Tribe Chrysobothrini Gory & Laporte, 1837

Chrysobothris viridis [artist André Olwage]

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• Chrysobothrites Gory, H.L. & Laporte de Castelnau, F.L. 1837. Histoire naturelle et iconographie des insectes Coléoptères. Monographie des buprestides. genera: Colobogaster, Chrysobothris, Agrilus; (genera paged separately). Paris : P. Duménil Vol. 2(12-16). [1].

  Type genus:

   Chrysobothris Eschscholtz, 1829 [by indication].

Introduction

Another fundamental lineage of jewel beetles, this group was original recognized as Chrysobothrides (Buprestides vrais, Group V) by Lacordaire (1857), although having been given tribal status in the Monograph series of F. L. de Laporte and H. Gory (1835-1841). The Chrysobothrini is comprised of two subtribes: Chrysobothrina and Actenodina. These are essentially the same as the Chrysobothres and Actenodae of Théry (1929). The specific relationships within the buprestine lineage is not yet completely understood, but several aspects of adult morphology suggest a closer affinity to certain elements of Anthaxiini and Sphenopterini.

General References

Gory, H.L. 1841. Histoire naturelle et iconographie des insectes Coléoptères. Supplement aux Buprestides. genera: Melanophila (pp. 73–77), Buprestis (pp. 107–111, 126), pp. 127–356, Stigmodera, Colobogaster, Chrysobothris, Belionota, Castalia, Poecilonota, Zemina, Stenogaster, Agrilus, Amorphosoma, Eumerus, Coraebus, Anthaxia, Evagora, Sphenoptera, Sponsor, Brachys, Trachys, Aphanisticus. Paris : P. Duménil Vol. 4(43-52) 73-356 pp.

Lacordaire, J.T. 1857. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Genera des Coléoptères ou exposé méthodique de critique de tous les genres proposés jusqu'ici dans cet ordre d'insectes. Paris : Roret Vol. 4 554 pp.

Laporte de Castelnau, F.L. & Gory, H.L. 1835. Histoire Naturelle et Iconographie des Insectes Coléoptères. Monographie des Buprestides. Sternocera, Julodis, Acmaeodera, Chrysochroa, Chrysodema, Ptosima. Paris : P. Duménil Vol. 1(1-7).

Laporte de Castelnau, F.L. & Gory, H.L. 1836. Histoire Naturelle et Iconographie des Insectes Coléoptères. Monographie des Buprestides. Histoire naturelle de iconographie des insectes Coléoptères. Monographie des buprestides. Bubastes, Aurigena, Capnodis, Buprestis. Paris : P. Duménil Vol. 1(8-11) 64 pp.

Laporte de Castelnau, F.L. & Gory, H.L. 1837. Histoire Naturelle et Iconographie des Insectes Coléoptères. Monographie des Buprestides. Histoire naturelle de iconographie des insectes Coléoptères. Monographie des buprestides. Buprestis, Nascio, Acherusia, Asthraeus, Bulis, Acantha, Apatura. Paris : P. Duménil Vol. 1(12–16) 65-160 pp.

Théry, A. 1929. Classification. pp. 266-275 in Carter, H.J. A check list of the Australian Buprestidae. With tables and keys to sub-families, tribes, and genera (by A. Théry). The Australian Zoologist 5(4): 265-304 [Date published 24 Mar 1929]

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