cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Phonorhynchopsis haegheni Willems & Artois in Willems, Reygel, Van Steenkiste, Tessens and Artois 2017
Creators: name: Diez, Yander L.
name: Hernández, Claudia Sanjuan
name: Reygel, Patrick
name: Roosen, Paulien
name: Artois, Tom
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Platyhelminthes
Rhabditophora
Rhabdocoela
Polycystididae
Phonorhynchopsis
Phonorhynchopsis haegheni

description: Phonorhynchopsis haegheni (Artois & Schockaert, 2001) Willems & Artois, 2017 (in Willems et al. 2017)
(Fig. 2 A–B)
Material and distribution in Cuba. Observations on live animals. Eleven whole mounts (UH VIII.2.40– VIII.2.50): one from Nicaro (January 28, 2016), intertidal in coarse sand, salinity 30 ‰; one from Macabí (April 23, 2017), intertidal, upper 10 cm of the fine sand, salinity 34 ‰; eight from Siboney (February 7 & May 15, 2016, March 22 and June 5, 2017), intertidal up to 0.6 m depth, in fine sand with organic debris, salinity 32–35 ‰; one from Chivirico (March 17, 2017), intertidal in very fine sand, salinity 35 ‰.
Remarks. In the specimens from Cuba the prostate stylet type IV (Fig. 2B) is 60–100 µm long (x̄ = 86 µm; n = 11), 10–15 µm wide proximally (x̄ = 12 µm; n = 10) and 3–6 µm wide in the middle (x̄ = 4 µm; n = 10). The accessory stylet type IV (Fig. 2A) is 250–294 µm long (x̄ = 274 µm; n = 11), 8–14 µm wide proximally (x̄ = 11 µm; n = 11) and 4–8 µm wide subdistally (x̄ = 6 µm; n = 11). The measurements of the specimens from Cuba are in the range of the specimens from Florida and Curaçao, being longer than the specimens from Galapagos Islands and Indonesia (see Artois & Schockaert 2001; Artois & Tessens 2008).
description: Published as part of Diez, Yander L., Hernández, Claudia Sanjuan, Reygel, Patrick, Roosen, Paulien & Artois, Tom, 2018, First record of Polycystididae (Platyhelminthes, Kalyptorhynchia) from Cuba, with the description of a new genus and five new species, and remarks and the description of one new species from Panama, pp. 107-125 in Zootaxa 4514 (1) on page 112, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4514.1.9, http://zenodo.org/record/2605858
Alcha evelinae Marcus 1949
Creators: name: Diez, Yander L.
name: Hernández, Claudia Sanjuan
name: Reygel, Patrick
name: Roosen, Paulien
name: Artois, Tom
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Platyhelminthes
Rhabditophora
Rhabdocoela
Polycystididae
Alcha
Alcha evelinae

description: Alcha evelinae Marcus, 1949
(Fig. 3 C–D)
Material and distribution in Cuba. Observations on live animals, whole mounted afterward. One whole mount from Siboney (April 4, 2017), on Gracilaria sp., 0.3 m depth, salinity 34 ‰. Five whole mounts from Bueycabón (February 6 & 21, 2018), on leaves of Thalassia testudinum and Syringodium filiformis, 0.5 m depth, salinity 33 ‰. All reference material in HU (VIII.3.05–VIII.3.10).
Remarks. The habitus and the internal organization of the studied specimen do not deviate from those mentioned in the original description by Marcus (1949) and by Karling & Schockaert (1977), including the typical blue pigmentation (Fig. 3D). The prostate stylet type III (Fig. 3D) of the Cuban specimens is 31–39 µm long (x̄ = 35 µm; n = 6), which is within the range mentioned in literature: 33–53 µm (Marcus 1949; Karling & Schockaert 1977; Jouk & De Vocht 1989; Artois & Tessens 2008).
description: Published as part of Diez, Yander L., Hernández, Claudia Sanjuan, Reygel, Patrick, Roosen, Paulien & Artois, Tom, 2018, First record of Polycystididae (Platyhelminthes, Kalyptorhynchia) from Cuba, with the description of a new genus and five new species, and remarks and the description of one new species from Panama, pp. 107-125 in Zootaxa 4514 (1) on page 115, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4514.1.9, http://zenodo.org/record/2605858
Polycydora Diez & Hernández & Reygel & Roosen & Artois 2018, gen. n.
Creators: name: Diez, Yander L.
name: Hernández, Claudia Sanjuan
name: Reygel, Patrick
name: Roosen, Paulien
name: Artois, Tom
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Platyhelminthes
Rhabditophora
Rhabdocoela
Polycystididae
Polycydora

description: Polycydora Diez, Sanjuan, Reygel & Artois gen. n.
Diagnosis. Polycystididae with a proboscis showing four pairs of proboscis retractors and a ventral pair of integument retractors. Ovaries, testes and vitellaria paired. With a prostate stylet type II connected to a prostate vesicle type II containing eosinophilic secretion. Stalk of the male bursa with a thick, symmetrical muscle layer. Ovaries elongate, kidney shaped. Female bursa well-developed, with a long stalk, ending at the junction of the two oviducts.
Etymology. The name Polycydora is composed of Polycy-, taken from the genus Polycystis Kölliker, 1845, and of - dora, taken from the genus Paulodora Marcus, 1948, as the new genus shows some characters of both these genera.
Type species. Polycydora intermedia sp. n., by monotypy.
description: Published as part of Diez, Yander L., Hernández, Claudia Sanjuan, Reygel, Patrick, Roosen, Paulien & Artois, Tom, 2018, First record of Polycystididae (Platyhelminthes, Kalyptorhynchia) from Cuba, with the description of a new genus and five new species, and remarks and the description of one new species from Panama, pp. 107-125 in Zootaxa 4514 (1) on pages 116-117, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4514.1.9, http://zenodo.org/record/2605858
Myobulla armenterosi Diez & Hernández & Reygel & Roosen & Artois 2018, sp. n.
Creators: name: Diez, Yander L.
name: Hernández, Claudia Sanjuan
name: Reygel, Patrick
name: Roosen, Paulien
name: Artois, Tom
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Platyhelminthes
Rhabditophora
Rhabdocoela
Polycystididae
Myobulla
Myobulla armenterosi

