A Checklist of the Buprestidae (Coleoptera) of
Madagascar and adjacent oceanic islands
Tribe PARATRACHINI Cobos, 1980
Paratrachysae Cobos 1980:47.
Genus SPONSOR Gory & Laporte, 1839
Sponsor Gory & Laporte 1839:1.
Type species: Sponsor convexus
Gory & Laporte (original monotypy).
Oomorpha Dejean 1833:83.
Type species: none designated.
Neoptosima Théry 1905:35.
Type species: Neoptosima spinosa
Théry (subsequent designation: Bellamy 1998b:10).
Ptosimoides Kerremans 1907:531 (“in litt.”).
subgenus Stenianthe Fairmaire, 1886
Stenianthe Fairmaire 1886:38.
Type species: Stenianthe janthinus
Fairmaire (original monotypy).
Semianthe Kerremans 1892a:293 (lapsus).
aeneiventris Descarpentries 1965:40; plate 3, fig. 25.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: Madagascar: Est, district
de Maroantsetra, Antakotako; district de Mananara-Nord, Seranambe; Mont
Antampona
Type: MNHN
aeneus Guérin-Méneville 1840:357.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: îles Mascareignes:
Ile Maurice, Est, Quartier de Flacq et régions voisines
Type: MNHN
aeneolus Descarpentries 1969c:916.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: Madagascar: Est, Belalona,
30 km S.O. de Sambava
Type: MNHN
alluaudi Kerremans 1894:348.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: Madagascar: Diégo-Suarez
Type: BMNH
ambiguus Lesne 1937:134.
[sbg. Stenianthe]
Distribution: Madagascar: Sud, plateau
de l’Androy, Analavondrove, Ambondro
Type: MNHN
androyensis Lesne 1937:140.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: Madagascar: Sud, région
de l’Androy, Ambovombé
Type: MNHN
antamponensis Descarpentries 1965:45.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: Madagascar: Est, district
de Mananara-Nord, Mont Antampona
Type: MNHN
antanala Descarpentries 1969c:909.
[sbg. Stenianthe]
Distribution: Madagascar: Est, district
de Vondrozo, Vondrozo
Type: MNHN
antelmei Lesne 1918:455.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: îles Mascareignes:
Ile Maurice, Centre, Curepipe
Type: MNHN
anthracinus Descarpentries 1965:15.
[sbg. Stenianthe]
Distribution: Madagascar: Est, district
de Maroantsetra, Antakotako; Ambodivoangy; district de Mananara-Nord, haute
Fananehana; Fahitrosy; Seranambe; Mont Antampona
Type: MNHN
antsihanaka Descarpentries 1957:204.
Distribution: Madagascar: Centre,
Pays Antsihanaka
Type: MNHN
ater Descarpentries 1965:17.
[sbg. Stenianthe]
Distribution: Madagascar: Est, district
de Maroantsetra, Antakotako; Ambodivoangy; Varingohitra; district de Mananara-Nord,
Seranambe
Type: MNHN
auribasis Descarpentries 1965:26.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: Madagascar: Est, district
de Mananara-Nord, Seranambe; Mont Antampona
Type: MNHN
betsimisaraka Descarpentries 1965:35.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: Madagascar: Est, district
de Maroantsetra, Ambodivoangy; Varingohitra; district de Mananara-Nord,
haute Fananehana; Seranambe
Type: MNHN
bicolor Descarpentries 1965:43.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: Madagascar: Est, district
de Maroantsetra, Antakotako; Ambodivoangy; Varingohitra; île Nosy-Mangabe
Type: MNHN
calo Descarpentries 1965:30.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: Madagascar: Est, district
de Mananara-Nord, Mont Antampona
Type: MNHN
carbonarius (Théry) 1905:35 (Stenianthe).
[sbg. Stenianthe]
Distribution: Madagascar: Sud, haut
Manambovo, Androy; Ankobo
Type: MNHN
cariei Lesne 1918:453.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: îles Mascareignes:
Ile Maurice, Ouest, Quartier de la Rivière Noire, La Ferme-Bambou
Type: MNHN
chalceus Descarpentries 1965:33.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: Madagascar: Est, district
de Maroantsetra, Antakotako; district de Mananara-Nord, haute Fananehana;
Seranambe; Mont Antampona
Type: MNHN
chalybaeus Descarpentries 1969c:913.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: Madagascar: district
de Mananara-Nord, Mont Antampona
Type: MNHN
caerulescens Guérin-Méneville 1840:358.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: îles Mascareignes:
Ile Maurice, Est, Quartier de Flacq et régions voisines
Type: MNHN
cobosi Bellamy 1998a:92 (nom. nov. pinguis Fairmaire).
