Buprestis polita, (Klug, 1829)

Volkovitsh, Mаrk G., 2018, Acmaeodera (Ptychomus) kubani sp. n. from Northern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, with notes on the taxonomic composition of the subgenus Ptychomus Marseul, 1866 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Polycestinae: Acmaeoderini), Zootaxa 4434 (1), pp. 171-183 : 182

polita (Klug, 1829) subgroup

( Figs 35, 38 , 43, 44 )

Diagnosis. Larger (6.5–9.8 mm); elytra mainly monoсhromatiс, oссasionally with reddish perisutural stripe, sometimes expanded to sides; apiсes of terminal apophyses of penis bearing short reсurrent spurs ( Fig. 44 ).

Composition. aenea (Kerremans, 1899); nocturna Holm, 1978 ; polita (Klug, 1829) ; pseudopolita Desсarpentries & Mateu, 1965.

Figures

FIGURES 34–38. Acmaeodera (Ptychomus) arabica Gory, 1840 and A. (P.) polita (Klug, 1829) species-groups, habitus and prosternum. Fig. 34, A. arabica Gory, 1840, ♂specimen, Oman (ZIN), dorsal aspect, 10.2 mm; Fig. 35, A. nocturna Holm, 1978, holotype, ♀, Yemen (NMHM), dorsal aspect, 9.7 mm; Fig. 38, the same, prosternum; Fig. 36, A. yerburyi Waterhouse, 1904, ♂specimen, Yemen (ZIN), dorsal aspect, 6.4 mm; Fig. 37, A. sancta Théry, 1926, ♂specimen, “Mesopotamia” (MNHN), prosternum.

FIGURES 39–49. Acmaeodera (Paracmaeodera) Théry, 1946 and A. (Ptychomus) arabica Gory, 1840 and A. (P.) polita (Klug, 1829) species-groups, male and female genitalia. Fig. 39, A. (Paracmaeodera) luculenta Boheman, 1860, ♂specimen, “Rhodesia” (ZIN), microslide no. 600, tegmen, 2.5 mm; Fig. 40, the same, penis, 2.3 mm; Fig. 41, A. (Ptychomus) sancta Théry, 1926, ♂specimen, “Mesopotamia” (MNHN), microslide no. 1903, tegmen, 3.3 mm; Fig. 42, the same, penis, 2.7 mm; Fig. 43, A. nocturna Holm, 1978, ♂specimen, Yemen (ZIN), microslide no. 1896, tegmen, 2.7 mm; Fig. 44, the same, penis, 2.1 mm; Fig. 45, A. yerburyi Waterhouse, 1904, ♂specimen, Yemen (ZIN), microslide no. 1893, tegmen, 1.6 mm; Fig. 46, the same, penis, 1.3 mm; Fig. 47, A. foudrasii foudrasii Solier, 1833, female specimen, Niger (ZIN), microslide no. 591, ovipositor, 1.6 mm; Fig. 48, the same, ventrite 8, 0.8 mm; Fig. 49, the same, tergite 8, 1.1 mm.