description: Myobulla armenterosi Diez, Sanjuan, Reygel & Artois sp. n.
(Fig. 5, 7B)
Material and distribution in Cuba. Observations on live animals, whole mounted afterward. Six whole mounts from Bueycabón (type locality) (March 3, 2016), one of which is designated holotype (FMNH http://id.luomus.fi/ KV.605), fine-grained sand with organic matter, 0.5 m depth, salinity 32–33 ‰. The other five specimens reference material (HU VIII.3.33–VIII.3.37). One whole mount from Aguadores (February 14, 2017), on Cladophoropsis macromeres, 0.3 m depth, salinity 35 ‰ (HU VIII.3.38).
Etymology. Species dedicated to Prof. Dr. Maickel Armenteros (Marine Research Centre, Havana University, Cuba).
Diagnosis. Species of Myobulla with a prostate stylet type III 68 µm long, with a 90° curve at its midpoint and its distal tip more or less hook shaped.
Description. Animals 0.6–1 mm long (x̄ = 0.9 mm; n = 7) (measured on the whole mounts), with two eyes (Fig. 5A: e) and colourless, except for some long, pink glands along both sides of the body. Habitus and internal morphology similar to that of other species of Myobulla, hence, with unpaired gonads and a typical bursal stalk provided with an asymmetrical muscular bulb with a ring of four hard teeth. For a detailed description we refer to Artois & Schockaert (2000). Proboscis (Fig. 5A: pr) 91–131 µm long (x̄ = 110 µm; n = 7). Pharynx (Fig. 5A: ph) 113–186 µm in diameter (x̄ = 162 µm; n = 7), located at 40%.
Prostate stylet type III (Fig. 5 A–B: ps3, 5D–E) 58–86 µm long (x̄ = 68 µm; n = 7). Proximal part gutter shaped, with a thickened proximal end, 11–18 µm wide (x̄ = 17 µm; n = 7). Distal part tubiform, more or less perpendicular to the proximal part in more or less strongly-squeezed animals (Fig. 5 D–E) whereas the entire stylet is more straight in less-squeezed ones (Fig. 7B). Distal tip of the stylet somewhat hook-shaped. Proximal part represents 45–59% of the length of the stylet (x̄ = 53%; n = 7). The seminal duct enters the male atrium at the level where the stylet becomes tubiform, as in the other species of Myobulla.
Female system as in other species of Myobulla. Ovary kidney shaped, with the oocytes in a row, diminishing in diameter from the most distal to the most proximal. Bursa globular, with the muscular seminal receptacle with a ring of four teeth characteristic of the genus.
description: Published as part of Diez, Yander L., Hernández, Claudia Sanjuan, Reygel, Patrick, Roosen, Paulien & Artois, Tom, 2018, First record of Polycystididae (Platyhelminthes, Kalyptorhynchia) from Cuba, with the description of a new genus and five new species, and remarks and the description of one new species from Panama, pp. 107-125 in Zootaxa 4514 (1) on page 120, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4514.1.9, http://zenodo.org/record/2605858
Notogaster macdonaldae Fernandez-Triana & Ward 2020, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Fernández-Triana, Jose L.
name: Ward, Darren F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Braconidae
Notogaster
Notogaster macdonaldae

description: Notogaster macdonaldae Fernandez-Triana & Ward, sp. nov.
(Figs 14 A–G)
Holotype. Female (NZAC), NEW ZEALAND, CL, 19km East of Tapu, -36.9565 175.71396, 31/i/1981, JS Noyes. Voucher code: NZAC04044109.
Paratypes. 3 Females, 3 Males (CNC, NZAC). 1 Female, AK, Birkenhead, Oct 1980, JF Longworth, Malaise trap, Second growth bush, NZAC04198809; 1 Female, BP, Papatea, 24/9/1992 – 19/10/1992, JS Dugdale, Malaise trap, NZAC04049150; 1 Female, TK, below Mt Messenger, 15/12/1983, L Masner, Sweeping, WAM 0545; 3 Males, TK, below Mt Messenger, 15/12/1983, L Masner, Sweeping, WAM 0391, WAM 0393, WAM 0392.
Diagnostic description. Mesosoma mostly to extensively light (orange, yellow or light yellow-brown); metasoma dorsally mostly dark but with T 3 yellow, or mostly light (orange, yellow or light yellow-brown); gena without pale spot; tegula pale; first two pairs of legs entirely pale (yellow, orange or light yellow-brown), rarely with coxae darker; metacoxa pale; metafemur mostly pale (yellow, orange or light yellow-brown); metatibia mostly yellow; T 2 mostly sculptured. See Table 1 for additional morphological measurements. Notogaster macdonaldae is morphologically similar to N. charlesi but it is slightly darker, and it does not have a pale spot on the gena (Figs 14B, 14E).
Molecular data. There are no DNA barcode sequences in BOLD for this species.
Distribution. AK, BP, CL, TK (Fig. 3).
Etymology. Named after Frances MacDonald for her contribution to entomology in New Zealand.
description: Published as part of Fernández-Triana, Jose L. & Ward, Darren F., 2020, Notogaster, a new genus of Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from New Zealand, pp. 251-279 in Zootaxa 4801 (2) on page 265, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4801.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/3900442
Notogaster poultonae Fernandez-Triana & Ward 2020, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Fernández-Triana, Jose L.
name: Ward, Darren F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Braconidae
Notogaster
Notogaster poultonae

