Subtribe Cisseina Majer, 2001

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• Cisseina Majer, K. in Kubán, V., Majer, K. & Kolibác, J. 2001. Classification of the tribe Coraebini Bedel, 1921 (Coleoptera, Buprestidae, Agrilinae). Acta Musei Moraviae, Scientiae biologicae (Brno) 85: 185-287 [203].

  Type genus:

   Cisseis Gory & Laporte, 1839 [original designation].

Introduction

This new subtribe contains five genera; the largest of these is Cisseis Gory & Laporte. The last revision of Cisseis and Ethon Gory & Laporte was by Carter (1923). In that work, Hypocisseis Thomson, Neospades Blackburn and Pachycisseis Théry were considered as subgenera of Cisseis. Stanwatkinsius, apparently related to Cisseis, although possessing an ovipositor closer to Meliboeithon Obenberger and bearing at least a superficial resemblance to Astraeus Laporte & Gory, has recently been described by Barker & Bellamy (2001). According to Barket (pers. comm.) there are a number of new synonyms and many new species of Cisseis awaiting designation and description. The synonymy of Cisseis is based on a new checklist of the genus by Barker (2002).

General References

Barker, S. 2002. A check list of the Cisseis (sensu stricto) Gory & Laporte, 1839 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 35(1): 85-90

Barker, S. & Bellamy, C.L. 2001. Stanwatkinsius, a new genus of Australian jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae) with a key to known species. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 125(1): 1-14

Carter, H.J. 1923. Revision of the genera Ethon, Cisseis and their allies (Buprestidae). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 48(2): 159-176

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