Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) bezdeki, Obořil, 2006

Obořil, Martin, 2006, Studies on the ‘ agriliform’ Anthaxia from Africa, with the descriptions of four new species (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 46, pp. 77-88 : 84

Anthaxia rothkirchi species group

This group is characterized by a very prolonged ‘agriliform’ body, more or less convex frons, wide vertex, large head not retracted into the prothorax, large eyes which are often projecting beyond the outline of the head, distinct and often rather long elytral pubescence, metallic coloration, caudiform elytra and heterogeneous pronotal sculpture that sometimes forms transverse wrinkles. The group contains five species: A. (H.) bezdeki sp. nov., A. (H.) gabonica Bílý, 2000 , A. (H.) obliquepilosa Obenberger, 1924 , A. (H.) eupoeta Obenberger, 1928 , and A. (H.) rothkirchi Obenberger, 1922 .