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Issue: Vol. 5719 No. 1: 11 Nov. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-11-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5719.1.8
Page range: 133-138
Abstract views: 26
PDF downloaded: 1

New species of Afagrilaxia Bílý & Bellamy, 1999 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from South Africa

CZ -67176 Olbramovice 380; Czech Republic
Department of Entomology; National Museum of the Czech Republic; Cirkusová 1740; CZ-193 00; Praha—Horní Počernice; Czech Republic
Coleoptera Entomology taxonomy new species ColeopteraBuprestidae anthaxiini Afagrilaxia South africa Zimbabwe

Abstract

Afagrilaxia magorgori Obořil & Sekerka, sp. nov. from South Africa and Zimbabwe is described, illustrated, and compared with the yet only known species of the genus, Afagrilaxia natalensis (Bellamy, 1986), which is also illustrated.

 

References

  1. Bellamy, C.L. (1986) A new species of Anthaxia (Agrilaxia) Kerremans from Natal (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). Journal of the Entomological Society of Southern Africa, 49 (2), 193–196.
  2. Bílý, S. (1997) World catalogue of the genus Anthaxia Eschscholtz, 1829 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Folia Heyrovskyana, Supplementum 2, 1–190.
  3. Bílý, S. (2022) World catalogue of the tribe Anthaxiini (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Jan Farkač, Prague, 260 pp.
  4. Bílý, S. & Bellamy, C.L. (1999) The genus Agrilaxia and desription of a new genus from Africa (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Folia Heyrovskyana, 7 (2), 91–98.

How to Cite

Obořil, M. & Sekerka, L. (2025) New species of Afagrilaxia Bílý & Bellamy, 1999 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from South Africa. Zootaxa, 5719 (1), 133–138. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5719.1.8