Buprestidae of Libya


New citations for Libya are marked with a *. Original check list based on Zavatarri (1934), Gridelli (1937, 1939), Schatmayr (1938), Koch (1939), Peyerhimhoff (1948) and Bily (1973).
Determination (or validation) and proof reading by Maurizio Gigli, Gianfranco Curletti (Agrilus) and Daniele Baiocchi (Anthaxia) with help of Gianluca Magnani (some Chrysobothris) and Mark Volkovitsh (Acmaeoderinae).

 

JULODINAE

Sternocera castanea castanea (Olivier, 1870)
Julodis aristidis
Lucas, 1860
Julodis caillaudi (Latreille, 1823)
Julodis aecquinoctialis harterti Thery, 1928
*Julodis lucasi Saunders, 1871
Julodis kerimi
Fairmaire, 1875
Julodis fimbriata Klug, 1829
Julodis onopordi koenigi Mannerheim, 1837

ACMAEODERINAE

Acmaeodera acaciae Mayet, 1887
Acmaeodera affinis (Lucas, 1846)
*Acmaeodera bernardi Descarpentries, 1953
*Acmaeodera bipunctata bipunctata (Olivier, 1790)

*Acmaeodera boreoafricana Bellamy, 1998

*Acmaeodera cylindrica (Fabricius, 1775)
*Xantheremia (Xantheremia) flavipennis (Klug, 1829) (Klug, 1829)
*Acmaeodera leonhardi Obenberger, 1914
Acmaeodera ottomana menradi Mühle 1997
*Acmaeodera quadrifasciata (Rossi, 1790)
*Acmaeodera rubromaculata Lucas, 1844
*Acmaeodera (Rugacmaeodera) mirei Descarpentries & Mateu, 1965
Acmaeoderella simillima tripolitana Thery, 1929
*Acmaeoderella adspersula (Illiger, 1803)
Acmaeoderella discoidea (Fabricius, 1787)
*Acmaeoderella elegans kairouanensis Lotte, 1938
*Acmaeoderella lanuginosa (Gyllenhal, 1817)
Acmaeoderella maculipennis (Pic, 1897?)
*Acmaeoderella pharao Obenberger, 1923
Acmaeoderella trifoveolata (Lucas., 1846)
Acmaeoderella virgulata (Illiger, 1803)
Paracameodera elevata Klug, 1829
Ptychomus politus (Klug, 1829)
*Ptychomus foudrasi (Solier, 1833)
Undetermined species of Acmaeodera

CHRYSOCHROINAE

Steraspis scabra Fabricius, 1774
Steraspis speciosa (Klug, 1829)
Steraspis squamosa (Klug, 1929)

CHALCOPHORINAE

Psiloptera (Damarsila) bioculata Olivier, 1790
Psiloptera (Damarsila) mac-alisteri
Waterhouse, 1920
Psiloptera (Lampetis) mimosae Klug, 1829

SPHENOPTERINAE

Sphenoptera pharao (Castelnau et Gory, 1837)
Sphenoptera (Deudsora) rauca (Fabricius, 1787)
*Sphenoptera (Deudora) vittaticollis (Marseul, 1865)
Sphenoptera (Hoplistura) dongalensis Klug, 1829
Sphenoptera (Hoplistura) heyrovskyi Obenberger, 1924
Sphenoptera (Hoplistura) quadraticollis Gerstaecker, 1871
Sphenoptera (Tropeopeltis) fulgens Gory, 1842
*Sphenoptera (Chrysoblemma) chobauti Abeille de Perrin, 1897

BUPRESTINAE

Dicerca aenea (Linnaeus, 1761)
Palmar festiva (Linnaeus, 1767)
Buprestis hilaris Klug, 1829
Buprestis (Yamina) sanguinea (Fabricius, 1798)
*Paratassa coraebiformis (Fairmaire, 1875)
*Paratassa ringenbachi Liberto and Gigli, 2005
Melanophila cuspidata (Klug., 1829)
*Anthaxia (Cratomerus) marginifera (Abeille de Perrin, 1907)
*Anthaxia (s. str) cyanescens luctuosa Lucas, 1846
Anthaxia (s. str.) funerula (Illiger, 1803)
Anthaxia (s. str.) fritschi (Heyden, 1887)
Anthaxia (s. str.) glabrifrons (Abeille de Perrin, 1900)
Anthaxia (s. str.) hypomelaena (Illiger, 1803)
*Anthaxia (s. str.) malachitica Abeille de Perrin 1893
*Anthaxia (s. str.) pulex Abeille de Perrin, 1893
Anthaxia (s. str.) salicis (Fabricius, 1777)
*Anthaxia (s. str.) sedilloti Abeille de Perrin, 1893
Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) angustipennis (Klug, 1829)
Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) confusa Gory, 1841
*Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) congregata (Klug, 1829)
*Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) laticeps laticeps Abeille de Perrin, 1900
Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) millefolii polychloros (Abeille de Perrin, 1894)
*Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) pseudocongregata Descarpentrie & de Miré, 1963
Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) pumila Klug, 1829
*Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) ringenbachi Baiocchi, 2004
Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) scutellaris Géné, 1836
*Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) sudana Obenberger, 1928
Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) umbellatarum Fabricius, 1787

CHRYSOBOTHRINAE

*Chrysobothris affinis (Fabricius, 1794)
*Chrysobothris chalcophana (Klug, 1929)
*Chrysobothris cuprina (Klug, 1929)
*Spherobothris (Hoggarobothris) dinauxi (Théry, 1935)

AGRILINAE

*Agrilus jugurtha (Abeille de Perrin, 1900)
*Agrilus grandiceps cyrenaicus Curletti, 2005
*Agrilus desertus (Klug, 1829)
Agrilus lituratus (Klug, 1829)
*Agrilus (Duttus) purpuratus (Klug, 1829)
Agrilus (Diplolophotus) nubeculosus (Fairmaire, 1890)
Meliboeus amethystinus Olivier, 1790

CYLINDROMORPHINAE

*Paracylindromorphus pinguis (Fairmaire, 1878)

TRACHYINAE

*Habroloma triangularis Lacordaire, 1835

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