Tribe Epistomentini Levey, 1978
Introduction
The Epistomentini was described by Levey (1978). This group is one of several buprestid tribes that has an extant distribution in both Australia and southern South America. Two Chilean genera and three Australian genera comprise the epistomentines: Epistomentis Solier and Pygicera Kerremans from Chile and Cyrioides Carter (= Cyria Dejean and Cyriola Strand), Diadoxus Saunders and Araucariana Levey from Australia. The placement of Pygicera in this tribe is not yet confirmed, but suggested by Holynski (1993). The placement of Epistomentini in Buprestinae follows the recent work of Volkovitsh (2001).
General References
Holynski, R. 1993. A reassessment of the internal classification of the Buprestidae Leach (Coleoptera). Crystal, series Zoologica 1: 1-42
Levey, B. 1978. A new tribe, Epistomentini, of Buprestidae (Coleoptera) with a redefinition of the tribe Chrysochroini. Systematic Entomology 3: 153-158
Volkovitsh, M.G. 2001. The comparative morphology of antennal structures in Buprestidae (Coleoptera): evolutionary trends, taxonomic and phylogenetic implications. Part 1. Acta Musei Moraviae, Scientiae biologicae (Brno) 86: 43-169
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |