Anthaxia (Merocratus) insulaecola Obenberger, 1944 species-group

Body larger (6.5–11.0 mm), dorsal surface brightly bicolorous (violet and blue-green), frons moderately to deeply depressed, antennae of male very long reaching or weakly overlapping posterior pronotal angles when laid alongside; aedeagus long, subparallel or spindle-shaped, parameres without preapical, lateral spines. Species included: Anthaxia (Merocratus) angustata Bílý, sp. nov., A. (M.) barbieri Descarpentries, 1958, A. (M.) beesoniana Gebhardt, 1926, A. (M.) bellissima Bílý, 1990, A. (M.) castanopsivora Bílý, 1998, A. (M.) insulaecola Obenberger, 1944, A. (M.) jakli Bílý, 1996, A. (M.) karati Obořil & Bílý, 2002, A. (M.) lucifera Plachetka, sp. nov., A. (M.) miranda Deyrolle, 1864, A. (M.) multichroa Bílý, 1990, A. (M.) pyropyga Bílý, 1998, A. (M.) tamdaoensis Bílý, 1998 and A. (M.) vietnamica Bílý, 1998 .