Archepsila, Hołyński, 2001

Hołyński, Roman B., 2001, Two new genera of the subtribe Psilopterina Lac. (Coleopteraz Buprestidae) Abstract: The paper gives the description of two new genera of the subtribe Psilopterina LAC. from the Indo-Pacific Region., Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum (Entomology) 10 - 11, pp. 129-133 : 130

Archepsila g.n.

Type species

Archepsila cordicollissp . n.

General characteristics The genus is monotypic, so its diagnostic characters are the same as for the type-species; the most characteristic is a combination of deep and broad median pronotal depression, deeply sinuate and coarsely crenulate basal portions of pronotal sidesvery small but strongly transverse scutellum; crenulate basal part of sides of elytra; narrowly, obliquely bidenticulate; elytral apex and striatomarginate prosternal process. Many of these and other characters make the genus similar to Neotropical Ectinogonia SPINOLA and Pseudolampetis OBENBERGER , but it differs principally from the former in prosternal process bordered with deep striae, from the latter in lacking longitudinal dfp UdLIUB on elytra, and from both in strongly cordate pronotum.

REMARKS

Monotypic genus, known only from the type­species, labelled as if found on Batjan I. in North Moluccas, but in fact originating almost certainly South America.

The name Archepsila is feminine.