description: Notogaster poultonae Fernandez-Triana & Ward, sp. nov.
(Figs 16 A–G)
Holotype. Female (NHM), NEW ZEALAND, BR, St Arnaud, 650m, -41.8052 172.8501, 12/xii/1980, JS Noyes, EW Valentine & AK Walker. Voucher code: CNC309851.
Paratypes. 16 Females, 1 Male (CNC, NHM, NZAC). 3 Females, BR, St Arnaud, 650m, 12/12/1980, JS Noyes, EW Valentine, AK Walker, CNC841338, CNC1196850, CNC1196556; 12 Female, BR, St Arnaud, 650m, 12/12/1980, JS Noyes, EW Valentine, AK Walker, NHM; 1 Male, MC, Kelly’s Creek camp ground, nr Otira, 20/1/1974 – 23/1/1974, GE Sherwell, NHM; 1 Female, OL, Coronet Peak, 1450m, 27/1/1996, BIP Barratt, Malaise trap, NZAC 04191890.
Diagnostic description. Mesosoma entirely to mostly dark (dark brown or black), lighter areas very small and localized; metasoma dorsally entirely dark (brown or black); gena without pale spot or with very small, almost indistinguishable spot; tegula pale; first two pairs of legs entirely pale (yellow, orange or light yellow-brown), rarely with coxae darker; metacoxa mostly light brown, with small yellow area apically; metafemur mostly pale (yellow, orange or light yellow-brown); metatibia mostly yellow; T 2 mostly sculptured. See Table 1 for additional morphological measurements. Notogaster poultonae is morphologically similar to N. withersae, both species can be distinguished from all other Notogaster species based on the combination of mesosoma and metasoma being mostly to entirely dark brown to black while legs are entirely to mostly yellow, and the gena does not have a pale spot at base (or, at most, with a very small and poorly defined spot, almost indistinguishable from rest of gena). N. poultonae has metacoxa mostly brown (entirely yellow in N. withersae), fore wing vein 1CUb much longer (2.0–3.0 ×) than 1CUa (in withersae 1Cub is only slightly longer (1.3 ×) as 1CUa), and T 2 is comparatively more quadrate, its width at posterior margin 1.6–2.2 × its median length (in N. withersae T 2 is more transverse, its width at posterior margin 2.6–2.8 × its median length).
Molecular data. There are no DNA barcode sequences in BOLD for this species.
Distribution. BR, MC, OL (Fig. 5).
Etymology. Named after Jo Poulton for her contribution to entomology in New Zealand.
description: Published as part of Fernández-Triana, Jose L. & Ward, Darren F., 2020, Notogaster, a new genus of Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from New Zealand, pp. 251-279 in Zootaxa 4801 (2) on page 268, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4801.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/3900442
Notogaster wornerae Fernandez-Triana & Ward 2020, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Fernández-Triana, Jose L.
name: Ward, Darren F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Braconidae
Notogaster
Notogaster wornerae

description: Notogaster wornerae Fernandez-Triana & Ward, sp. nov.
(Figs 21 A–H)
Holotype. Male (LUNZ), NEW ZEALAND, Stewart Island, Table Hill, Rakeahua track, -47.0032 167.8004, sweeping, 8/2/1991, S.P. Worner.
Diagnostic description. Mesosoma entirely to mostly dark (dark brown or black), lighter areas very small and localized; metasoma dorsally entirely dark (brown or black); gena with relatively large and clear pale spot; tegula dark; first two pairs of legs mostly dark (brown to black); metacoxa dark; metafemur mostly pale (yellow, orange or light yellow-brown); metatibia mostly yellow; T 2 mostly sculptured. See Table 1 for additional morphological measurements. Notogaster wornerae is probably the most distinguishable species in the genus, based on the trapezoidal shape of T 2 (its width at posterior margin 1.2 × its median length) and fore wing vein 1CUa comparatively very short (0.33 × as long as vein 1CUb). It is also the only species known from Stewart Island.
Molecular data. There are no DNA barcode sequences in BOLD for this species.
Distribution. Only known from a single specimen from Stewart Island (Fig. 9).
Etymology. Named after Sue Worner, the collector of the type specimen, for her contribution to entomology in New Zealand.
description: Published as part of Fernández-Triana, Jose L. & Ward, Darren F., 2020, Notogaster, a new genus of Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from New Zealand, pp. 251-279 in Zootaxa 4801 (2) on page 275, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4801.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/3900442
Incoltorrida Steffan 1973
Creators: name: Perkins, Philip D.
name: Bergsten, Johannes
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Torridincolidae
Incoltorrida

description: Incoltorrida Steffan
Incoltorrida Steffan, 1973: 634. Type species Incoltorrida madagassica Steffan, 1973 (by original designation)
The following comments are given by Steffan (1973) as the differential diagnosis of Incoltorrida: “The members of Incoltorrida n. gen. differ from the members of Torridincola Steffan 1964, through the following characters: on average more robust body size and more pronounced sculpturing of the elytra; the proximally narrowed keel on frons and vertex; the length proportions of the tarsomeres (mesotarsi T4 approximately 1.5 times longer than T3, compared to twice as long in Torridincola); The absence of parameres and the prescence of a thorned saccus membranaceus in the male, and the lateral thorns on the styli of the female genital organ.”
All of these diagnostic characters hold true for the new species described herein, except the presence in all species of a single seta on each side near the base of the male genitalia (e.g., Figs. 19, 20); these setae confirm that the basal lobes they are attached to are the homologues of the parameres present in members of Torridincola. Because of distortion, these setae are not visible on the permanent microslide mount of the holotype of I. madagassica, the only male available to Steffan at the time of the original description.
description: Published as part of Perkins, Philip D. & Bergsten, Johannes, 2019, New Myxophagan water beetles from Madagascar (Coleoptera: Torridincolidae, Hydroscaphidae), pp. 57-96 in Zootaxa 4657 (1) on page 64, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4657.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/3369801
Incoltorrida benesculpta Perkins & Bergsten 2019, new species
Creators: name: Perkins, Philip D.
name: Bergsten, Johannes
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Torridincolidae
Incoltorrida
Incoltorrida benesculpta

