Taxonomic notes on some Palaearctic species of Sphenoptera from subgenera Deudora and Sphenoptera s. str. (part.) (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
Authors: Kalashian M.Yu. , Volkovitsh M.G. , Niehuis M. 
Published: September 2021

S. (D.) smyrneensis Gory, 1841 is resurrected from synonymy with S. (D.) rauca (Fabricius, 1787). New synonymy is established for the following taxa: S. (D.) smyrneensis Gory, 1841 (= inconspicua Jakovlev, 1893, congrua Jakovlev, 1900, anxia Jakovlev, 1900, captiosa Jakovlev, 1902, delicata Kerremans, 1909, subsulcata Kerremans, 1909, migriensis Obenberger, 1916, nephele Obenberger, 1929, cassia Obenberger, 1929, maronita Obenberger, 1929, salomonis Obenberger, 1952, pseudorauca Obenberger, 1952, agilis Obenberger, 1952, synn. n.), S. (D.) rauca (Fabricius, 1787) (= heliobia Obenberger, 1929, syn. n.), S. (D.) gemmata gemmata (Olivier, 1790) (= raucoides Obenberger, 1920, syn. n.), S. (D.) signata Jakovlev, 1887 (= obsoleta Jakovlev, 1891, satelles Jakovlev, 1898, addenda Jakovlev, 1900, jejuna Jakovlev, 1900, detrita Jakovlev, 1902, destituta Obenberger, 1929, julia Obenberger, 1929, araxicola Obenberger, 1929, buresi Obenberger, 1933, hierosolymitana Obenberger, 1946, jureceki Obenberger, 1946, arsinoe Obenberger, 1952, gyaurdagensis Obenberger, 1955, synn. n.), S. (D.) aeneomicans Kraatz, 1882 (= unidentata Jakovlev, 1891, veselyi Obenberger, 1915, aladaghensis Obenberger, 1920, aeneofulgens Obenberger, 1929, persica Obenberger, 1929, ushinskii Obenberger, 1929, ahriman Obenberger, 1929, amasiae Obenberger, 1929, baicalensis Obenberger, 1929, fabichi Obenberger, 1952, fleischeri Obenberger, 1952, moganensis Obenberger, 1955, hoberlandti Obenberger, 1955, synn. n.), S. (D.) misella Jakovlev, 1900 (= liliputana Obenberger, 1929, callimicra Obenberger, 1929, synn. n.), S. (D.) incerta Jakovlev, 1887 (= dolens Jakovlev, 1893, confusa Kerremans, 1913, joukli Obenberger, 1929, synn. n.), S. (D.) koenigi Jakovlev, 1891 (= integripennis Obenberger, 1929, alma Obenberger, 1952, synn. n.), S. (D.) sulciventris Jakovlev, 1886 (= kraatzi Jakovlev, 1887, alaiensis Jakovlev, 1893, dives Jakovlev, 1902, aucta Jakovlev, 1902, jaxartis Obenberger, 1929, kuliabensis Obenberger, 1952, synn. n.), S. (D.) bucharica Jakovlev, 1900 (= bactriana Jakovlev, 1902, syn. n.), S. (D.) hamata Jakovlev, 1899 (= zarawshanensis Obenberger, 1929, syn. n.), S. (D.) sculpticollis Heyden, 1886 (= alutaceiceps Obenberger, 1929, morgani Obenberger, 1929, synn. n.), S. (D.) simplex Jakovlev, 1893 (= fraterna Jakovlev, 1900, allecta Jakovlev, 1900, samotica Obenberger, 1929, ankarana Obenberger, 1952, synn. n.), S. (D.) micans Jakovlev, 1886 (= binominata Kerremans, 1913, irritatrix Obenberger, 1929, shah Obenberger, 1929, pseudomicans Obenberger, 1929, escalerae Obenberger, 1929, synn. n.), S. (D.) parysatis Obenberger, 1929 (= isfahanensis Obenberger, 1952, proserpina Obenberger, 1952, synn. n.), S. (D.) manifesta Jakovlev, 1900 (= megarauca Obenberger,1952, syn. n.), S. (D.) curta Jakovlev, 1885 (= caspica Jakovlev, 1904, plavilscikovi Obenberger, 1952, synn. n.), S. (D.) antilibanensis Obenberger, 1952 (= nikitaliae Obenberger, 1952, syn. n.), S. (s. str.) arcana Jakovlev, 1908 (= assuricola Obenberger, 1920, baghdadensis Obenberger, 1929, stella Obenberger, 1952, teheranica Obenberger, 1952, assuricola heliochaera Obenberger, 1929, synn. n.), S. (s. str.) antiqua (Illiger, 1803) (= serena Jakovlev, 1900, earo Obenberger, 1929, synn. n.), S. (s. str.) hypocrita Mannerheim, 1837 (= glabricollis Obenberger, 1929, levantina Obenberger, 1929, synn. n.), S. (s. str.) varia Jakovlev, 1887 (= samarkanda Obenberger, 1929, syn. n.), S. (s. str.) demissa Marseul, 1865 (= breiti Obenberger, 1920, syn. n.), S. (s. str.) pilipes Jakovlev, 1886 (= anchorifera Obenberger, 1952, syn. n.). S. donata Obenberger, 1929 and S. subtricostata Kraatz, 1882 are transferred from subgen. Deudora to Sphenoptera s. str. and S. confusa Kerremans, 1913, from subgen. Sphenoptera s. str. to Deudora. Lectotypes are designated for 112 nominal species and subspecies and 5 infrasubspecific taxa. Neotype is designated for S. armena (Steven, 1829).