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: Madagascar: Andrahomana
syn. pinguis (Fairmaire) 1902a:79
(Acmaeodera, nom. praeocc. Guérin-Méneville 1840).
Type: MNHN
syn. spinosa (Théry)
1905:37 (Neoptosima).
Type: MNHN
convexus Gory & Laporte 1839:2.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: îles Mascareignes:
Ile Maurice, Ouest, Quartier de Flacq
Type: MNHN
cupreoviolaceus Descarpentries 1965:42.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: Madagascar: Est, district
de Maroantsetra, Antakotako; Fampanambo; Ambodivoangy; district de Mananara-Nord,
haute Fananehana;
Seranambe; Mont Antampona
Type: MNHN
cupreoviridis Descarpentries 1965:39.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: Madagascar: Est, district
de Maroantsetra, Fampanambo; district de Mananara-Nord, haute Fananehana;
Seranambe; Mont Antampona
Type: MNHN
cupripennis Descarpentries 1957:206.
Distribution: îles Mascareignes:
Ile Maurice, Le Pouce
Type: MNHN
cyaneus Descarpentries 1965:19.
[sbg. Stenianthe]
Distribution: Madagascar: Est, district
de Maroantsetra, Antakotako; Ambodivoangy; Varingohitra; district de Mananara-Nord,
Fahitrosy; Ambodivoanio; Seranambe;
Mont Antampona
Type: MNHN
cyanipennis Descarpentries 1965:21.
[sbg. Stenianthe]
Distribution: Madagascar: Est, district
de Maroantsetra, Antakotako; Fampanambo; Ambodivoangy; île Nosy-Mangabe;
district de Mananara-Nord,
haute Fananehana; Seranambe; Mont Antampona
Type: MNHN
deplanatus (Théry) 1905:36 (Neoptosima).
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: Madagascar: Cap d’Ambre
Type: MNHN
dermestoides Lesne 1918:451.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: îles Mascareignes:
Ile Maurice, Ouest, mont du Corps-de-Garde
Type: MNHN
ssp. borbonicus Lesne 1918:443.
Distribution: îles Mascareignes:
Ile Réunion
Type: MNHN
desjardinsii Guérin-Méneville 1840:357.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: îles Mascareignes:
Ile Maurice, Ouest, Quartier de Flacq et régions voisines
Type: ISNB
unvn. ovalis (Dejean) 1833:83
(Oomorpha, nom. nud.).
syn. ovalis Gory 1841:322.
Type: MNHN
distinctus Descarpentries 1969c:919.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: Madagascar: Est, Belalona,
30 km S.O. de Sambava
Type: MNHN
elegans Descarpentries 1965:35.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: Madagascar: Est, district
de Maroantsetra, Fampanambo; île Nosy-Mangabe; district de Mananara-Nord,
haute Fananehana; Ambodivoanio;
Seranambe; Mont Antampona
Type: MNHN
elongatus Descarpentries 1965:37.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: Madagascar: Est, district
de Maroantsetra, Antakotako; district de Mananara-Nord, haute Fananehana;
Seranambe; Mont Antampona
Type: MNHN
emmaae Descarpentries 1957:205.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: Madagascar: Est, district
de Maroantsetra, Ambohitsitondrona; Antongonivitsika; Antakotako; Ambodivoangy;
Varingohitra;
district de Mananara-Nord, haute Fananehana; Fahitrosy; Seranambe; Mont
Antampona
Type: MNHN
emmerezi Lesne 1918:448.
[sbg. Stenianthe]
Distribution: îles Mascareignes:
Ile Maurice, Ouest, mont du Corps-de-Garde
Type: MNHN
epicureus Descarpentries 1965:25.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: Madagascar: Est, district
de Maroantsetra, Antakotako; Fampanambo; Ambodivoangy; district de Mananara-Nord,
Ambodivoanio;
Seranambe; Mont Antampona
Type: MNHN
epistomalis Descarpentries 1957:207.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: Madagascar: Estm Fénérive
Type: MNHN
fulgens Fairmaire 1899a:117.
[sbg. Stenianthe]
Distribution: îles Mascareignes:
Ile Maurice, Ouest, mont du Corps-de-Garde; Cuprepipe; Quartier des Plaines
Wilhems, Mare-aux-Vacoas
Type: MNHN
fusiformis Lesne 1923:42.
[sbg. Stenianthe]
Distribution: Madagascar
Type: MNHN
gagates Descarpentries 1965:23.
[sbg. Stenianthe]
Distribution: Madagascar: Est, district
de Maroantsetra, Fampanambo; district de Mananara-Nord, Fahitrosy; Seranambe;
Mont Antampona
Type: MNHN
gemmatus Descarpentries 1965:14.