description: Incoltorrida benesculpta, new species
Figs. 8 (habitus); 16, 20 (genitalia); 35 (map); 42, 43 (habitat)
Type Material. Holotype (male): Fianarantsoa, 3.2km S Ambohimanjaka, 20º 14.0343’ S 47º 5.59145’ E, waterfall and hygropetric habitat near hwy. 7, elev. 1415 m, 5 xi 2014, P. D. Perkins (NHRS). Paratypes (19): Same data as holotype (13: NHRS, MCZ, BMNH, PBZT / MBC); Antsiranana, Sava, Mad.; Antsirana; Marojejy NP, 800m N from Camp I, Humbert waterfall; hygropetric; 14.4333S 49.773E; MAD 14-48, ex. bedrock pools at side of waterfall, elev. 550 m, 8 xi 2014, P. D. Perkins (MAD 14-48) (6 MCZ).
Differential Diagnosis. Together with I. galoko the smallest known member of the genus (l/w ca. 1.85/1.05). The elytral costae are high and strong, and are more sinuate than in other species. The serial punctures are large and in sulcate grooves. The sculpture of the pronotum is similar to that of I. quintacostata, but I. benesculpta has a more distinct midlongitudinal carina in the basal half, and the sides of the pronotum in the anterior half are more arcuate. The elytra and the aedeagi of the two species are quite dissimilar.
Description. Size: holotype (length/width, mm): body (length to elytral apices) 1.85/1.05; head width 0.40; pronotum 0.40/0.81; elytra 1.17/1.05. Dorsum black, venter dark brown, legs brown except femoral-tibial articulations and tarsi black.
Sides of frontoclypeal shield slightly arcuate toward the midline, such that apical part is slightly wider than the width at midlength, and slightly narrower than the posterior area of the frons.
Short oblique carinae on anterior 1/3 of pronotum are well developed, no indication of midlongitudinal carina. The basal 1/3 has a short carina on each side, and a very low narrow midlongitudinal carina.
Elytron with eight strong high costae; fourth costa interrupted with strong punctures; fifth costa weakly bisinuate; sixth and seventh costae very indistinct. Serial punctures large and distinct.
Sides of metaventral tabella more distinctively arcuate than in other species. Midlongitudinal groove in the posterior 1/2 of metaventral tabella gradually widens from posterior to anterior.
Midlongitudinal carina of first abdominal ventrite strong and extends length of ventrite.
Male genitalia very short, with the apical part narrowed and spinose (Figs. 16, 20).
Etymology. Named in reference to the markedly sculptured pronotum and elytra.
description: Published as part of Perkins, Philip D. & Bergsten, Johannes, 2019, New Myxophagan water beetles from Madagascar (Coleoptera: Torridincolidae, Hydroscaphidae), pp. 57-96 in Zootaxa 4657 (1) on pages 72-73, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4657.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/3369801
Notogaster withersae Fernandez-Triana & Ward 2020, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Fernández-Triana, Jose L.
name: Ward, Darren F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Braconidae
Notogaster
Notogaster withersae

description: Notogaster withersae Fernandez-Triana & Ward, sp. nov.
(Figs 20 A–I)
Holotype. Female (NZAC), NEW ZEALAND, MC, Quail Island, Banks Peninsula, -43.6278 172.6898, Malaise trap, 14/iv/2000, M. Bowie. Voucher code: NZAC04049784.
Paratypes. 3 Females, 1 Male (NZAC). MC, Quail Island, Banks Peninsula, 11/1/2000, M Bowie, Malaise trap, NZAC04049853, NZAC04198778, NZAC 04191996, NZAC 04032576.
Diagnostic description. Mesosoma entirely to mostly dark (dark brown or black), lighter areas very small and localized; metasoma dorsally entirely dark (brown or black); gena without pale spot or with very small, almost indistinguishable spot; tegula pale; first two pairs of legs entirely pale (yellow, orange or light yellow-brown), rarely with coxae darker; metacoxa pale; metafemur mostly pale (yellow, orange or light yellow-brown); metatibia mostly yellow; T 2 mostly sculptured. See Table 1 for additional morphological measurements. Notogaster withersae is morphologically similar to N. poultonae, both species can be distinguished from all other Notogaster species based on the combination of mesosoma and metasoma being mostly to entirely dark brown to black while legs are entirely to mostly yellow, and gena not having a pale spot at base (or, at most, with a very small and poorly defined spot, almost indistinguishable from rest of gena). Notogaster withersae has metacoxa entirely yellow (mostly brown in N. poultonae), fore wing vein 1CUb only slightly longer (1.3 ×) than 1CUa (in N. poultonae 1Cub is much longer (2.0–3.0 ×) than 1CUa), and T 2 comparatively more transverse, its width at posterior margin 2.6–2.8 × its median length (in N. poultonae T 2 it is more quadrate, with width at posterior margin 1.6–2.2 × its median length).
Molecular data. There are no DNA barcode sequences in BOLD for this species.
Distribution. MC (Fig. 9).
Etymology. Named after Toni Withers for her contribution to entomology in New Zealand.
description: Published as part of Fernández-Triana, Jose L. & Ward, Darren F., 2020, Notogaster, a new genus of Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) from New Zealand, pp. 251-279 in Zootaxa 4801 (2) on page 275, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4801.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/3900442
Incoltorrida zahamena Perkins & Bergsten 2019, new species
Creators: name: Perkins, Philip D.
name: Bergsten, Johannes
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Torridincolidae
Incoltorrida
Incoltorrida zahamena

