POLYCESTINAE Lacordaire, 1857
  ACMAEODERINI Kerremans, 1893
    PTOSIMINA Kerremans, 1902

Genus Ptosima Serville in Dejean, 1833
    Ptosima Serville in Dejean, 1833: 79
        Type species: Buprestis novemmaculata Fabricius
 gibbicollis (Say) 1823: 161 - CANADA Ontario, U.S.A. Alabama, Arkansas, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas,
                                                Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma,
                                                Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia
    syn. luctuosa Gory 1840: 71
 idolynae Frost 1923: 279 - Arkansas, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Texas
 laeta Waterhouse 1882: 20 - Texas
   syn. schaefferi Chamberlin 1926:235 (var. gibbicollis)
 walshii LeConte 1863: 81 - Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas

Last revision:
Nelson, G. H. 1978. A review of the genus Ptosima in North America (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 32(4): 327-336.