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Showing posts with label Buprestidae. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Buprestidae. Show all posts

Thursday, April 28, 2016

Sternocera aequisignata Saunders, 1866

Sternocera aequisignata Saunders, 1866 is a brighten metallic green  Buprestid beetle, the species was found in lowland, South Vietnam. The species with 3 other species Sternocera chrysis (Fabricius, 1775), Sternocera ruficornis Saunders, 1866 and Sternocera sternicornis (Linneus, 1758); have been found from Vietnam. Sternocera aequisignata is wide distribution among oriental area but not so common locally. There are 7 species of the genus were recorded from India to Indochina. Members of the genus mainly have 2 forms, red-brown and green wings.





Sternocera aequisignata Saunders, 1866  - series of photos taken by Nguyen Ba Quang





Friday, March 25, 2016

Megaloxantha bicolor porphyreus Hou & Wu, 1996

The species Megaloxantha bicolor is found from India to South East Asia and Australia. They are large size buprestid beetle. There are 13 subspecies of the species have been recorded. In Vietnam the subspecies Megaloxantha bicolor porphyreus Hou & Wu, 1996 was found from Bao Lam, Bao Loc, Lam Dong Province.


Megaloxantha bicolor porphyreus Hou & Wu, 1996

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Coomaniella lingafelteri Jendek & Pham, 2013

Coomaniella lingafelteri was described in 2013 from Pia Oac Nature Reserve, Cao Bang Province.

 Coomaniella lingafelteri Jendek & Pham, 2013, male - left and female - right