Chrysobothris bella (Kirsch) Woodley, 2023

Woodley, Norman E., 2023, Taxonomic placement and nomenclatural revisions for five species of Neotropical Buprestidae (Coleoptera), Insecta Mundi 2023 (983), pp. 1-6 : 2-4

Chrysobothris bella (Kirsch) , new combination

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Colobogaster bella Kirsch 1873: 348 . Type locality: Peru, Pasco Region, Oxapampa Province, Pozuzu. Syntype: SMTD.

Kirsch (1873) described Colobogaster bella , probably from a single specimen, and compared it to his C. erythrogona ( Kirsch 1866: 176) described from Bogotá, Colombia. Bellamy (2008b: 1628) placed the latter in Chrysobothris Eschscholtz, 1829 , but somehow C. bella has remained in Colobogaster Solier, 1833 . Examination of the syntype indicates it should be correctly placed in Chrysobothris , and it belongs to a group of species that includes C. ichthyomorpha Thomson, 1879 , and C. thomsoni Waterhouse, 1887 . Westcott (2008) discussed and illustrated these two species as well as the similar C. chiriquita Obenberger, 1940 . Species in this group are characterized by being fairly large Chrysobothris having the ventral margin of the clypeus almost straight ( Fig. 6 ); a vaguely delimited, medial, rounded depression on the frons above the clypeus; males with very deep subapical notches on the front and middle tibiae, that on the front quite similar in form to that found on males of some species of Buprestis Linnaeus, 1758 ; and the female fifth abdominal sternite with a sharply raised medial carina. The South American species C. viridifasciata (Gory and Laporte, 1837) , C. rutilans Kerremans, 1897 , and C. lucifera Théry, 1911 , appear to belong to this group. As C. bella was unrecognized within Chrysobothris , it is likely that some synonyms exist. I have seen specimens identified as C. boliviae Obenberger, 1924 , and C. banghaasi Théry, 1911 (described from Peru), that are C. bella , so these are possible synonyms.

Nomenclatural revisions for some Neotropical Buprestidae

Figures

Figures 4–8. Views of Chrysobothris bella (Kirsch), male from Junin Region, Peru and male syntype. 4) Dorsal habitus of male from Junin Region. Length = 18.0 mm. 5) Dorsal habitus of male syntype. Length = 17.9 mm. 6) Frontal view of male. 7) Male genitalia, dorsal view. 8) Male genitalia, ventral view.