Ditriaena sp. nov.
 New Electronic Newsletter
Volume 27: December 2008
   I've been away for 4 months after heart surgery. It's time to list some of the new publications that have arrived since Volume 26.
  
     
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a ICZN Opinion 2214 on Case 3366: here; the names Cisseis and Curis are not maintained and the senior synonyms Diphucrania and Selagis remain valid.
     
  New publications (books)
   Ulf Nylander's (2008) review of the genera Calodema and Metaxymorpha is available from Kabourek: here
   
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  a New publications (papers)
    Barries, W. 2008a. Vier neue Arten der Gattung Chrysobothris (s. str.) Eschscholtz, 1829 aus Indonesien (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Chrysobothrini). Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreichischer Entomologen 60(1/2):37-47.
    Barries, W. 2008b. Chrysobothris (s. str.) kucerai sp. n. aus Nordindien (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Chrysobothrini). Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreichischer Entomologen 60(1/2):71-73.
    Bellamy, C. L. 2008e. A replacement genus-group name in Buprestidae (Coleoptera). Zootaxa 1791:68.
    Bellamy, C. L. 2008f. A new monotypic genus of ant-mimicking Coraebini (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae) from Madagascar. Zootaxa 1817:65-68.
    Bellamy, C. L. 2008g. New taxa, distribution and biological records of Afrotropical Coraebini Bedel, 1921 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae). Zootaxa 1848:1-15.
    Bílý, S. 2008a. A revision of the genus Chalcogenia (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Anthaxiiini). Folia Heyrovskyana Series A, 15(3-4):115-186.
    Bílý, S. 2008b. A revision of the Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) kheiliana Obenberger, 1931 species-group (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Zootaxa 1816:44-56.
    Bílý, S., M. Fikáček & P. Sípek. 2008. First record of myrmecophily in buprestid beetles: immature stages of Habroloma mrmecophila sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) associated with Oecophylla ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Insect Systematics & Evolution 39:121-131.
    Brandl, P. & H. Mühle. 2008. Anthaxia gottwaldi sp. n. eine neue Art der Gattung Anthaxia Eschscholtz, 1829, von Zypern (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Nachrichtenblatt der Bayrischen Entomologen 57(1/2):22-25.
    Gutowski, J. M. & M. Milkowski. 2008. Bogatkowate (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) Puszczy Kozienickiej. Parki Narodowe I Rezerwaty Przyrody (National Parks and Nature Reserves) 27(2):49-85.
    Hespenheide, H. A. 2008b. New Agrilus Curtis species from mistletoe in México (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Zootaxa 1879:52-56.
    Moore Rodriguez, T. 2008. Nueva especie de Stigmoderini de Chile (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Revista Chilena de Entomología 33(2007):31-34.
    Novak, G. 2008. Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) rubocyanea sp. n., eine neue Art aus Kenya (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Zeitschrift der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Österreichischer Entomologen 60(1/2):29-32.
    Özdikmen, H. 2008a. Holynskirbus nom. nov., a replacement name for the genus Sororcula Holynski, 1993 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) non Haas, 1953. Munis Entomology & Zoology 3(1):159-161.
  Özdikmen, H. 2008b. Replacement names for two preoccupied jewel beetle genus-group names (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 84(1):35.
   Perez-Gelabert, D. E. 2008. Arthropods of Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti): a checklist and bibliography. Zootaxa 1831:1-530.
    Volkovitsh, M. G. 2008b. Reviziya zlatok podtriby Xenopsina subtr. n. sopisaniyem novykh vidov iz rodov Xenopsis Saund. i Sommaia Toyama (Coleoptera, Buprestidae, Polycestinae) i zametkami o ee sistematicheskom polozhenii. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 87(3):627-649. [English translation: A revision of the Buprestid subtribe Xenopsina subtr. n. with description of new species from the genera Xenopsis Saund. and Sommaia Toyama (Coleoptera, Buprestidae, Polycestinae) and notes on its systematic position. Entomological Review 88(6):696-720.]
    Westcott, R. L. 2008. A new species of Xenorhipis LeConte and of Mastogenius Solier from Mexico, with a discussion of Chrysobothris icthyomorpha Thomson and its allies and notes on other Mexican and Central American Buprestidae (Coleoptera). Zootaxa 1929:47-68.
    Westcott, R. L., H. A. Hespenheide, J. Romero N., A. Burgos Solorio, C. L. Bellamy & A. Equihua M. 2008. The Buprestidae (Coleoptera) of Morelos, Mexico, with description of six new species, and a partially annotated checklist. Zootaxa 1830:1-20.
   
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 World catalogue - here - Errata
   Two more volumes, 3 & 4, of the new World Catalogue and Bibliography of Jewel Beetles are now available; Volume 5, containing the Bibliography and Index, will be available in early 2009.
  
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    Literature For Sale
  a A copy of Fisher (1928) is available for sale: here (Ebay); this has become a very rare volume!
    Fisher, W. S. 1928. A revision of the North American species of buprestid beetles belonging to the genus Agrilus. United States National Museum Bulletin 145:1-347.
     
  
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