Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) sculptipennis Obenberger, 1924

Westcott, Richard L. & Bílý, Svatopluk, 2018, Lectotype designations in Acmaeodera Eschscholtz and Anthaxia Eschscholtz, and new synonymy in Phaenops Dejean and Anthaxia (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), Zootaxa 4471 (3), pp. 590-594 : 593

Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) sculptipennis Obenberger, 1924

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Anthaxia sculptipennis Obenberger, 1924: 81 .

Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) oneili Obenberger, 1931 syn. nov.

Anthaxia oneili Obenberger, 1931: 105 (as O´neili).

Anthaxia (H.) sculptipennis was described from “Transvaal" without a holotype designation. The specimen designated as “ Typus " from NMPC is a male and it is labeled: “Transvaal [h] // Typus [p, red framed] // sculptipennis m. Type [h], Det. D r. Obenberger [p] // Mus. Nat. Pragae Inv.22778 [p, orange, number handwritten]". Another “ Typus ", probably female, was found in BMNH bearing the same locality label. Anthaxia (H.) oneili was described from “Cape Colony", evidently for several specimens but also without a holotype designation. The specimens deposited in NMPC (2 males) are labeled: “Cape Colony [h] // Anthaxia hottentotta Pst. [h] // Anthaxia O´Neili m. Type [h], Det. D r. Obenberger [p] // Typus [p, red, framed] // Mus. Nat. Pragae Inv. 22756 [p, orange, number handwritten]" and “Pienaars River, 24.ix.1922, A. J. Swierstra [h] // Typus [p, red framed] // O´Neili [h], Det. D r. Obenberger [p]" The specimen deposited in BMNH (female) is labelled “Cape Colony, Uitenhage, Rev. O´Neil, 1917 // Anthaxia O´Neili m. Type [h], Det. D r. Obenberger [p] // Typus [p, red framed]".

After having studied the syntypes of both species, one of us (SB) found no substantial difference, and Anthaxia oneili Obenberger, 1931 is considered conspecific with Anthaxia sculptipennis Obenberger, 1924 and a junior synonym. Since the number of syntypes is unknown, to avoid any confusion in the future we designate the male specimen of A. sculptipennis deposited in NMPC (Mus. Nat. Pragae Inv. 22778) as the lectotype ( Figs. 5, 6 ), and the specimen deposited in BMNH as the paralectoptype. For the same reason, we designate the male specimen of A. oneili deposited in NMPC (Mus. Nat. Pragae Inv. 22756) as the lectotype, the second male specimen from NMPC (Pienaars River) and the specimen from BMNH (Cape Colony, Uitenhage) as paralectotypes.

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FIGURES 5–6. Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) sculptipennis Obenberger. 5, lectotype male, habitus; 6, aedeagus.