description: Incoltorrida zahamena, new species
Figs. 11 (habitus); 12 (genitalia); 36 (map); 50, 51 (habitat)
Type Material. Holotype (male): Madagascar: Toamasina: Alaotra-Mangoro: Zahamena National Park, Antanandava Sect., midaltitude rainforest: Manambato river ~ 100m downstream of Camp Cascade, hygropetric rocks at night, 17.5438S, 48.7230E, 1280m, 10.III.2018, MAD 18-111, Leg. J. Bergsten & T. Ranarilalatiana (NHRS). Paratypes, same data as holotype (2 females NHRS, BMNH).
Differential Diagnosis. Differentiated from other members of the genus by the combination of small size (ca. 1.97 mm), oval habitus (Fig. 11), pronotum without median longitudinal ridge, and elytron with eight costae. The elytral series are irregular, giving the elytra a scabrous appearance.
Description. Size: holotype (length/width, mm): body (length to elytral apices) 1.97/1.19; head width 0.39; pronotum 0.43/0.92; elytra 1.21/1.19. Dorsum dark brown to black, venter reddish brown, legs reddish brown except femoral-tibial articulations and tarsi dark brown.
Sides of frontoclypeal shield slightly arcuate. Clypeus about as long as frons.
Pronotum with short oblique carinae on anterior 1/3 moderately developed, no indication of midlongitudinal carina, area posterior to carinae transversely rounded, with no indication of ridges or depressions. Cuticle rough, subgranulate.
Elytron with eight costae of varying height; costa #6 very low and short, costa #8 generally higher and stronger than other costae; transverse ridges between costae absent or very indistinct. Serial punctures large and coarse, producing scabrous appearance.
Metaventral tabella with very faint, indistinct transverse grooves; midlongitudinal groove in posterior 1/2 of metaventral tabella widest at about midlength.
Midlongitudinal carina of first abdominal ventrite strong and extends length of ventrite.
Male genitalia in lateral view distinctively thickened in basal 1/2, apical 1/2 narrowing, with tip slightly widened and spinose (Fig. 12).
Etymology. Named in reference to the type locality.
description: Published as part of Perkins, Philip D. & Bergsten, Johannes, 2019, New Myxophagan water beetles from Madagascar (Coleoptera: Torridincolidae, Hydroscaphidae), pp. 57-96 in Zootaxa 4657 (1) on pages 76-80, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4657.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/3369801
Hydroscapha LeConte 1874
Creators: name: Perkins, Philip D.
name: Bergsten, Johannes
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Hydroscaphidae
Hydroscapha

description: Hydroscapha LeConte
Hydroscapha LeConte, 1874: 45. Type species Hydroscapha natans LeConte (by original designation)
description: Published as part of Perkins, Philip D. & Bergsten, Johannes, 2019, New Myxophagan water beetles from Madagascar (Coleoptera: Torridincolidae, Hydroscaphidae), pp. 57-96 in Zootaxa 4657 (1) on page 81, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4657.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/3369801
Incoltorrida galoko Perkins & Bergsten 2019, new species
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Incoltorrida galoko

description: Incoltorrida galoko, new species
Figs. 13 (habitus); 36 (map); 40 (habitat)
Type Material. Holotype (female): Antsiranana, “Anjiabe Ambony: Ambilobe: Antsabe stairways-like cascade with vertical (!) steps, exposed, extremely hot day, N: -13.60930 E: 48.72120, elev. 303 m, 23 xi 2004, Balke et al. (P25 MD16)” // DNA extraction, # BMNH 670736 (BMNH).
Differential Diagnosis. An abundantly distinct species, differentiated from other members of the genus by the combination of small size, broadly oval body form, extreme pronotal sculpture, and each elytron with five costae. Currently know only from the female holotype, which is distinct morphologically, and also distinct according to DNA sequence data published by Monaghan et al. (2009) (Genbank Accession Nos. FJ819704 (partial COI) and FJ818160 (partial 28S)) from the two coexisting species I. magna and I. quintacostata.
Description. Size: holotype (length/width, mm): body (length to elytral apices) 1.74/1.14; head width 0.36; pronotum 0.43/0.76; elytra 1.07 /1.14. Dorsum dark brown, venter brown to reddish brown, legs brown to reddish brown except tarsi and femoral-tibial articulations black. Body form very broad, oval (Fig. 13).
Sides of frontoclypeal shield very slightly arcuate, narrowest, but only slightly so, at frontoclypeal suture. Head slightly concave in front of eyes.
Pronotal sculpture extreme (Fig. 13), ridges distinctly raised and depressions deep; anterior part with three carinae, midlongitudinal carina and oblique carinae on each side. Midlongitudinal carina terminating where, on each side is transverse timidity. Together, sculptural elements on disc somewhat resemble a snarling lion’s face.
Each elytron with only five distinct well separated, granulate costae: #1, #2, #3, #5, and #8; costae #4, #6, and #7 absent. Merest hint of two transverse ridges, one linking costae #3 and #5 and one linking costae #5 and #8, later located just behind the humeral umbo. Nine rows of small serial punctures, two rows each between costae #4 and #5, #5 and #6, #6 and margin; three other rows single.
Midventral area of metaventral tabella with distinct, widely spaced transverse grooves. Midlongitudinal carina of first abdominal ventrite, strong, extends length of ventrite.
Etymology. Named in reference to the type locality.
Remarks. The holotype female, which has been extracted for DNA, is unfortunately in pieces, and is missing several leg parts. The parts were glued together for the habitus figures (Fig. 13).
description: Published as part of Perkins, Philip D. & Bergsten, Johannes, 2019, New Myxophagan water beetles from Madagascar (Coleoptera: Torridincolidae, Hydroscaphidae), pp. 57-96 in Zootaxa 4657 (1) on page 81, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4657.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/3369801
Hydroscapha andringitra Perkins & Bergsten 2019, new species
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Hydroscapha
Hydroscapha andringitra

