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JEWEL BEETLES
(Coleoptera: Buprestoidea)

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1. Genus HELFERELLA Cobos, 1957
[Feminine - 15 species - Australasian, Oceania regions]

Helferella Cobos 1957a:91; Tôyama 1983:56, 60; Bellamy 1985b:413; 1986c:594; Williams & Weir 1987:153 (AUS spp. key); 1988:179 (AUS spp. key); Bellamy 1991:125; 2002c:30; 2003b:15.

Type species: Helferella dianae Cobos, 1957 (original designation).

  
   

1. fiji Bellamy 1991b:118, 125.
Fiji Distribution: Viti Levu
Specimens examined. Holotype ♂ (BPBM 14610): Viti Levu: Lami, 0-200m, xii.1978; 1 ♂ paratype (NZCA): Nandarivatu, 1000m, 18 Oct. 1977; 1 ? paratype (NZCA): Vanua Levu: Ndelaikoro, 300m, 24 Oct. 1977

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    2. vanuae Bellamy 1991b:118, 125.
Fiji Distribution: Vanua Levu
Specimens examined. Holotype ♂ (BPBM 14612): Vanua Levu: Batiri, forest SE of road, 100m, 13.x.1979.		 image
       
    3. viti Bellamy 1991b:119, 125.
Fiji Distribution: Viti Levu
Specimens examined. Holotype ♂ (BPBM 14611): Viti Levu: Kobalevu summit area, 400-464m, 16.x.1979/forest; ♀ allotype (NZAC0: Naudran, 800, 15 Oct. 1977; 1 ♂ paratype (RBCF): Savura Creek, 30.10-6.ii.81.		 image
   
 
   
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