Species Of Buprestidae Research Articles

The larval, pupal and mitogenomic characteristics of Agrilusadelphinus Kerremans, 1895 (Coleoptera, Buprestidae) from China.

In this study, the larva and pupa of Agrilusadelphinus are described and illustrated. DNA barcoding (COI gene) was used to associate the larval and pupal stages with adults based on the maximum-likelihood method. In the resulting phylogenetic tree, species from the same species-group were found to be clustered on a branch with high support value. To better understand A.adelphinus, the complete mitochondrial genome of this species was also sequenced and annotated. Comparing this genome to the known mitogenomes of Agrilus species, the newly sequenced genome is shorter, with 15,732 bp. However, its whole mitogenome composition and gene orientation were consistent with that of most species of Buprestidae. In the mitogenome of A.adelphinus, the ATGATAG sequence was observed between ATP8 and ATP6, which is ATGATAA in other insect mitogenomes. Leu2, Phe, Ile, Gly, and Ser2 were the five most frequently encoded amino acids. The results further prove that DNA barcoding can remove the limitation of traditional taxonomy which cannot identify to species all developmental stages. This study also provides valuable molecular and morphological data for species identification and phylogenetic analyses of the genus Agrilus.

A checklist and areography of Buprestidae, Vesperidae and Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) in Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park, Italy

The species of Buprestidae, Vesperidae and Cerambycidae in Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park in Italy were studied based on literature data and original material. As a result, a list of 128 taxa was assembled: 49 buprestids, one vesperid and 78 cerambycids. These taxa belong to 21 areographical categories combined in seven complexes. The European complex occupies a dominant position (39.1%), followed by the Palaearctic (24.2%), Mediterranean (14.1%), Eurosiberian (10.2%), European- Iranoturanian (6.3%), Endemic (3.9%), and Cosmopolitan and Holarctic (2.3%) complexes. The Park has four endemic and one subendemic taxa.

Further records of jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from Oman

Buprestidae beetles are herbivorous and often strictly associated with their host plant. The knowledge of Buprestidae from Oman is still incipient. Less than 25 species of Buprestidae are reported from Oman so far and this indicates the large blank in our knowledge in this family when compared to recorded species from other neighboring countries in the Arabian Peninsula. In this paper, seven species from four genera and three subfamilies are being new records for Oman. The number of new records in Agrilinae subfamily are four species (Agrilus (Diplolophotus) desertus (Klug, 1829), Agrilus (Micragrilus) lituratus (Klug, 1829), Agrilus purpuratus (Klug, 1829), Agrilus (Agrilomorpha) venosus Gory & Laporte, 1837, two from Buprestinae (Chrysobothris (Chrysobothris) parvipunctata Obenberger, 1914, Melanophila cuspidata (Klug, 1829)) and one from Chrysochroinae (Paratassa arabica Bílý & Volkovitsh, 1996).

Jewel Beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) as Prey of Robber Flies (Diptera: Asilidae)

Herein are reported literature records of Asilidae preying upon Buprestidae, 40 where both predator and prey were identified at least to genus, plus 12 where the prey was identified only to family. Thirty-four new predator-prey records are given. All are included in a table that includes at least 25 genera and at least 60 species of Buprestidae as prey of at least 27 genera and at least 53 species of Asilidae. We determined that nine of the published records refer to larval predation. Details of six published records and all the new records are presented. Overall, approximately 20 collections were examined. The new records come from 14 museum, university, and private collections in Australia, Switzerland, South Africa, and the USA. The listing of Chrysobothris octocola LeConte as prey in Nuevo Leon (Mexico) represents a new state record for the species.

INSECTS AND FUNGI ON THE RELICT ZELKOVA SICULA (ROSALES, ULMACEAE) IN SICILY (ITALY): NEW RECORDS AND KNOWN SPECIES IN A SHORT REVIEW

The Authors report the results of a study conducted with the purpose of increasing the knowledge about theinsects and fungi living on Zelkova siculaDi Pasquale, Garfi & Quezel, 1992 (Rosales, Ulmaceae). The plant is a veryrare relict of the Tertiary period, belonging to a genus of trees extinct in continental Europe. Only two small populationsare known living in a restricted woodland in the province of Syracuse, Sicily. The results concern both the insectspicked up during surveys that were carried out in 2014 and 2015, and the species of fungi and insects already known onZelkova siculafrom literature. As a result of surveys, two species of Buprestidae, two species of Cerambycidae, andtwo of Lepidoptera have been recognized. From literature, seven species of phytophagous insects are reported onZelkova sicula, they belong to Hemiptera: Aphididae (1 sp.), Diaspididae (1 sp.), Coccidae (1 sp.); Coleoptera:Buprestidae (1 sp.), Cerambycidae (2 spp.); and Lepidoptera: Lasiocampidae (1 sp.). Five species of fungi are knownfrom literature and they belong to: Botryosphaeriales (3 spp.), Pleosporales (1 sp.), and Diaporthales (1 sp.).

