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Issue: Vol. 58 No. 1: 1 Aug. 2002
Type: Article
Published: 2002-08-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.58.1.1
Page range: 1–16
Abstract views: 34
PDF downloaded: 8

New species and new records for the genus Nascioides Kerremans, 1903 (Insecta: Coleoptera: Buprestidae)

Research Associate, Department of Entomology, Australian Museum, 6 College Street, Sydney, New South Wales 2000, Australia
Plant Pest Diagnostics Branch, California Department of Food and Agriculture, 3294 Meadowview Road, Sacramento, California, U.S.A.
Coleoptera Buprestidae Nascioides Eastern Australia New Caledonia New Zealand rainforest

Abstract

Two new species of the Australasian buprestine genus Nascioides Kerremans, 1903 are described: N. caledonicus from New Caledonia, and N. subcostatus from the Windsor Tablelands, North Queensland. Nascioides caledonicus represents the first species of the genus from New Caledonia. New distribution, larval and adult host records and morphological variation notes are included for 12 species. The name Nascioides walfordi Williams is emended to N. walfordorum Williams.

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