Tetragonoschema

Bílý, Svatopluk, 2012, A revision of the genera Anilaroides Théry, 1934, stat. nov. and Tetragonoschema Thomson, 1857 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Buprestinae: Anthaxiini), Zootaxa 3521, pp. 1-38 : 14

subgen. Tetragonoschema s. str.

Type species: Tetragonoschema chrysomelinum Thomson, 1857 (by monotypy; currently T. quadratum (Buquet, 1841)) .

Black, bronze or multicolorous, shortened (sometimes almost as long as wide) species; elytra usually very short, flat, conspicuously uneven with one common, medial depression and with deep lateral and preapical depressions; elytral epipleura wide, well-developed, nearly or completely reaching elytral apex ( Figs. 59, 60 ); frons usually deeply impressed with prominent swellings above antennal insertions, rarely frons convex; pronotum less convex, transverse, usually with more or less distinct lateroposterior depressions; antennae and tarsi black; aedeagus spindle-shaped or elongate, parameres very often with lateral hooks or spines ( Figs. 68, 69 , 75–78 ).

Figures

FIGURES 55 – 63. 55 – 57. Habitus: 55 — Tetragonoschema (T.) trinidadense Bellamy 1991, male, 4.5 mm, typical form (Trinidad, S. Benedico); 56 — the same, male, 3.5 mm, blue form (Venezuela, Guamacho); 57 — the same, female, 5.0 mm, green form (Venezuela, Maicillal); 58 – 63. 58 — elytral apex of Tetragonoschema (Patagoschema) torresi Cobos, 1959 (holotype); 59 — the same, T. (T.) humerale Waterhouse, 1882 (Mexico, Michoacán); 60 — the same, T. (T.) strandi Obenberger, 1924 (lectotype); 61 — pronotum of T. (T.) barriesi sp. nov. (holotype), lateral view; 62 — the same, T. (T.) strandi (holotype); 63 — anal ventrite of T. (P.) cobosi sp. nov. (holotype).

FIGURES 64 – 71. Aedeagi: 64 – Tetragonoschema (T.) aeneum Kerremans, 1899 (Paraguay, Serro Acahay); 65 – T. (T.) nanum Obenberger, 1922 (lectotype); 66 – T. (T.) undatum (Steinheil, 1874) (holotype); 67 – Anilaroides brasiliensis (Kerremans, 1897) (lectotype); 68 — T. (T.) alvarengai Cobos, 1972 (paratype); 69 — T. (T.) darlingtoni Théry, 1944 (lectotype); 70 — T. (T.) quadratum (Buquet, 1841) (lectotype); 71 — T. (T.) purpurascens Kerremans, 1897 (Paraguay, San Pedro).

FIGURES 72 – 81. Aedeagi: 72 — Tetragonoschema (Patagoschema) patagonicum Obenberger, 1922 (holotype); 73 — T. (P.) torresi Cobos, 1959 (holotype); 74 — T. (P.) cobosi sp. nov. (holotype); 75 — T. (T.) rubromarginatum Théry, 1944 (lectotype); 76 — T. (T.) barriesi sp. nov. (holotype); 77 — T. (T.) strandi Obenberger, 1924 (Argentina, Tucuman); 78 — T. (T.) cupreocingulatum Hoscheck, 1931 (lectotype); 79 — T. (T.) fossicolle Kerremans, 1900 (lectotype); 80 — T. (T.) humerale Waterhouse, 1882 (Mexico, Michoacan); 81 — T. (T.) trinidadense Bellamy, 1991 (holotype).