description: Hydroscapha andringitra new species
Figs. 26 (habitus), 28 (aedeagus), 30, 32, 33 (terminal abdominal segments), 39 (map)
Type Material: Holotype (male): Fianarantsoa, Ambilavao, Sendrisoa, approx. 10km N of Andringitra NP, hygropetric, brownish muddy water seeping over rock (+ standing water with vegetation next to it), 22.00975S, 46.9504E, elev. 1165m, 7.v.2006, leg. J. Bergsten (NHRS). Paratypes: 10 females, same data as holotype (NHRS, MCZ, BMNH, PBZT / MBC).
Differential diagnosis. Habitus as in Fig. 26 (imaged pre-dissection). Slightly larger in size than H. saboureaui (length to elytral apices ca. 0.82 vs. 0.79 mm), but with a smaller aedeagus, which has a much smaller internal sac (Figs. 27, 28). Also refer to the differential diagnosis of H. saboureaui, and see comparative notes following that species.
Description (holotype male): Size (mm): length to elytral apices 0.82, total length 0.99 (variable due to telescoping last abdominal segments), width 0.46. Color dark brown to black, with legs, palpi and antennae lighter, testaceous in parts.
Habitus as illustrated (Fig. 26). Aedeagus and terminal abdominal segments as illustrated (Figs. 28, 30, 32-33). Dorsum very finely sparsely punctate and with very indistinct short sparse setae. Configuration of ventral morphology typical for the genus. See comparative notes in section on H. saboureaui.
description: Published as part of Perkins, Philip D. & Bergsten, Johannes, 2019, New Myxophagan water beetles from Madagascar (Coleoptera: Torridincolidae, Hydroscaphidae), pp. 57-96 in Zootaxa 4657 (1) on page 85, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4657.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/3369801
Anthaxia (Cratomerus) Solier 1833
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Anthaxia

description: Subgenus Cratomerus Solier, 1833
Type species: Buprestis cyanicornis Fabricius, 1781 (currently Anthaxia (Cratomerus) hungarica (Scopoli, 1772)); subsequent designation by Duponchel, (1844): 328.
Large (5.5–16.0 mm) species with typical colouration: green with silky lustre, pronotum usually with two black, longitudinal, well-defined stripes (Fig. 6), elytra of female sometimes green-violet or violet and pronotum often with orange lateral sides (Figs. 7); vertex very narrow (0.3–0.6 times as wide as width of eye), frons flat or weakly depressed; pronotum weakly convex, laterally flattened, sculpture consisting of rather rough, polygonal cells with central grains (Fig. 44), cells often transversely enlarged on disc; male antennomeres widened and terminal antennomeres often bicolorous (Fig. 6); elytra flattened, wedge-shaped, with well-developed lateral groove; elytral sculpture dense and homogenous; lateral emargination and subhumeral lobe strongly-developed (Fig. 30), elytral epipleura wide but not reaching elytral apex; lateral sides of ventrites well-visible from above (Figs. 6, 7); male metafemora more or less swollen, rarely simple, male meso- and metatibiae curved often with inner serrations or teeth, sometimes with long, white pubescence (Fig. 6); aedeagus slender, spindle-shaped, parameres without lateral spines, median lobe without lateral serrations (Fig. 60); anal ventrite of female almost always with deeply notched posterior margin.
BIONOMY. Development in broad-leaved trees and shrubs.
DISTRIBUTION: western Palaearctic,with one species in northern China, one in Pakistan and two in Ethiopia. I presume this subgenus to be a typical example of the western Palaearctic fauna, with two closely related species reaching the northernmost part of the Afrotropical region.
Richter (1949) included in this subgenus (genus in his concept) some species of Haplanthaxia and Richteraxia subgen. nov. Actually the division between Cratomerus and Haplanthaxia is rather difficult to determine. There is no single constant character (except for the size and elytral sculpture) which can distinguish the subgenera—the whole set of characters must be taken in consideration.
SPECIES INCLUDED. In reality the subgenus contains only the A. (C.) diadema species-group, A. (C.) hungarica species-group and A. (C.) sponsa species-group; other species-groups mentioned by Bellamy (2008) belong to the subgenera Haplanthaxia or Richteraxia subgen. nov.
description: Published as part of Bílý, Svatopluk, 2019, Subgeneric classification of the genus Anthaxia Eschscholtz, 1829 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Anthaxiini), pp. 261-278 in Zootaxa 4568 (2) on pages 265-266, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4568.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/2599418
Anthaxia (Melanthaxia) Richter 1949
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Anthaxia

description: Subgenus Melanthaxia Richter, 1949
Type species: Anthaxia godeti Gory & Laporte, 1839.
Black, dark bronze, only exceptionally blue, blue-violet or green species without pronotal or elytral pattern (Figs. 12, 13); pronotum more or less regularly convex, lateroposterior depressions often small or weak, pronotal sculpture usually rough consisting of coarse, polygonal cells (often longitudinally prolonged along lateral margins), with large central grains (Figs. 43); pronotum very often with four small, rounded depressions at midlength (Fig. 12); subhumeral lobe very weak, as well as the lateral elytral emargination (Figs. 35, 36); elytral epipleura wide, not reaching elytral apex; aedeagus spindle-shaped or elongate, parameres always without lateral spines, median lobe without lateral serrations (Figs. 57–59); anal ventrite of female apically rounded or truncate; male meso- and metatrochanters of some species with small or large spine; sexual dichromatism absent, exceptionally expressed only by slightly different colouration of frons or ventral surface.
One of the best defined subgenera of Anthaxia, which is also well-characterised by its bionomy.
BIONOMY. Development in Conifers; the majority of species are flower-visitors.
DISTRIBUTION: Holoarctic region; the distribution more or less mirrors the distribution of the genus Carabus Linnaeus, 1759 (Carabidae).
SPECIES INCLUDED. The following species-groups are included: aeneogaster species-group, californica species-group, carmen species-group, conradti species-group, helvetica species-group, istriana species-group, leechi species-group, morio species-group, nanula species-group, neofunerula species-group, obesa species-group, oregonensis species-group, prasina species-group, quadripunctata species-group, strigata species-group, sturanyi species-group. Also in this subgenus there are many species which have not been attributed to any species-group, so far.
description: Published as part of Bílý, Svatopluk, 2019, Subgeneric classification of the genus Anthaxia Eschscholtz, 1829 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Anthaxiini), pp. 261-278 in Zootaxa 4568 (2) on page 267, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4568.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/2599418
Merocratus Bily 1989
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Merocratus

