Neobuprestis

Levey, B. & Bellamy, C. L., 2013, A taxonomic revision of Neobuprestis Kerremans (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) with the description of a new genus and two new species, Zootaxa 3681 (3), pp. 225-240 : 228-229

Neobuprestis (s. str.) peroni (Gory & Laporte)

( Figs. 1, 2 , 16, 18 , 21, 25 )

Stigmodera (Curis) peroni Gory & Laporte 1838: 48 ; Pl. 11, fig. 57

Curis peroni (Gory & Laporte) ; Lacordaire 1857: 52; Gemminger & Harold 1869: 1392; Saunders 1871: 57. Neobuprestis peroni (Gory & Laporte) Fairmaire 1877: 327 ; Gestro 1877: 430; Masters 1886:78; Kerremans 1892: 132; 1903: 181; Waterhouse 1913: 183; Carter 1928: 277; Obenberger 1930: 363; Kurosawa 1988: 264; Hołyński 1993: 28; Bellamy 2002: 84; 2008: 1021.

Strigoptera australis Blackburn 1892: 501 .

Neobuprestis australis (Blackburn) Kerremans 1903: 137 ; Carter 1924, p. 524; 1929: 281; Waterhouse 1913: 184; Obenberger 1930:363; Kurosawa 1988: 264; figs. 17 & 18; Bellamy 2002: 85; 2003: 127; fig. 260.

Material examined: Lectotype Ƥ ( BMNH) Strigoptera australis Blackburn here designated. Type (round red label)// Type // 2528// Strigoptera australis, Blackb. //Blackburn Coll. 1910-236//. LECTOTYPE Strigoptera australis Blackb. B. Levey det. 1991. Paralectotype Ƥ ( SAMA) 2528// Australia Blackb's Coll.// Strigoptera australis, Blackb. Co-type//.

In the original description the type locality was given as Yorke's Peninsula, S. Australia.

Other material: S. Australia: 3Ƥ Kangaroo Island, ( BMNH, SAMA); 13, 2Ƥ ( SAMA) Mindarie; 2Ƥ ( SAMA, NMVA) Murray River. Victoria: 23, 10Ƥ ( NMVA, SAMA, NMWC) Birchip; 43, 6Ƥ ( SAMA, NMVA, NMWC) Mallee district; 13, 1Ƥ ( NMVA) Sea Lake; 1Ƥ ( IRSNB) 466 ex coll.A.F. Hoschek; 1Ƥ ( IRSNB) 467 ex coll.A.F. Hoschek. 1Ƥ ( IRSNB) ex coll.Dr. Lotte. W. Australia: 1 not sexed ( TMSHC) Holt Rock; 1 not sexed ( TMSHC) Lake Hurlestone, 6.3.2000, dead; 13 ( SAMA) Jung. Australia: 1 3, 1Ƥ ( BMNH) no other data, 13, 1Ƥ ( IRSNB) no other data.

Other material not examined: W. Australia: 1Ƥ ( PMHC)[image seen] Lort River 40km W of Salmon Gums Dead 2.Feb.2004 P.Hutchinson / Edge Saltlake.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 6. 1 – 4. adult habitus: 1. N. peroni (Gory & Laporte) 3 (Birchip, Victoria); 2. N. peroni (Gory & Laporte) Ƥ (no locality); 3. N. frenchi (Blackburn) Ƥ (S. Gippsland, Victoria); 4. N. williamsi sp. n. Ƥ (paratype, 60 km E. N. E. Gloucester). 5 – 6. pronotum lateral view: 5. N. frenchi (Blackburn); 6. N. williamsi sp. n.

FIGURES 14 – 20. 14. head & pronotum N. williamsi sp. n. (paratype, Barrington Tops, New South Wales); 15 – 17 head: 15. N. williamsi sp. n. (paratype, Barrington Tops, New South Wales); 16. N. peroni (Gory & Laporte) Ƥ (no locality); 17. B. lobatum sp. n. (holotype); 18. antenna 3 N. peroni (Gory & Laporte) (Birchip, Victoria); 19. apical 7 antennomeres of B. lobatum sp. n. (holotype); 20. tarsal segments of B. lobatum sp. n. (holotype).

FIGURES 21 – 25. 21 – 22. apical abdominal ventrite: 21. N. peroni (Gory & Laporte) 3 (Birchip, Victoria); 22. N. williamsi sp. n. Ƥ (paratype, 60 km E. N. E. Gloucester); 23. wing of B. lobatum sp. n. (holotype); 24. aedeagus of B. lobatum sp. n. (holotype); 25. aedeagus of N. peroni (Gory & Laporte) 3 (Birchip, Victoria).