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Buprestis (Akiyamaia) mirabilis Kurosawa 1969

  • 1. Fujian Academy of Forestry, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350012, China. & College of Plant Protection, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, China.
  • 2. Fujian Academy of Forestry, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350012, China.
  • 3. College of Plant Protection, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, China.

Description

Buprestis (Akiyamaia) mirabilis Kurosawa, 1969

Figs. 3A–C; 4A–J; 5E–F

Buprestis (Cypriacis) mirabilis Kurosawa, 1969: 191, pl. 1, fig.1.

Cypriacis (Akiyamaia) mirabilis: Kurosawa, 1988: 265, fig 4.

Cypriacis mirabilis: Akiyama & Ohmomo, 2000: 207, pl. 78, no. 945.

Buprestis (Akiyamaia) mirabilis: Kubáň, 2006: 41.

Akiyamaia (Akiyamaia) mirabilis: Hattori & Tanaka, 2007: 328, fig. 5.

Type locality. China, Taiwan, Tachien.

Material examined. CHINA: 1♀ (CWIC), Taiwan Province, Nantou County [南投县], Renai Township [仁爱 乡], Songcyuangang [松泉Ṅ] alt. 2500 m, 2.VII.2014, Wen-I Chou leg.

Adult host plant. Abies kawakamii (Ong & Hattori, 2019), Chamaecyparis formosensis, Chamaecyparis obtusa, Pinus taiwanensis and Tsuga chinensis (Hai-Tian Song’s personal communication with Wen-I Chou in 2023)

Distribution. China (Taiwan).

Notes

Published as part of Qi, Zhi-Hao, Su, Rong-Xiang, Liao, Zhi-Yu, Ai, Hong-Mu, Ding, Bi & Song, Hai-Tian, 2024, Revision of the rare Buprestis subgenus Akiyamaia Kurosawa, 1988 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Buprestinae), with description of two new species, pp. 301-316 in Zootaxa 5410 (3) on page 315, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5410.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10664443

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
CWIC
Event date
2014-07-02
Verbatim event date
2014-07-02
Scientific name authorship
Kurosawa
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Buprestidae
Genus
Buprestis
Species
mirabilis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Buprestis (Akiyamaia) mirabilis Kurosawa, 1969 sec. Qi, Su, Liao, Ai, Ding & Song, 2024

References

  • Kurosawa, Y. (1969) A splendid new buprestid-beetle from Formosa. Bulletin of the National Science Museum, 12, 191 - 194, pl. 1.
  • Kurosawa, Y. (1988) Reorganization of Buprestis and its allies (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). Kontyu, 56 (2), 261 - 279.
  • Akiyama, K. & Ohmomo, S. (2000) The Buprestid Beetles of the World. Mushi-sha, Tokyo, 340 pp., 120 pls.
  • Kuban, V. (2006) New nomenclatorial and taxonomic acts, and comments. Buprestidae: various groups; Catalogue. Buprestidae: Chrysochroinae: Chrysochroini, Chalcophorini, Dicercini, Poecilonotini. Buprestinae: Actenodini; Buprestini, Chrysobothrini, Coomaniellini, Kisanthobiini, Melanophilini, Thomassetiini; Agrilinae: Agrilini: (without genus Agrilus), Aphanisticini (& M. Y. Kalashian), Coraebini, Trachysini. In: Lobl, I. & Smetana, A. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 3. Scarabaeoidea - Scirtoidea - Dascilloidea - Buprestoidea - Byrrhoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, pp. 40 - 52 + 342 - 352 + 369 + 381 - 388 + 403 - 421.
  • Hattori, T. & Tanaka, M. (2007) Studies on the Buprestidae (Coleoptera) of Asia 7) - A new species of the genus Akiyamaia from Myanmar. Elytra, 35 (1), 325 - 334.
  • Ong, U. & Hattori, T. (2019) Jewel beetles of Taiwan. Vol. 1. Ministry of Beetles, Tainan, 235 pp.