description: Subgenus Merocratus Bílý, 1989
Type species: Anthaxia insulaecola Obenberger, 1944; original designation.
Relatively small group of medium-sized to large (4.5–10.0 mm), multicolorous species with typical elytral pattern (Fig. 17); ventral surface always metallic from violet to bright red-orange; frons flat or very deeply depressed; pronotal sculpture rather complicated: long, transverse rugae on posterior half often combined with small, fine, polygonal and concentric cells on anterior half, and longitudinal rugae along lateral margins (Fig. 50); elytral apices widely rounded; anal sternite of female apically deeply notched often with S-shaped lateral margins; antennae of male very long, always overlapping midlength of lateral, pronotal margins (Fig. 17), very often reaching posterior, pronotal angles when laid alongside; parameres often laterally enlarged or with lateral teeth or spines (Fig. 74), median lobe not serrate laterally. Dorsal surface usually asetose but in a few species elytra with rather long and dense pilosity (e.g. A. (M.) longipilis Bílý, 1998).
BIONOMY. Almost nothing is known about the bionomy of this subgenus; adults are flower-visitors often collected on flowers of Castanopsis (Fagaceae). I reared A. (M.) barbieri Descarpentries, 1958 from branches of Mangifera indica L. (Anacardiaceae) in Thailand.
DISTRIBUTION: south-east Asia from India (Aruchanal Pradesh) to the Philippines.
SPECIES INCLUDED: Anthaxia (M.) barbieri Descarpentries, 1958, A. (M.) beesoniana Gebhardt, 1926, A. (M.) bellissima Bílý, 1990, A. (M.) castanopsivora Bílý, 1998, A. (M.) deyrollei Bílý, 1998, A. (M.) insulaecola Obenberger, 1944, A. (M.) jakli Bílý, 1996, A. (M.) karati Obořil & Bílý, 2003, A. (M.) longipilis Bílý, 1998, A. (M.) miranda Deyrolle, 1864, A. (M.) pyropyga Bílý, 1998, A. (M.) tamdaoensis Bílý, 1998, A. (M.) tricolor Kerremans, 1912, A. (M.) vietnamica Bílý, 1998, A. (M.) violaceiventris Deyrolle, 1864.
description: Published as part of Bílý, Svatopluk, 2019, Subgeneric classification of the genus Anthaxia Eschscholtz, 1829 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Anthaxiini), pp. 261-278 in Zootaxa 4568 (2) on page 267, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4568.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/2599418
Anthaxia (Thailandia) Bily 1990
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Anthaxia

description: Subgenus Thailandia Bílý, 1990
Type species: Thailandia paradoxa Bílý, 1990; original designation.
Medium-sized (4.5–7.5 mm), usually bicolorous species: golden green or blue-green with violet pronotal and elytral pattern (Fig. 18), rarely entirely golden green; frons convex or strongly convex, vertex very wide (2.5–3.5 times as wide as width of eye); eyes large, projecting beyond outline of head which is much wider than anterior pronotal margin (Fig. 18); pronotum more or less regularly convex with weak lateroposterior depressions, sculpture homogeneous consisting of oval or polygonal, sometimes transversely widened, cells without central grains (Fig. 51); antennae short usually reaching midlength of lateral, pronotal margins when laid alongside, or shorter; anal ventrite of female apically notched with fine, lateral serrations; aedeagus spindle-shaped or weakly spatulate, parameres often with small, lateral, preapical spine (Fig. 75); median lobe without lateral serrations. Very well defined subgenus due to the conspiciously wide head, convex frons, extremely wide vertex and typical coloration. Originally described as an independent genus (Bílý, 1 990), later downgraded to a subgenus (Bílý, 2005).
BIONOMY. Completely unknown; adults are flower-visitors.
DISTRIBUTION: India, Laos, Thailand.
SPECIES INCLUDED: Anthaxia (T.) capitata Kerremans, 1892, A. (T.) paradoxa Bílý, 1990, A. (T.) phylanthi Obenberger, 1956, A. (T.) rondoni Baudon, 1962, A. (T.) siamensis Bílý, 2005, A. (T.) svobodai Bílý, 2005,.
description: Published as part of Bílý, Svatopluk, 2019, Subgeneric classification of the genus Anthaxia Eschscholtz, 1829 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Anthaxiini), pp. 261-278 in Zootaxa 4568 (2) on page 268, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4568.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/2599418
Anthaxia (Capanthaxia) aterrima Kerremans 1903, species-group
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Anthaxia
Anthaxia aterrima

description: Anthaxia (Capanthaxia) aterrima Kerremans, 1903 species-group
DEFINITION OF THE SPECIES- GROUP. Large (7.0–9.0 mm), robust, subparallel, asetose (except for very short, pale frontal pubescence) species; dorsal surface lustrous, black or black bronze, exceptionally with scutellum and short, narrow prescutellar line green (Fig. 22); ventral surface metallic bronze.
Head relatively small, narrower than anterior pronotal margin; frons flat, vertex 0.6–0.8 times as wide as width of eye; antennae of both sexes fusiform, very short reaching anterior third of lateral pronotal margins when laid alongside; eyes large but not projecting beyond outline of head; sculpture consisting of small, oval cells with tiny central grains.
Pronotum wide, lateral margins widely rounded at anterior two thirds, almost straight at posterior third, posterior angles rectangular; disc of pronotum with wide, rather deep, longitudinal depression in posterior two thirds, lateroposterior depressions wide, deep, prolonged anteriorly to pronotal midlength (Figs. 22, 53); sculpture rather complicated, consisting of fine, transverse rugae on posterior half of disc, fine, longitudinally prolonged cells without central grains along lateral margins and simple, fine punctures on anterior third of disc (Fig. 53). Scutellum small, cordiform, about 1.5 times as long as wide.
Elytra slightly shortened (pygidium visible from above), wedge-shaped, strongly uneven with wide, almost rounded depression at anterior third, wide, transverse depression at posterio third and deep, longitudinal depressions along middle part of lateral margins (Fig. 22); basal, transverse depression wide, deep, reaching scutellum; each elytron widely, separately rounded apically, humeral callosities well-developed but not projecting beyond elytral outline.
Legs relatively short, male metatibiae straight with very fine inner serrations, anal ventrite of both sexes simply rounded.
Aedeagus prolonged, parameres moderately widened at basal half, median lobe without lateral serrations (figs. 21–24 in Obořil & Baňař, 2015).
DISTRIBUTION: South Africa (Cape Provinces).
SPECIES INCLUDED: Anthaxia (Capanthaxia) aterrima Kerremans, 1903, A. (C.) kamieserrima Obořil & Baňař, 2015.
description: Published as part of Bílý, Svatopluk, 2019, Subgeneric classification of the genus Anthaxia Eschscholtz, 1829 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Anthaxiini), pp. 261-278 in Zootaxa 4568 (2) on page 269, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4568.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/2599418
Anthaxia (Capanthaxia) capensis Kerremans 1903, species-group
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Anthaxia
Anthaxia capensis

