Subgenus Neobuprestis (Balthasarella) Obenberger, 1958

Museums

Regional Maps

• Balthasarella Obenberger, J. 1958. Un genre nouveau de la sous-famille Polycestinae de l'Australie (Col. Buprestidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 32: 487-490 [487].

  Type species:

   Balthasarella melandryoides Obenberger, 1958 by original designation.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Channel Country (CHC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin

Note

The relationship of this monotypic genus to Neobuprestis awaits a more precise discussion.

 

General References

Bellamy, C.L. 1994. Balthasarella melandryoides Obenberger: a relict buprestid becomes less enigmatic (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 48(3): 300 [300]

Burns, G.G. & Burns, A.J. 1992. The distribution of Victorian jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) - an ENTRECS project. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Victoria 5: 1-53 [7]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)