Six new species of the buprestid tribe Acmaeoderini (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Polycestinae) from Southwest Asia

Abstract

Six new species of the buprestid beetles of the tribe Acmaeoderini from Southwest Asia: Acmaeodera (Acmaeotethya) quadristriata sp. n. (Pakistan), A. (A.) rotundicollis sp. n. (Iran), A. (A.) prepsli sp. n. (Iran), Acmaeoderella (? s. str.) lopatini sp. n. (Iran), A. (Omphalothorax) domenicoi sp. n. (Iran), and A. (O.) prosopiphaga sp. n. (India, Pakistan and Iran) are described, illustrated and compared with closely related species

Keywords

• Coleoptera
• Buprestidae
• Polycestinae
• Acmaeoderini
• Acmaeodera
• Acmaeoderella
• new species
• Southwest Asia