Chrysobothris Eschscholtz 1829
Creators: name: Macrae, Ted C.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Buprestidae
Chrysobothris

description: Key to the species of Chrysobothris known to occur in Jamaica
1 Elytra acuminate at apices and prolonged into an acute spine at middle of each elytron, elytra bright red, each elytron ornamented with green or blue-green along sutural margin from basal depression to middle before turning transversely outward and expanding to lateral margin, a transverse fascia at apical fourth, and a large spot along lateral margin from apical fifth to apex; length 8.5 mm. .......................... C. gowdeyi Fisher, 1928
– Elytra rounded at apices, without a distinct spine at middle of each elytron. .............. 2
2 Sides of pronotum strongly angulate near the apical angles, pronotum dark violaceous with a transverse green fascia at apex and transverse reddish-cupreous postmedian fascia, elytra dark violaceous, each elytron with narrow bright green fasciae along basal and sutural margins, a bright green transverse median fascia, and a large bright red spot in the basal and apical halves; length 8.5 mm. ... C. quadrimaculata (Fabricius, 1776)
– Sides of pronotum not strongly angulate near apical angles. ....................................... 3
3 Pronotum widest at middle, sides more or less evenly arcuate. ................................... 4
– Pronotum widest at base, sides straight or evenly arcuate. .......................................... 5
4 Sides of pronotum strongly arcuate; profemur with the tooth serrate on outer margin; elytra reddish-cupreous-purpureus, each elytron with blue-green markings as follows: basal fascia extending around humeral angle, not connecting with oblong antemedian spot, irregular transverse fascia at apical third reaching lateral margin, small apical spot; length 6.0 mm. ........................................................................ C. insulana Fisher, 1925
– Sides of pronotum weakly arcuate; profemur with the tooth not serrate on outer margin; elytra dark purpureous, each elytron with blue-green markings as follows: basal fascia extending past humeral angle along lateral margin, connecting with weakly oblique antemedian fascia, irregular tranverse fascia at apical third not reaching lateral margin, small apical spot; length 4.3 mm. ................... C. sexfasciata jamaicensis Fisher, 1925
5 Sides of pronotum evenly arcuate; elytra shiny coppery to purple, each elytron with bright emerald green basal and postmedian spots; length 5.8 mm. ................................. ................................................................................. C. pseudinsularis Hoscheck, 1931
– Sides of pronotum nearly straight; elytra black, each elytron with a large bright red postmedian spot, basal margin and basal half of lateral margin and suture blue-green, apical one-sixth bright green; length 5.0 mm. ........................... C. bimaculata sp. nov.
description: Published as part of Macrae, Ted C., 2016, Chrysobothris bimaculata (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), a new species from Jamaica, with a key to the genus in Jamaica, pp. 29-33 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (suppl.) (suppl.) 56 (1) on pages 32-33, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4468301