Melobasina solomonensis ( Théry, 1937 )

Bílý, Svatopluk, Kubáň, Vítězslav & Volkovitsh, Mark G., 2009, A study on the tribe Poecilonotini, with a revision of the subtribe Nesotrinchina subtrib. nov. and the description of a new genus and species from Papua New Guinea (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Chrysochroinae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49 (2), pp. 729-767 : 753

Melobasina solomonensis ( Théry, 1937)

( Figs. 54–58 )

Nosotrinchus [sic!] solomonensis Théry, 1937: 38 , pl. 3, Fig. 4 . Type locality: Solomon Islands, Malaita Island, Auki.

Nesotrinchus solomonensis: THÉRY 1943: 646 (as Nosotrinchus [sic!]; list of species; distribution: Solomon Islands); BELLAMY (1987): 101 (note).

Melobasina solomonensis: BELLAMY (2008) : 625 (catalogue; new combination; distribution:Australasian: Solomon Islands).

Type material. HOLOTYPE (by monotypy): ♀ ( MCZC), SOLOMON ISLANDS: MALAITA ISLAND: ‘ Solomons :

Malaita. Auki W. M. Mann [leg.] [p] / Nosotrinchus Salomoniensis [sic!] Thery [h] Type [p, red] / M.C.Z. Type [p]

22510 [h] [red label]’.

Remarks. BELLAMY (2008) formally transferred this species to the genus Melobasina . We have studied the types of M. apicalis and M. ignita and illustrations of M. solomonensis from the Database of insect primary types in the collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University ( Figs. 54–58 ) and found them to be very closely related but different, congeneric species.

Distribution. Solomon Islands (Malaita Island).

Figures

Figs. 44–58. 44–48 – Lamprodila (Cinyrisia) psilopteroides (Deyrolle, 1864), female (NMPC), 19.0 mm, Borneo. 49–53 – L. (Mabomisia) sexspinosa (Thomson, 1857), syntype, 15.5 mm, Borneo. 54–58 – Melobasina solomonensis (Théry, 1937), holotype, female, 12.0 mm, Solomons. 44, 49, 54 – habitus, dorsal view; 45, 50, 55 – habitus, lateral view; 46, 51, 56 – head, frontal view; 47, 52 – prosternal process; 57 – habitus, ventral view; 48, 53, 58 – anal ventrite.

Figs. 1–18. 1, 3–6 – Pseudhyperantha jucunda Saunders, 1869, male, 17.0 mm, Borneo. 2 – P. bloetei Théry, 1935, female, Sumatra. 7–13 – Cardiaspis pisciformis Théry, 1904, India (7–9, 11, 13 – female, NMPC, 17.0 mm; 10, 12 – male,NMPC).14–18 – Haplotrinchus philippinensis Obenberger, 1928,syntype, female,15.5 mm, Philippines, Luzon. 1, 7, 14 – habitus, dorsal view; 2 – ovipositor, dorsal view; 3, 8, 15 – habitus, lateral view; 4, 9, 16 – head, frontal view; 5, 10–11, 17 – prosternal process; 6, 12–13, 18 – anal ventrite.