A new subgenus and species of Sphenoptera from Uzbekistan with taxonomic and nomenclatural notes (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)

M.G. Volkovitsh & M.Yu. Kalashian

Abstract. Sphenoptera (Sphenopterella) margaritae subgen. et sp. n. is described from the Nuratau Mts., Uzbekistan. Type species are designated for genus Sphenoptera and its subgenera Deudora Jakovlev, 1898; Chilostetha Jakovlev, 1889; Cyphostetha Jakovlev, 1893 (= Rhaphidochila Jakovlev, 1900, syn. n.); Hoplistura Jakovlev, 1889; Tropeopeltis Jakovlev, 1901; and Chrysoblemma Jakovlev, 1889. Suggestions to conserve some commonly accepted names are put forward.

Zoosystematica Rossica, 1994, 3(1): 99–104 ▪ Published in print 24 August 1994

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