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Issue: Vol. 1816 No. 1: 4 Jul. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-07-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1816.1.3
Page range: 44–56
Abstract views: 29
PDF downloaded: 4

A revision of the Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) kheiliana Obenberger, 1931 species-group (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)

Czech University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Department of Forest Protection and Game Management, Kamýcká 1176, Praha 6-Suchdol, 165 21 Czech Republic
Coleoptera Taxonomy Buprestidae Anthaxia kheiliana species-group 4 new species key Afrotropical region

Abstract

Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) kheiliana Obenberger, 1931 species-group is defined and revised, four new species are described: A. (H.) impressipennis, sp. nov. (Tanzania), A. (H.) nasheri, sp. nov. (Yemen), A. (H.) occulta, sp. nov. (Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania) and A. (H.) zambiana, sp. nov. (Zambia). All species are keyed and diagnostic characters of the group and all species are illustrated.

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