Faune de Madagascar: Fasc. 92 - Insecta, Coleoptera, Buprestidae de Madagascar et des îles voisines. Catalogue annoté / Insecta, Coleoptera, Buprestidae of Madagascar and Adjacent Islands. An Annotated Catalogue
Author
Bellamy, C. L.
Year
2006
Info
Paris. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 267 pp., 7 color plates with 51 figs, 1 map, br. gr. 8 [bilingual English / French]
An annotated catalogue of the Buprestidae (Coleoptera) of Madagascar and the Aldabra, Comoro, Mascarine and Seychelles Islands is presented for 74 valid genera, 18 genus-group synonyms, 16 non-nominate subgenera, 747 valid species, 224 available species names in synonymy and 20 subspecies split between six subfamilies, 15 tribes and 19 subtribes. Type locality or subsequently published distributional data are given. All relevant original descriptions and subsequant reference literature are listed. Six species and five genera are described in this volume. New taxa: Madassetia n. gen., Madassetia bicolor n. sp., Madassetia unicolor n. sp., Compsoglypha nigrocaerulea n. sp., Gracilocala n. gen., Gracilocala bicolor n. sp., Ivalouwayneia n. gen., Ivalouwayneia ruficapiticauda n. sp., Malagascoderes n. gen., Madaphlocteis n. n. gen., Paranastella viridis n. sp.
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