Nomenclatural and Taxonomic Notes on Some Palaearctic and Indian Taxa of Acmaeoderini (Coleoptera, Buprestidae: Polycestinae)

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New synonymies for some Palaearctic and Indian taxa of the jewel beetles tribe Acmaeoderini (Buprestidae: Polycestinae) described by R. Hołyński are established as follows. Two subgeneric names are synonymized in the genus Acmaeodera Eschscholtz, 1829: subgenus Lisposcelis Volkovitsh, 1979 = Distethya Hołyński, 2017, syn. n.; subgenus Cobosiella Volkovitsh, 1979 = Markodera Hołyński, 2017, syn. n. Acmaeodera (Lisposcelis) gardneri Obenberger, 1928 = Acmaeodera (L.) mariae Hołyński, 2017, syn. n.; Acmaeodera (Cobosiella) holynskii Volkovitsh, 2011 = A. (Markodera) arya Hołyński, 2017, syn. n. Acmaeodera (Distethya) drawida Hołyński, 2017 and A. (D.) singhala Hołyński, 2017 are transferred to the subgenus Acmaeotethya, new placements; Acmaeodera (Distethya) leveyi Hołyński, 2017 is transferred to the subgenus A. (Lisposcelis) Volkovitsh, 1979, new placement. The original placements of Acmaeodera (Acmaeotethya) uvarovi Obenberger, 1928, A. (Acmaeotethya) quadristriata Volkovitsh, 2013, and A. (Acmaeodera) cincticollis Kerremans, 1893 (all were transferred to the subgenus Distethya by R. Hołyński), are restored.