Genus Torresita Gemminger & Harold, 1869

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• Torresita Gemminger, M. & Harold, E. von 1869. Catalogus Coleopterorum hucusque descriptorum synonymicus et systematicus. London : Monachii Vol. 5 1347-1608 pp. [1382] [nom. nov. for Plagiope Saunders, 1868].
• Plagiope Saunders, E. 1868. A revision of the Australian Buprestidae described by the Rev. F. W. Hope. Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 16: 1-67 [Date published April 1868] [12] [junior homonym of Plagiope Erichson, 1845].

  Type species (included species):

   Buprestis cuprifera Kirby, 1818; Buprestis chrysochloris Laporte & Gory, 1837
• Abrobapta Dejean, P.F.M.A. 1833. Catalogue des Coléoptères de la collection de M. le comte Dejean. Paris : Méquignon-Marvis, Father & Sons Vol. 1 96 pp. [80].

  Secondary source:

   Dejean, P.F.M.A. 1836. Catalogue des Coléoptères de la collection de M. le comte Dejean. Paris : Méquignon-Marvis, Father & Sons Vol. 1–4 3, 384 pp. [90]; Bellamy, C.L. 1998. A clarification of authorship of buprestid genera originally defined in the catalogues of P. F. M. A. Dejean (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). Fragmenta Entomologica 29(2): 365-382 [379].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Kerremans, C. 1903. Coleoptera, Fam. Buprestidae. pp. 49-338 in Wytsman, P. (ed.). Genera Insectorum. Bruxelles : Verteneuil & Desmet Vol. 12b-d. [156]
• Obenberger, J. 1930. Buprestidae 2. pp. 213-568 in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 111. [423]
• Bellamy, C.L. 1998. A clarification of authorship of buprestid genera originally defined in the catalogues of P. F. M. A. Dejean (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). Fragmenta Entomologica 29(2): 365-382 [379]

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Vic: 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), Flinders (FLI), Gulf Plains (GUP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), 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), Wet Tropics (WT)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal
  • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal

Note

The synonymy of this genus is doubtful and in need of a modern revision.

 

General References

Bellamy, C.L. 1990. A new species of Maoraxia Obenberger from Mindanao, with a comments on its relationships within the Anthaxiini (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Elytron 3: 187-194 [193] (phylogeny)

Kerremans, C. 1903. Coleoptera, Fam. Buprestidae. pp. 49-338 in Wytsman, P. (ed.). Genera Insectorum. Bruxelles : Verteneuil & Desmet Vol. 12b-d. [156] (generic characters, checklist)

Obenberger, J. 1930. Buprestidae 2. pp. 213-568 in Junk, W. & Schenkling, S. (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. Berlin : W. Junk Vol. 111. [423]

 

History of changes

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