[sbg. Stenianthe]
Distribution: Madagascar: Est, district
de Mananara-Nord, haute Fananehana; Fahitrosy; Ambodivoanio; Seranambe;
Mont Antampona
Type: MNHN
grandis Lesne 1937:133.
[sbg. Stenianthe]
Distribution: Madagascar: Diégo-Suarez
Type: MNHN
granulicollis Descarpentries 1965:44.
[sbg. Neoptosima]
Distribution: Madagascar: Est, district
de Mananara-Nord, Mont Antampona
Type: MNHN
gyrinoides Lesne 1918:447.
[sbg. Stenianthe]
Distribution: îles Mascareignes:
Ile Maurice, Ouest, mont du Corps-de-Garde
Type: MNHN
ignipennis Descarpentries 1965:20.
[sbg. Stenianthe]
Distribution: Madagascar: Est, district
de Maroantsetra, Antakotako; Fampanambo; Ambodivoangy; district de Mananara-Nord,
haute Fananehana;
Seranambe; Mont Antampona
Type: MNHN
irideus Kerremans 1902:38.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: îles Mascareignes:
Ile Maurice, pointe aux Feuilles; Ouest, mont du Corps-de-Garde
Type: MNHN
janthinus (Fairmaire) 1886:38 (Stenianthe).
[sbg. Stenianthe]
Distribution: Madagascar: Centre
Nord, district de Diégo-Suarez, montagne d’Ambre
Type: MNHN
kerremansi (Théry) 1905:36, 178 (Neoptosima).
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: Madagascar: Est, district
de Maroantsetra, Varingohitra; baie d’Antongil; district de Mananara-Nord,
haute Fananehana; Seranambe;
Mont Antampona
Type: MNHN
lepidus Lesne 1918:452.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: îles Mascareignes:
Ile Maurice, Ouest, mont du Corps-de-Garde
Type: MNHN
livens Descarpentries 1965:28.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: Madagascar: Est, district
de Maroantsetra, Antakotako; Fampanambo; Ambodivoangy; Varingohitra; île
Nosy-Mangabe;
district de Mananara-Nord, haute Fananehana; Seranambe; Mont Antampona
Type: MNHN
malartici Lesne 1922:278.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: îles Mascareignes:
Ile Maurice, pointe aux Feuilles; mont du Corps-de-Garde
Type: MNHN
mameti Descarpentries 1957:200.
Distribution: îles Mascareignes:
Ile Maurice, Le Pouce
Type: MNHN
mandraranus Lesne 1924:48.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: Madagascar
Type: MNHN
melanopus Descarpentries 1965:29.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: Madagascar: Est, district
de Mananara-Nord, haute Fananehana; Fahitrosy; Seranambe; Mont Antampona
Type: MNHN
metallinus (Fairmaire) 1900:243 (Stenianthe).
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: Madagascar: Nord-ouest,
environs de Suberbieville, près Mevatanan, à Hukaru, Hukirihitra
et Soalala, plateau de Hukaru
Type: MNHN
syn. crassulus (Fairmaire)
1901:166 (Stenianthe).
Type: MNHN
mirabilis Descarpentries 1969c:912.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: Madagascar: Est, Belalona,
30 km S.O. de Sambava
Type: MNHN
montanus Descarpentries 1969c:910.
[sbg. Stenianthe]
Distribution: Madagascar: Centre
Nord, district de Diégo-Suarez, montagne d’Ambre
Type: MNHN
monticola Descarpentries 1969c:916.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: Madagascar: Centre
Nord, district de Diégo-Suarez, montagne d’Ambre
Type: MNHN
montivagus Descarpentries 1969c:915.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: Madagascar: Centre
Nord, district de Diégo-Suarez, montagne d’Ambre
Type: MNHN
niger Descarpentries 1969c:914.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: Madagascar: Est, Belalona,
30 km S.O. de Sambava
Type: MNHN
nigricollis Descarpentries 1965:22.
[sbg. Stenianthe]
Distribution: Madagascar: Est, district
de Maroantsetra, Fampanambo; Ambodivoangy; Varingohitra; île Nosy-Mangabe;
district de Mananara-Nord, haute Fananehana; Seranambe; Mont Antampona
Type: MNHN
nigroaeneus Descarpentries 1965:23.
