Lamprodila (Ovalisia) Kerremans

Levey, Brian, 2016, A new species of Lamprodila (Ovalisia Kerremans, 1900) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from Sulawesi, Indonesia, Zootaxa 4085 (1), pp. 143-146 : 146

Key to the species of Lamprodila (Ovalisia) Kerremans

1 Pronotum emerald green and black or black with slight greenish sheen ......................................................................................... 2

- Pronotum partly or entirely golden green, golden or orange ........................................................................................................... 3

2 Pronotum emerald green laterally and bluish violet centrally with complex pattern of black velvety patches ( Fig. 1 ); underside golden green to emerald green; from Sulawesi ................................................................................................ L. (O.) wallacei sp. n.

- Entire body black with slight greenish sheen; from Solomon Islands ....................................... L. (O.) nigroviolacea (Théry, 1934)

3 Pronotum orange laterally, blue-black at centre ................................................................................................................................ 4

- Pronotum golden green or orange with pattern of black patches at centre ....................................................................................... 5

4 Pronotum widest at anterior third, as wide as elytra, with an impunctate midline; elytra distinctly caudiform; from New Guinea .. ............................................................................................................................................................... L. (O.) plasoni (Théry, 1934)

- Pronotum widest at mid-length, narrower than elytra, without impunctate midline; elytra only slightly caudiform; from Aru Islands ...................................................................................................................................... L. (O.) purpuricollis (Hoschek, 1913)

5 Pronotum predominantly golden with three velvety black patches in the shape of triangle; elytra blackish violet; from Maluku Utara (N. Moluccas) ..................................................................................................................... L. (O.) auricollis (Deyrolle, 1864)

- Pronotum predominantly golden green, with black V-shaped spot at base and narrow black medial line in anterior half: elytra golden green in basal half, blue-green in apical half with large dark violet discal spot; from Irian Jaya ........................................... ....................................................................................................................................................... L. (O.) maculipennis ( Bílý, 1997)

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 6. L. (O.) wallacei sp. n.: 1) dorsal view; 2) ventral view; 3) lateral view; 4) head; 5) prosternum; 6) apical ventrite.