description: Anthaxia (Capanthaxia) capensis Kerremans, 1903 species-group
DEFINITION OF THE SPECIES- GROUP. Small to medium-sized (3.5–6.0 mm), black, black-bronze or multicolorous, asetose species (Figs. 19–21).
Head relatively large, as wide as anterior pronotal margin, eyes large but not projecting beyond outline of head; antennae short reaching anterior third of lateral pronotal margins when laid alongside; sculpture consisting of very small, polygonal cells with tiny central grains.
Pronotum almost regularly convex, with fine, longitudinal, medial groove at least on posterior half (Figs. 19– 21, 52), lateral margins regularly rounded at anterior two thirds, posterior angles rectangular; lateroposterior depressions wide, very shallow sometimes almost missing; sculpture consisting of fine, transversely widened cells and transverse, somewhat undulate rugae on disc, and polygonal cells with central grains along lateral margins (Fig. 52), exceptionally entire pronotum with fine, polygonal ocellation which is almost missing on disc (Fig. 21). Scutellum small, subcordiform, only slightly longer than wide.
Elytra short, robust, widely, separately rounded apically, not completely covering the pygidium (Figs. 19–21); lateral groove deep, in posterior half with large, strong punctures; humeral callosities small; basal transverse depression shallow, not reaching scutellum; sculpture consisting of rather fine, irregular punctures and strong punctures forming poorly defined, longitudinal rows (Figs. 19–21); elytral epipleura wide, almost reaching elytral apex.
Anal ventrite of both sexes simply rounded, legs short, male metatibiae only with very fine, almost invisible, inner serrations.
Aedeagus (Fig. 76) shortly spindle-shaped, parameres weakly narrowed at apical half, median lobe without lateral serrations.
DISTRIBUTION: South Africa (Cape Provinces).
SPECIES INCLUDED: Anthaxia (Capanthaxia) bellamyi Bílý 2002, A. (C.) capensis Kerremans, 1903, A. (C.) hilaris Gory, 1841.
NOTE. All three species were attributed by Bellamy (2008) and Bílý (2002) to the subgenus Haplanthaxia.
description: Published as part of Bílý, Svatopluk, 2019, Subgeneric classification of the genus Anthaxia Eschscholtz, 1829 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Anthaxiini), pp. 261-278 in Zootaxa 4568 (2) on pages 269-273, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4568.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/2599418
Anthaxia (Capanthaxia) sulcicollis Obenberger 1928, species-group
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Anthaxia
Anthaxia sulcicollis

description: Anthaxia (Capanthaxia) sulcicollis Obenberger, 1928 species-group
DEFINITION OF THE SPECIES- GROUP. Medium-sized (4.0–7.0 mm), elongate, subcylindrical, asetose species; dorsal surface black, black-green, green or bicolorous (golden-green with red-orange lateral pronotal margins and laterosternites)— Figs. 23, 24; ventral surface usually black or black-green.
Head small, as wide as anterior pronotal margin, frons flat or weakly convex, vertex twice as wide as width of eye; antennae short (male) or very short (female) reaching midlength or anterior third of lateral pronotal margins when laid alongside; sculpture of frons consisting of very small, dense oval cells without central grains.
Pronotum transverse, about 1.8 times as wide as long, weakly convex, with rather deep, medial groove reaching both anterior and posterior margins (Figs. 23, 24, 54); lateral margins weakly rounded, rather strongly widened anteriorly, maximum width at anterior fourth; lateroposterior depressions wide, deep, reaching anteriorly pronotal midlength; sculpture consisting of fine, transverse rugae or transversely arranged, polygonal cells on disc and small, rounded cells without central grains along lateral margins (Fig. 54). Scutellum very small, triangular, as long as wide.
Elytra subcylindrical, regularly convex, only weakly tapering posteriorly, about 3 times as long as wide, not completely covering pygidium (Figs. 23, 24); apices widely, separately rounded, without lateral serrations; humeral callosities small, basal, transverse depression very shallow, not reaching scutellum; sculpture consisting of fine, transverse rugae (Figs. 23, 24).
Legs relatively short, male metatibiae straight, without inner serrations; tarsomeres 3 and 4 widened with large, adhesive pads (Figs. 23, 24); anal ventrite of both sexes simply rounded apically.
Aedeagus very short, regularly spindle-shaped, median lobe without lateral serrations.
DISTRIBUTION: South Africa (Cape Provinces, Namaqualand, Natal).
SPECIES INCLUDED: Anthaxia (Capanthaxia) sexualis Obenberger, 1928, A. (C.) sulcicollis Obenberger, 1928 (both species were placed in the subgenus Anthaxia s. str. by Bellamy (2008) and Bílý (1997).
description: Published as part of Bílý, Svatopluk, 2019, Subgeneric classification of the genus Anthaxia Eschscholtz, 1829 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Anthaxiini), pp. 261-278 in Zootaxa 4568 (2) on page 274, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4568.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/2599418