Buprestis (Akiyamaia) mirabilis Kurosawa, 1969

Qi, Zhi-Hao, Su, Rong-Xiang, Liao, Zhi-Yu, Ai, Hong-Mu, Ding, Bi & Song, Hai-Tian, 2024, Revision of the rare Buprestis subgenus Akiyamaia Kurosawa, 1988 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Buprestinae), with description of two new species, Zootaxa 5410 (3), pp. 301-316 : 315

Buprestis (Akiyamaia) mirabilis Kurosawa, 1969

Figs. 3A–C ; 4A–J ; 5E–F

Buprestis (Cypriacis) mirabilis Kurosawa, 1969: 191 , pl. 1, fig.1.

Cypriacis (Akiyamaia) mirabilis : Kurosawa, 1988: 265, fig 4.

Cypriacis mirabilis : Akiyama & Ohmomo, 2000: 207, pl. 78, no. 945.

Buprestis (Akiyamaia) mirabilis : Kubáň, 2006: 41.

Akiyamaia (Akiyamaia) mirabilis : Hattori & Tanaka, 2007: 328, fig. 5.

Type locality. China, Taiwan, Tachien .

Material examined. CHINA: 1♀ ( CWIC), Taiwan Province , Nantou County [南投县], Renai Township [仁爱 乡], Songcyuangang [松泉Ṅ] alt. 2500 m, 2.VII.2014, Wen-I Chou leg.

Adult host plant. Abies kawakamii ( Ong & Hattori, 2019) , Chamaecyparis formosensis , Chamaecyparis obtusa , Pinus taiwanensis and Tsuga chinensis (Hai-Tian Song’s personal communication with Wen-I Chou in 2023)

Distribution. China (Taiwan).

Figures

FIGURE 3. Female habitus of Buprestis subgenus Akiyamaia species. A–C, B. (A.) mirabilis Kurosawa, 1969 (22.3 mm, Nantou, Taiwan); D–F, B. (A.) wenii Qi & Song, new species (holotype, 22.6 mm, Mu Cang Chai, Yen Bai). A, D, dorsal view; B, E, lateral view; C, F, ventral view. Scale bar = 10.0 mm.

FIGURE 4. Female details of Buprestis subgenus Akiyamaia species. A–J, B. (A.) mirabilis Kurosawa, 1969 (Nantou, Taiwan); K–T, B. (A.) wenii Qi & Song, new species (holotype, Mu Cang Chai, Yen Bai); A–B, K–L, right antenna; C–D, M–N, right terminal antennomere; E–F, O–P, right antennomere 4; G, Q, right hindwing; H, R, prosternal process; I, S, last visible ventrite; J, T, ovipositor. A, C, E, G, K, M, O, Q, dorsal view; B, D, F, H–J, L, N, P, R–T, ventral view. Scale bars for C–F, M–P = 0.2 mm, for the others = 1.0 mm.

FIGURE 5. Female details of Buprestis subgenus Akiyamaia species (dorsal view). A–B, B. (A.) gengmini Qi & Song, new species (holotype, Weixi, Yunnan); C–D, B. (A.) lebisi Descarpentries, 1956 (Weixi, Yunnan); E–F, B. (A.) mirabilis Kurosawa, 1969 (Nantou, Taiwan); G–H, B. (A.) wenii Qi & Song, new species (holotype, Mu Cang Chai, Yen Bai); A, C, E, G, details of head, pronotum and scutellum; B, D, F, H, details of elytra. Scale bar = 1.0 mm.