A catalogue of the type specimens of the family Buprestidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) housed at the “Museo of La Plata”, Argentina

We provide information on the type specimens of Neotropical species of Buprestidae (Coleoptera: Buprestoidea) deposited at the Museo de La Plata (MLP). Among them, there are syntypes of 45 species of J. Obenberger, and syntypes, holotypes or paratypes of species described by C. Berg, A. Cobos and Ch. Kerremans, plus lectotypes and paralectotypes designated based on syntypes of Obenberger’ species. Besides, we compiled a list of 37 species which specimens are labeled as types (metatypes or homotypes), but in fact these specimens were compared with the types by the authors of the species (e.g. C. Burmeister, J. Obenberger, Ch. Kerremans). Moreover, we provide information on missing types (formerly at the MLP but not in the collection at present) and specimens labeled as types of species never described. Most species herein treated were collected in Argentina by the specialist M. Viana, but there are also species from Brazil, Uruguay and Peru. For each species, we bring information on original and valid names, bibliographic references, category of types, sex of the specimens (if it is indicated) and code numbers assigned to them in the MLP entomological collection.

Xylophagous Beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae and Cerambycidae) fromFicus caricaL. (Moraceae) in Morelos, Mexico

Abstract Xylophagous buprestid (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) and cerambycid beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) associated with common fig or “higuera”, Ficus carica L. (Moraceae), were studied in small orchards from Morelos, Mexico. Three species of Buprestidae and 11 species of Cerambycidae were identified. The cerambycids Eutrichillus comus Bates and Neoptychodes trilineatus (L.) were the most prevalent and abundant species reared from the sampled orchards. Ficus carica is recorded for the first time as a host for the buprestids Acmaeodera rustica Fischer, Chrysobothris analis LeConte, and Chrysobothris distincta Gory and the cerambycids Anelaphus piceum (Chemsak), E. comus, Lagocheirus obsoletus obsoletus Thomson, Sphaenothecus trilineatus Dupont, and Stenosphenus rufipes Bates. The role of xylophagous insects in the phytosanitary conditions of this fruit crop is discussed.

A new genus and two new species of Buprestidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) from the Yixian Formation (Lower Cretaceous), Liaoning, China

A new genus Mongoligenula gen. nov. and two new species (Mongoligenula altilabdominis sp. nov. – type species, and. M. gracilis sp. nov.) of Buprestidae are described and illustrated from the Yixian Formation of Beipiao City, Liaoning Province, in northeastern China.

New Coleoptera records from New Brunswick, Canada: Buprestidae

Nine species of Buprestidae; Agrilus bilineatus (Weber), Agrilus crinicornis Horn, Agrilus obsoletoguttatus Gory, Agrilus putillus putillus Say, Brachys ovatus (Weber), Buprestis sulcicollis (LeConte), Chalcophora liberta (Germar), Phaenops aeneola (Melsheimer), and Taphrocerus gracilis (Say) are newly recorded for New Brunswick, Canada. Agrilus bilineatus, A. crinicornis, A. obsoletoguttatus,and B. ovatus are also newly reported for the Maritime provinces. Lindgren 12-funnel traps do not appear to be an effective tool for sampling the Bupresidae. Collection, habitat notes, and distribution maps are presented for each species.

НОВЫЕ НАХОДКИ ЗЛАТОК (COLEOPTERA, BUPRESTIDAE) В КУЗНЕЦКО-САЛАИРСКОЙ ГОРНОЙ ОБЛАСТИ

8 species of Buprestidae (Coleoptera) were recorded at Kuznetsk-Salair Mountain Area for the first time: Chalcophora mariana, Lamprodila decipiens, Phaenops cyaneus, Agrilus cuprescens, A. ribesi, A. pseudocyaneus, A. subauratus, A. ecarinatus. 21 species of Jewel beetles are known for the area at present.

Two New Genera and Species of Buprestidae from South America (Coleoptera)

Two new genera and species of Buprestidae: Hiperleptodema enigmatica from Brasil and Bilyella dactylozoides from Argentina are described and illustrated. A brief discussion of putative relationship is presented for each new taxon. Hiperleptodema is provisionally placed in the subtribe Prospherina Cobos and Bilyella in the Polycestina Lacordaire.

Distribution of Adult Cerambycidae and Buprestidae (Coleoptera) in a Subalpine Forest under Shelterwood Management

Abstract We examined the distribution of adult Buprestidae and Cerambycidae in the Tenderfoot Creek Experimental Forest in the Little Belt Mountains of central Montana, U.S.A., using pan traps and sweep samples on different species of flowering plants. Using several methods during multi-year (2001–2004), summer-long surveys, we documented the presence of adults of three species of Buprestidae and ten Cerambycidae. Pan traps were placed along transects within meadows, unlogged lodgepole pine forests, and in differentially-logged plots initially logged in 1999–2000 and managed by the U.S. Forest Service. Results from pan trap samples support the conclusion that, compared to unlogged plots and meadows, adult buprestids and cerambycids were more abundant in the shelterwood areas after 2001, perhaps because of the greater abundance of decaying wood in the logged areas. Cerambycids, particularly Cosmosalia chrysocoma (Kirby) and Gnathacmaeops pratensis (Laicharting), were also commonly collected on flowers, and...

