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(Coleoptera: Buprestoidea)

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6. Genus HAPLOTRINCHUS Kerremans, 1903
[Masculine - 12 species - Oceania, Oriental regions]

Haplotrinchus Kerremans 1903a:126; Heyne & Taschenberg 1907:137; Obenberger 1930:358; Bellamy 1985b:419; Hołyński 1993c:27; Bellamy 1997:76; 2003b:50.
        Zoological Record for 1903a:169.
Type species: Buprestis viridula Olivier, 1790 (subsequent designation: Bellamy 1997:76).

 
       
   

25. manni Théry 1937:37; Bellamy 1997:76.
Fiji Distribution: Vanua Levu
Type: MCZC-22509
Specimens examined. Holotype, allotype, 1 ♂ paratype (MCZC): Vanua Ava, Fiji Isl. W. M. Mann; 1 paratype (BMNH) same data.

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    26. pooli Théry 1943:645; Bellamy 1997:76.
Fiji Distribution: “Océanie et probablement Iles Fidji”
Type: MNHN
Specimens examined.
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    27. pyrochlorus (Fairmaire) 1877b:166 (Dicercomorpha); 1879:97; 1881:265 (record); Kerremans 1885:135; 1892:84; 1903a:127 (Haplotrinchus); Obenberger 1930:359; Théry 1943:643.
Fiji Distribution: Kadavu Viti Levu
Type: ZMUH
Specimens examined.
unavailable name: marginefossus Deyrolle (nomen nudum): Thomson 1878b:38.
Synonym: marginefossus (Thomson) 1878:38 (Dicercomorpha); Kerremans 1885:135; 1892:84; 1903a:127 (Haplotrinchus); Obenberger 1930:359; Théry 1943:643 (synonym of pyrochlorus).
Type: MNHN
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    28. splendens Waterhouse 1913:182; Obenberger 1930:359; Théry 1943:643; Bellamy 1997:76.
Fiji Distribution: Viti Levu
Type: BMNH
Specimens examined. Holotype (BMNH): Fiji 301 (h)/ Fiji Islands, 1910-111 (p)/ Haplotrinchus splendens Type Waterh. (h). Viti Levu: Malolo, I.2avii.85/68 14, assoc. Terminalia catappa (USPC, 1 spm.); Nukura Forest 3 ii 1985/inside wood of dead Terminalia ivorensis (FFDC, 1 spm); Nukura Forest 3 ii 1985/in the trunk of dead Terminalia ivorensis (FFDC, 2 spms).
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