Charlesina mrazi mrazi (Obenberger, 1932) mrazi (Obenberger, 1932

Bily, Svatopluk, 2013, A study on the Neotropical Anthaxiini (Coleoptera, Buprestidae, Buprestinae), ZooKeys 304, pp. 17-47 : 27

Charlesina mrazi mrazi (Obenberger, 1932) comb. n. Figs 2 , 31 ; Figs 130, 131 in Cobos 1972

Agrilaxia mrazi Obenberger, 1932: 144. Type locality: Brasil.

Agrilaxia mrazi : Blackwelder, 1944: 314 (checklist).

Anthaxia (Agrilaxia) mrazi Cobos, 1972: 203 (revision, key).

Anthaxia (Cylindrophora) mrazi : Bílý, 1997: 29, 94 (catalogue).

Cylindrophora mrazi : Bellamy, 2008: 1298 (catalogue).

Type specimen studied.

Syntype (♂, NMPC): "Brazil, Rio, Itatiaya[h]//Typus[p]//Mus. Nat. Pragae Inv. 22638[p]// Agrilaxia mrazi m. Type, Det. Dr. Obenberger[h+p]"; since the number of syntypes is unknown and to avoid any confussion in the future I designate hereby this specimen as the lectotype.

Further specimen studied.

Anthaxia (Agrilaxia) mrazi ssp. cyaneobscura Cobos, 1972: holotype by monotypy (♂, MNCN): "Vila Oliva, Rio Grande do Sul, P. Buck[p]// Anthaxia (Agrilaxia) mrazi cyaneobscura ssp. n.[h] Dr. A. Cobod det.[p] ".

Aedeagus (Figs 130, 131 in Cobos 1972) spindle-shaped, setiferous portion of parameres very short, both parameres and median lobe sharply pointed apically.

Length: 5.8 mm; width: 1.7 mm.

Distribution.

Brasil (Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul).

Note.

The locality data given in the description ( Obenberger, 1932) slightly differ from those on the syntype (see above); although the number of syntypes is unknown, there is no doubt that the species was described from this specimen which is hereby designated as the lectotype (see above).

Cobos (1972), although treated this species in the genus Anthaxia subgen. Agrilaxia , noticed that this species should be probably treated in the genus Cylindrophora . This opinion was accepted by Bílý (1997) and Bellamy (2008). After the re-definition of the monotypic genus Cylindrophora ( Cylindrophora maulica ) Molina, 1782)) and its transfer to the subtribe Curidina ( Bílý, 2004), Agrilaxia mrazi (together with several other species of the former Cylindrophora ) was formally attributed to the genus Bilyaxia . This act was overlooked by Bellamy (2008) who still treated Charlesina mrazi in the genus Cylindrophora sensu Cobos, 1956 and 1972.

Cobos (1972) described Anthaxia (Agrilaxia) mrazi ssp. cyaneobscura Cobos, 1972 on a single male from south-eastern Brasil (Rio Grande do Sul). This subspecies differs from Charlesina mrazi mrazi only slightly by its colouration and by the more robust aedeagus (Figs 130, 131 in Cobos 1972). More specimens are needed to resolve the taxonomic status of this subspecies.

Figures

Figures 1 - 6. 1 Anthaxita peruviana, sp. n., female holotype, 5.4 mm 2 Charlesina mrazi mrazi (Obenberger, 1932), male lectotype, 6.2 mm 3 Cobosina willineri (Cobos, 1972), male, 4.4 mm (Brasil, Catamarca) 4 Marikia descarpentriesi (Cobos, 1956), male, 4.9 mm (Ecuador, Pichincha) 5 Sanchezia bucki (Cobos, 1956), 7.0 mm (male holotype of Cylindrophora kafkai Bily, 1996) 6 Agrilaxia (Agrilaxia) flavimana (Gory, 1841), male, 3.8 mm (USA, Arizona).

Figures 31 - 34. 31 Charlesina mrazi (Obenberger, 1932), scutellum 32 the same, Anthaxita peruviana, sp. n. 33 Agrilaxia (Agrilaxia) claudei (Cobos, 1972), right protibia 34 Agrilaxia spp., anterior margin of prosternum (lateral view): (a) flat to weakly convex, (b) weakly grooved, (c) deeply grooved, (d) with sternal, longitudinal carina, (e) rolled up anterior margin, (f) peg-like spine.