Nipponobuprestis Explained

Nipponobuprestis is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae.^[1] This genus was established by Jan Obenberger in 1942, but the type species was not identified until Toyama did so in 1986.^[2] This genus contains the following species:

• Nipponobuprestis amabilis (Snellen von Vollenhoven, 1864)
• Nipponobuprestis bilyi Peng, 1995
• Nipponobuprestis orientalis Peng, 1995
• Nipponobuprestis guangxiensis Peng, 1995
• Nipponobuprestis querceti (Saunders, 1873)
• Nipponobuprestis rubrocinctus Peng, 1995

Notes and References

1. Web site: Genus Nipponobuprestis . Bellamy, C. L. . 2013 . A Checklist of World Buprestoidea . 7 Sep 2021.
2. Bellamy, C.L. "Nomenclatural Notes and Corrections in Buprestidae (Coleoptera)", The Pan-Pacific Entomologist, vol. 81, p. 145 (2005).