Julodimorpha saundersii Thomson, 1879

Weir, Tom, 2008, The reinstatement of Julodimorpha saundersii Thomson 1879 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) as a valid species, Zootaxa 1751, pp. 46-54 : 47-52

Julodimorpha saundersii Thomson, 1879 , name reinstated

( Figs. 5 –12)

Julodimorpha saundersii Deyrolle (nomen nudum): Gemminger & Harold 1869: 1397; Thomson 1878: 51.

FIGURES Julodimorpha saundersii Thomson, 1878 —female paralectotype, Paris Museum; 9, dorsal; 10, lateral; 11, ventral; 12, labels.

Julodimorpha saundersii Thomson 1878: 51 ; Kerremans 1885: 141; Masters 1886: 79; Kerremans 1892: 142 (syn. of bakewelli ); 1902: 16; 1905: 371; Bellamy 2002: 137.

Julodimorpha bakewelli var. saundersii: Obenberger 1926: 35 ; 1928: 83.

Specimens examined. Lectotype (here designated) (MNHN): male specimen ( Figs. 5–7 ) and labels ( Fig. 8 ): “Swan Riv[er]”; female paralectotype (Figs. 9–11) and labels (Fig. 12): without locality data; ɗɗ,ΨΨ, Western Australia, Eneabba (CLBC).

Comments. This is the species from western localities and, as above, we are unable to define the limits of its distribution. This is also the species featured in the papers about beetles and bottles ( Gwynne & Rentz 1983, 1984), and it also seems that other items with a similar texture and coloration are attractive to male beetles. The amorous male found on a piece of orange peel ( Fig. 17 ) was photographed near Yuna, Western Australia in August 1981 by Henry Howden (Howden 2007).

Figures

FIGURE 17. Julodimorpha saundersii male “ in the mood ” with discarded orange peel near Yuna, Western Australia, August 1981, photograph by Henry F. Howden.

FIGURES 5 – 8. Julodimorpha saundersii Thomson, 1878 — male lectotype, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN); 5, dorsal; 6, lateral; 7, ventral; 8, labels.