Tribe Julodimorphini Kerremans, 1902

Julodimorpha bakewelli [artist André Olwage]

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• Julodimorphites Kerremans, C. 1902. Coleoptera, Fam. Buprestidae. pp. 1-48 in P. Wytsman (ed.). Genera Insectorum. Bruxelles : Verteneuil & Desmet Vol. 12a. [16].

  Type genus:

   Julodimorpha Gemminger & Harold, 1869 [monotypy].

Introduction

The placement of the aberrant Julodimorpha bakewelli (White) has been varied since the description of the tribal taxon by Kerremans (1902). The apparently convergent general morphology most similar to the Julodinae convinced past workers of that relationship. Holm (1979) suggested other factors that seemed to indicate descent from the chalcophorine lineage and this was supported by Bellamy (1986). Holynski (1993) placed this tribe between Tyndarini and Buprestini. Earlier, Théry (1929) classified the Julodimorphae as one of two subtribes of Stigmoderini. Placement under Buprestinae is a new concept from Volkovitsh (2001).

General References

Bellamy, C.L. 1986. The higher classification of Australian Buprestidae, with the description of a new genus and species (Coleoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 34: 583–600

Holm, E. 1979. Revision of the genera of the tribe Julodini (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa 42(1): 89-114

Holynski, R. 1993. A reassessment of the internal classification of the Buprestidae Leach (Coleoptera). Crystal, series Zoologica 1: 1-42

Kerremans, C. 1902. Coleoptera, Fam. Buprestidae. pp. 1-48 in P. Wytsman (ed.). Genera Insectorum. Bruxelles : Verteneuil & Desmet Vol. 12a.

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]

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

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