Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) keniae Théry, 1941

Bílý, Svatopluk, 2020, A revision of the Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) dispar Kerremans species-group (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Anthaxiini), Zootaxa 4851 (3), pp. 522-534 : 527

Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) keniae Théry, 1941

( Figs. 12 , 19 , 26 )

Anthaxia keniae Théry, 1941: 122 .

Type locality: Kenya, Laikipia Distr., Rumuruti .

Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) keniae: Bílý, 1997: 26 , 83 (catalogue); Bellamy, 2008: 1412.

Type specimen studied. Holotype (female, MNHN): “ Kenya Colony , Rumuruti, MacArthur, June 1932 [p] // Type [red, p] // Anthaxia keniae nov., Théry det. [h]”.

Further specimens studied. KENYA. Kenya mer., 50 km N of Namanga, Ilbisil env., 18.ix.1997, M. Snížek leg. (1 male, NMPC) ; Kenya Eastern, Katutu-Kithioko , 27.xi.1999, M. Snížek leg. (1 female, NMPC) ; Kenya, Naivasha Lake , 1800 m, 9.vi.2003, V. Sakalian leg. (male, NMPC) ; Kenya, Ngong Hills , 8 km S of Kiserian, 1 o 27’S 36 o 38’E, 10.-17.iv.2006, E. Jendek leg. (1 male, NMPC) ; Kenya, Loitokitok , 31.xii.1993, Hovorka leg. (1 male, NMPC) . TANZANIA. Aru Meru Dist., Arusha region, slopes Mt. Meru, Tengeru , xi.2003, Dan Moore leg. (1 male, NMPC) .

Diagnosis. Medium-sized (5.5–6.9 mm), strongly wedge-shaped, lustrous, elytra uneven posterior third of elytral margins strongly serrate; dorsal surface asetose, black to dark bronze with intensive green lustre; ventral surface lustrous, black with violet lustre, abdominal ventrites with extremely short, sparse, white pubescence; male metatibiae with very weak, inner emargination, with weak serrations ( Fig. 26 ); aedeagus ( Fig. 19 ) elongate, almost uniformly narrowly spindle-shaped.

Anthaxia (H.) keniae differs greatly from other members of the group firstly by the entirely asetose body and by the transversely rugose pronotum. It is included in the A. (H.) dispar species-group due to the strongly wedge-shaped body, broad pronotum, uneven elytra, form of the prosternal process and slightly modified male metatibiae.

Distribution: Tanzania, Kenya.

Figures

FIGS. 10–15. Habitus.10—A. (H.) dispar, female (RSA, Mpumalanga), 7.7 mm; 11—A. (H.) dispar (RSA, Limpopo), male, lateral view, 7.6 mm; 12—A. (H.) keniae Théry, 1941 (Kenya, Kiserian), male, 5.9 mm; 13—A. (H.) occidentalis sp. nov., holotype, male, 7.8 mm; 14—the same, allotype, female, 7.6 mm; 15—A. (H.) pilifrons Kerremans, 1898, (Zambia, Kafue), female, 7.3 mm.

FIGS. 16–22. Aedeagi (not in scale). 16—Anthaxia (Haplathaxia) aethiopica sp. nov., holotype; 17—A. (H.) caerulea sp. nov., holotype; 18—A. (H.) dispar Kerremans, 1898 (RSA, Limpopo); 19—A. (H.) keniae Théry, 1941 (Kenya, Kiserian); 20—A. (H.) komareki Obenberger, 1931, holotype; 21—A. (H.) occidentalis sp. nov., holotype; 22—A. (H.) pilifrons Kerremans, 1898, holotype.

FIGS. 23–28. Male metatibiae (not in scale). 23—Anthaxia (Haplathaxia) aethiopica sp. nov., holotype; 24—A. (H.) caerulea sp. nov., holotype; 25—A. (H.) dispar Kerremans, 1898 (RSA, Limpopo); 26—A. (H.) keniae Théry, 1941 (Kenya, Kiserian); 27—A. (H.) occidentalis sp. nov., holotype; 28—A. (H.) pilifrons Kerremans, 1898, holotype.