A New Species of Lampetis Dejean from Chiapas, Mexico (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)

Abstract Lampetis (Spinthoptera) chiapaneca, a new species of Buprestidae from Mexico, is described and figured. This species has been collected only in the state of Chiapas.

Response of Monochamus (Col., Cerambycidae) and some Buprestidae to flight intercept traps

Abstract:Flight intercept traps of various designs (multiple funnel, panel or crossvane) were tested to determine their effectiveness in capturing Monochamus beetles. The retention of insects in crossvane traps with the collection receptacle left dry, dry with insecticide or partially filled with soapy water, and the efficacy of treating the crossvane panels with a slippery surfactant was investigated. Captures of female (but not male) Monochamus scutellatus scutellatus (Col., Cerambycidae) were significantly higher in custom‐made crossvane traps than two commercially available funnel or panel traps. Male and female M. mutator responded equally to traps of all designs, as did three species of Buprestidae (Buprestris maculativentris, Dicerca tenebrosa and Chalcophora virginiensis). Dry crossvane traps with or without insecticide were less effective than wet traps in retaining insects. Adding a surfactant to increase the slipperiness of the trap panels generally resulted in significantly higher trap catches than untreated traps.

Effects of Trap Color and Bait Type on Collection of Coleoptera in Pyramid Traps in Commercial Nurseries

Pyramid-shaped traps were evaluated in Georgia for capturing potentially harmful coleopterans in ornamental plant nurseries. Beetle response to two colors and four bait types was compared. Four species of Buprestidae, 22 species of Cerambycidae, and three species of Curculionidae were captured in sufficient numbers for analysis during the 2-yr study. Coccinellidae, Carabidae, Trogositidae, Cleridae, and Chrysomelidae were also captured with frequency. Trap color did not have a significant effect on capture of pine-infesting weevils, although these weevil species were as much as five times more abundant in traps containing turpentine alone or a 1:1 mixture of turpentine: ethanol than ethanol alone or unbaited traps. Odontopus calceatus (Say), however, a weevil that attacks the foliage of tuliptree, sassafras and magnolia, was captured five times more frequently in yellow than in gray traps, although no influence of bait was observed for this species. Cerambycidae in general were not affected by trap color or bait. However, the banded hickory borer, Knulliana cincta (Drury), a cerambycid, was captured more frequently in gray traps as were buprestids in the genus Chrysobothris. Buprestis lineata was more commonly captured in traps baited with turpentine or ethanol/turpentine mixture. Chrysomelids (Altica sp.) were not affected by trap color or bait type. Timing of occurrence of adult beetles of 23 species of beetles are presented. The beneficial Coleoptera captured in the traps were either not affected by color or bait type (Carabidae) or were primarily attracted by yellow traps (Coccinellidae). Traps of the type used in this study can be easily constructed or may be purchased commercially and offer the nursery grower a practical monitoring tool for a variety of Coleoptera that attack woody plants.

Further jewel beetles (Coleoptera, Buprestidae) from Yemen, including new species of Ankareus Kerremans and Agrilus Curtis

Nine known species of Buprestidae are recorded for the first time from Yemen. They were almost without exception collected with the help of Malaise- and light-traps. In addition, two species new to science, Ankareus luciphilus nov. sp. and Agrilus filius nov. sp., are described.

PANAPULLA STRONGYLIFORMISNelson, A New Genus and Species of Buprestidae (Coleoptera) from Panama

Abstract A new genus and species of Buprestidae, Panapulla strongyliformis Nelson, is described and figured from a female specimen collected in Panama.

Two New Genera and Species of Buprestidae from South America (Coleoptera)

Two New Genera and Species of Buprestidae from South America (Coleoptera)

The phylogenetic placement of two new genera and species of Buprestidae (Coleoptera) from Mexico

Paracmaeoderoides callyntromorion, n. gen. and sp., is described from Loreto, Baja California Sur and Pelycothorax tylauchenioides, n. gen. and sp., is described from localities in Puebla and Oaxaca, Mexico. Both new taxa are fully illustrated and differentiated from their perceived sister taxa. In addition, the results of a cladistic analysis of the genera of the subtribes Thrincopygina LeConte and Tyndarina Cobos are presented in an effort to place both new taxa among putative relatives.

Buprestidae (Coleoptera) of the Virgin Islands

Nine species of Buprestidae are recorded from the Virgin Islands. Acmaeodera gundlachi Fisher, Trigonogya uniformis (Waterhouse), and Chrysobothris wolcotti Fisher are recorded for the first time from the Virgin Islands. All species are keyed, diagnosed and notes on synonomy, distribution, taxonomic history, and biology are provided. A generic key for larvae is provided. Polycesta thomae Chevrolat is returned to synonymy with Polycesta porcata (Fabricius).