Anthaxia (Merocratus) jakli Bílý, 1996

Bílý, Svatopluk & Plachetka, Mikuláš, 2019, A study on the genus Anthaxia (Merocratus) Bílý 1989 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Anthaxiini), Zootaxa 4701 (1), pp. 82-90 : 82-90

Anthaxia (Merocratus) jakli Bílý, 1996

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Anthaxia (Merocratus) jakli Bílý, 1996: 23

Type locality: West Sumatra, Padang .

Anthaxia (Merocratus) jakli: Bílý, 1997: 26 , 82 (catalogue); 1998: 130 (revision); Bellamy, 2008:1411 (catalogue).

Described for the single male from West Sumatra. Recently collected near to the type locality: Harau Valley, cca 20 km N of Payakumbuh, 600 m, iv.–vi.2006, S. Jákl leg. (3 females). A further specimen was collected also in West Malaysia: Perak, 25 km NE of Ipoh, Banjaran Titi Wangsa, Korbu Mt., 1200 m, 27.i.–2.ii.1999, P. Pacholátko leg. (1 male).

Only a weak sexual dichromatism was observed: all 3 females from Harau Waley possess black elytral pattern with weak violet lustre while the elytral pattern of the male is bright violet.

Distribution. Indonesia (Sumatra), Malaysia (Perak) (new country record).

Figures

FIGURES 1–9. Subgen. Merocratus (dorsal view). 1—Anthaxia (M.) jakli Bílý, 1996, holotype, 6.2 mm; 2—A. (M.) miranda Deyrolle, 1864, male (Kalimantan), 5.1 mm; 3—A. (M.) miranda, female (Johor), 7.0 mm; 4—A. (M.) angustata Bílý, sp. nov., holotype, 5.4 mm; 5—A. (M.) priska Bílý, sp. nov., holotype, 4.0 mm; 6—A. (M.) priska Bílý, sp. nov., allotype, 4.6 mm; 7—A. (M.) violaceidorsis Bílý, sp. nov., holotype, 5.0 mm; 8—A. (M.) lucifera Plachetka, sp. nov., holotype, 7.0 mm; 9—A. (M.) lucifera Plachetka, sp. nov., allotype, 7.3 mm.

FIGURES 10–15. Subgen. Merocratus (aedeagi, schematically, not in scale). 10—Anthaxia (M.) jakli Bílý, 1996, holotype; 11—A. (M.) miranda Deyrolle, 1864 (Kalimantan); 12—A. (M.) angustata sp. nov., Bílý, holotype; 13—A. (M.) priska Bílý, sp. nov., holotype; 14—A. (M.) violaceidorsis Bílý, sp. nov., holotype; 15—A. (M.) lucifera Plachetka, sp. nov., holotype.