Folia Heyrovskyana 10(4): 195-203 [202]

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
16-Jun-2022 BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 16-Jun-2022 MODIFIED
04-Aug-2021 BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 27-May-2022 MODIFIED
24-Dec-2020 BUPRESTOIDEA 16-Jun-2022 MODIFIED
01-Jul-2020 POLYPHAGA 16-Jun-2022 MODIFIED Max Beatson
05-Mar-2019 BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815 16-Jun-2022 MODIFIED
31-May-2018 Buprestinae Leach, 1815 16-Jun-2022 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)