Anthaxia gianfrancoi, Bily, 2000

Obořil, Martin, 2006, Studies on the ‘ agriliform’ Anthaxia from Africa, with the descriptions of four new species (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 46, pp. 77-88 : 79

Anthaxia gianfrancoi species group

The newly established A. gianfrancoi species group is characterized by a very prolonged

‘agriliform’ body, metallic greenish-bronze or black coloration, small head retracted into the prothorax, flat or impressed frons, eyes not projecting beyond the outline of the head, not pubescent elytra (the whole body surface evenly covered with fine setae), and regular pronotal sculpture with small but well-developed central grains. The group contains three species: Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) gongeti sp. nov., A. (H.) libenae sp. nov., and A. (H.) gianfrancoi Bílý, 2000 .