Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) sjoestedti Kerremans, 1908

Bílý, Svatopluk, 2015, On the species of the genus Anthaxia Eschscholtz, 1829 described by A. Théry from Angola in 1947 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Anthaxiini), Zootaxa 4028 (2), pp. 246-256 : 252-253

Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) sjoestedti Kerremans, 1908

( Figs. 15–17 )

Anthaxia sjöstedti Kerremans, 1908: 22 . Type locality: Tanzania, Kilimanjaro Province, South slope of Mount Kilimanjaro, Region Kibonoto Culture-zone.

Anthaxia sjöstedti: Kerremans, 1909: 28 (catalogue); Obenberger, 1930: 545 (catalogue).

Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) sjoestedti: Bílý, 1997: 36 , 116 (catalogue); Bellamy, 2008: 1476 (catalogue).

Anthaxia recisa Thery, 1947: 9 , Fig. 32; syn. nov. Type locality: Angola, Lunda.

Anthaxia recisa: Ferreira, 1965: 851 (catalogue).

Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) recisa: Bílý, 1997: 33 , 108 (catalogue); Bílý, 1999: 230 (comment); Bellamy, 2008: 1459 (catalogue); Bílý & Kubáň, 2010: 40 (synonym of thunbergi ).

Type specimens studied. Anthaxia recisa : holotype by monotypy (male, LCDF, Fig. 15 ): “Lunda, Sept. [p] // Angola Miss. suisse 1932–1933 [p] // recisa Théry [h] TYPE [red, p]”. Anthaxia sjoestedti : Lectotype (female, NHRS, Fig. 17 ): TANZANIA: Kilimanjaro Province: south slope of the Mount Kilimanjaro: “Kilimandj[aro]. Sjostedt [p] // Kibonoto kulturz[one]. [= Culture-zone] [p] // Anthaxia sjostedti Kerrem. Type [h] // Typus [red, p]”. Paralectotypes (2 females): TANZANIA: Kilimanjaro Province: South slope of the Mount Kilimanjaro: “ TYPE [red, p] // MUSEE DU CONGO, Kilimandjaro, Kulturz., C. Sjoestedt, Coll. Kerremans, Don de la R. Z. A. [p+h] / / Kibonoto kulturz.[p] // R. DET. B 768 [p] // Kilimanjaro Sjostedt 1905-6 [p] // sjöstedti Kerrem. Type [h]” (1 female, MRAC); “Kilimandj. Sjostedt, 5 nov. Kibonoto kulturz.” (1 female, NHRS).

Anthaxia recisa was erroneously synonymised by Bílý & Kubáň (2010) with Anthaxia (H.) thunbergi Gory & Laporte, 1839 ; this act was based only on the description and the poor illustration of Théry (1947). After having studied the holotype of A.recisa and comparing it with the lectotype of A. sjoestedti I failed to find any difference and I propose that Anthaxia recisa Théry, 1947 is conspecific with Anthaxia sjoestedti Kerremans, 1908 and a junior synonym. In this way I have to correct the incorrect synonymy by Bílý & Kubáň (2010) and I must stress the fact that the any proposed synonyms should be based on the study of the type specimen (if it is accessible) and not only on the description.

Distribution. Angola (new country record), Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia.

Figures

FIGURES 15 – 17. Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) recisa Théry, 1947. 15 — A. (H.) recisa, holotype, 6.5 mm; 16 — the same, original labelling; 17 — A. (H.) sjoestedti Kerremans, 1908, holotype, 6.3 mm.