Genus Metaxymorpha Parry, 1848

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• Metaxymorpha Parry, F.J.S. 1848. Description and notes upon some new and rare Coleoptera. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 5: 80-84 [82] [raised to genus rank by Imhoff, 1856].

  Type species:

   Stigmodera (Metaxymorpha) grayii Parry, 1848 by monotypy.
• Semnopharus Poll, J.R.H. Neervoort van de 1886. A new buprestid genus and species from the Aru-Islands. Notes from the Leyden Museum 8: 239-241 [239].

  Type species:

   Semnopharus apicalis Van de Poll, 1886 by monotypy.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Obenberger, J. 1934. Buprestidae 3. pp. 569-781 in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 132. [751]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal
• Papua New Guinea

General References

Bellamy, C.L. 1985. A catalogue of the higher taxa of the family Buprestidae (Coleoptera). Navorsinge van die Nasionale Museum, Bloemfontein 4(15): 405-472 [422]

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 [596]

Carter, H.J. 1929. 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] [288]

Deyrolle, H. 1865. Description des Buprestides de la Malaisie recueillis par M. Wallace. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 8: 1-269 pls i-iv [Date published Mar 1965: publication bears the date of 1864 but was not published until March 1865] [78]

Gardner, J.A. 1989. Revision of the genera of the tribe Stigmoderini (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) with a discussion of phylogenetic relationships. Invertebrate Taxonomy 3: 291-361 [344]

Gemminger, M. & Harold, E. von 1869. Catalogus Coleopterorum hucusque descriptorum synonymicus et systematicus. London : Monachii Vol. 5 1347-1608 pp. [1404]

Imhoff, L. 1856. Versuch einer Einführung in das Studium der Koleopteren. Basel : Privately published xxxi 114-272 pp. [47] (Metaxymorpha raised to genus rank)

Kerremans, C. 1892. Catalogue synonymique des Buprestides decrits de 1758 à 1890. Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 1: 1-304 [142]

Kerremans, C. 1893. Essai de groupement des Buprestides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 37: 94-122 [114]

Kerremans, C. 1903. Coleoptera, Fam. Buprestidae. pp. 49-338 in Wytsman, P. (ed.). Genera Insectorum. Bruxelles : Verteneuil & Desmet Vol. 12b-d. [203] (generic characters, checklist)

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. [57] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement synonym of Stigmodera)

Nylander, U. 2001. The New Guinea species of the genus Metaxymorpha and descriptions of four new species and the allotype of Metaxymorpha apicalis (Coleoptera, Buprestidae, Stigmoderini). Lambillionea, Revue Internationale d'Entomologie 101(2): 324-341 [324] (general summary)

Obenberger, J. 1934. Buprestidae 3. pp. 569-781 in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 132. [751]

Sainval, T. Neef de & Lander, T. 1993. Iconographie des espèces décrites genres Calodema et Metaxymorpha (Coleoptera Buprestidae). Bulletin de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de l'Ouest de la France 79: 6-7 [6]

Saunders, E. 1871. Catalogus Buprestidarum Synonymicus et Systematicus. London : Janson 171 pp. [65]

Théry, A. 1926. Recherches synonymiques sur les Buprestides et descriptions d'espèces nouvelles. Bulletin et Annales de la Société Royale Belgique d'Entomologie 66(4): 149-182 [167]

Williams, G.A. 1993. Hidden Rainforests: subtropical rainforests and their invertebrate biodiversity. Kensington, NSW : New South Wales University Press Vol. 1 188 pp. [47] (feeding bouts)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-Sep-2024	BUPRESTIDAE Leach, 1815	10-Sep-2024	MOVED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)