Julodimorpha bakewellii (White, 1859)

Weir, Tom, 2008, The reinstatement of Julodimorpha saundersii Thomson 1879 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) as a valid species, Zootaxa 1751, pp. 46-54 : 47

Julodimorpha bakewellii (White, 1859)

( Figs. 1–4 )

Stigmodera bakewellii White 1859a: 119 (Stigmodera) ; 1859b: 290.

Julodimorpha bakewelli: Gemminger & Harold 1869: 1397 ; Saunders 1871: 65; Thomson 1878b: 51; Masters 1886: 79; Kerremans 1892: 142; Blackburn 1892: 36; Kerremans 1902: 16; 1905: 371; Heyne & Taschenberg 1907: 127; Froggatt 1907: 163; Obenberger 1926: 35; Carter 1929: 288; Bellamy 1986: 590; Bellamy & Peterson 2000: 95; Bellamy 2002: 137.

Julodimorpha bakewelli ab. cyanicollis Obenberger 1928: 83; Bellamy & Peterson 2000: 95 (unavailable name); Bellamy 2002: 137.

Julodimorpha bakewelli ab. viridicollis Obenberger 1928: 83; Bellamy & Peterson 2000: 95 (unavailable name); Bellamy 2002: 137.

Specimens examined. Male holotype (BMNH) ( Figs. 1–3 ) and labels, Fig. 4 : Murray R[iver]; ɗɗ,ΨΨ, Victoria, Big Desert (CLBC).

Comments. This is the species from eastern arid habitats, but at this point we are unable to define the perimeter of its distribution. The diagnostic differences between J. bakewellii and J. saundersii are given in Table 1 below.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 4. Julodimorpha bakewellii (White, 1859) — Holotype, The Natural History Museum (BMNH); 1, dorsal; 2, lateral; 3, ventral; 4, labels.