[sbg. Stenianthe]
Distribution: Madagascar: Est, district
de Mananara-Nord, Seranambe
Type: MNHN
nigrocyaneus Descarpentries 1965:29.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: Madagascar: Est, district
de Mananara-Nord, Fahitrosy; Seranambe; Mont Antampona
Type: MNHN
oblongus Kerremans 1902:38.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: îles Mascareignes:
Ile Maurice, Ouest, mont du Corps-de-Garde
Type: MNHN
parilis Lesne 1937:147.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: Madagascar: Centre
Nord, district de Diégo-Suarez, montagne d’Ambre
Type: MNHN
parvulus Guérin-Méneville 1840:358.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: îles Mascareignes:
Ile Maurice, Ouest, Quartier de Flacq et régions voisines
Type: MNHN
perrieri (Fairmaire) 1902d:347 (Ptosima).
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: Madagascar: Ampasimena,
vallée d’Ambolo; Ankarahitra; Camp d’Ambre
Type: MNHN
pexipennis Lesne 1937:145.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: Madagascar: Centre
Nord, district de Diégo-Suarez, montagne d’Ambre
Type: MNHN
peyrierasi Descarpentries 1965:13.
[sbg. Stenianthe]
Distribution: Madagascar: Est, district
de Maroantsetra, Antakotako; Ambodivoangy; district de Mananara-Nord, haute
Fananehana; Fahitrosy;
Ambodivoanio; Seranambe; Mont Antampona
Type: MNHN
pilosellus Kerremans 1914d:378.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: Aldabra Is.
Type: BMNH
pinguis Guérin-Méneville 1840:357.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: îles Mascareignes:
Ile Maurice
Type: MNHN
pseudelongatus Descarpentries 1965:36.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: Madagascar: Est, district
de Maroantsetra, Antakotako; Fampanambo; Ambodivoangy; district de Mananara-Nord,
Seranambe; Mont Antampona
Type: MNHN
pseudepistomalis Descarpentries 1965:43.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: Madagascar: Est, district
de Maroantsetra, Ambodivoangy; Varingohitra; district de Mananara-Nord,
Seranambe; Mont Antampona
Type: MNHN
pubescens Descarpentries 1965:41.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: Madagascar: Est, district
de Maroantsetra, Antakotako; district de Mananara-Nord, Ambodivoanio; Seranambe;
Mont Antampona
Type: MNHN
ssp. amethystinus Descarpentries 1969c:921.
Distribution: Madagascar: Est, Belalona,
30 km S.O. de Sambava
Type: MNHN
pulcher Lesne 1937:132.
[sbg. Stenianthe]
Distribution: îles Mascareignes:
Ile Maurice
Type: MNHN
pupa Lesne 1924:45; Obenberger 1926a:49.
[sbg. Stenianthe]
Distribution: Madagascar
Type: MNHN
purpureipennis Descarpentries 1965:18.
[sbg. Stenianthe]
Distribution: Madagascar: Est, district
de Maroantsetra, Antakotako; Fampambo; Ambodivoangy; Varingohitra; district
de Mananara-Nord,
haute Fananehana; Ambodivoanio; Seranambe; Mont Antampona
Type: MNHN
ssp. fuscus Descarpentries 1969c:911.
Distribution: Madagascar: Est, Belalona,
30 km S.O. de Sambava
Type: MNHN
ssp. episcopalis Descarpentries 1969c:912.
Distribution: Madagascar: Est, district
de Vondrozo, Vondrozo
Type: MNHN
pygmaeus Lesne 1922:277.
[sbg. Stenianthe]
Distribution: îles Mascareignes:
Ile Maurice
Type: MNHN
reunionensis Descarpentries 1957:201.
Distribution: îles Mascareignes:
Ile Réunion, plaine des Cafres; forêt de Bélouve
Type: MNHN
rodriganus Lesne 1918:456.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: îles Mascareignes:
Ile Rodrigue
Type: MNHN
rufipes Descarpentries 1965:16.
[sbg. Stenianthe]
Distribution: Madagascar: Est, district
de Maroantsetra, Fampanambo; Ambodivoangy; district de Mananara-Nord, Seranambe
Type: MNHN
rufitarsis Lesne 1918:446.
[sbg. Stenianthe]
Distribution: îles Mascareignes:
Ile Maurice, Ouest, mont du Corps-de-Garde
Type: MNHN
rutilans Descarpentries 1965:39.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: Madagascar: Est, district
de Maroantsetra, Antakotako; district de Mananara-Nord, haute Fananehana;
Ambodivoanio;
Seranambe; Mont Antampona
Type: MNHN
ssp. viridicollis Descarpentries 1969c:920.
Distribution: Madagascar: Est, Belalona,
30 km S.O. de Sambava
Type: MNHN
satanas Descarpentries 1965:20.
[sbg. Stenianthe]
Distribution: Madagascar: Est, district
de Mananara-Nord, haute Fananehana; Seranambe; Mont Antampona
Type: MNHN
semistrigosus (Fairmaire) 1902b:81 (Pseudianthe).
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: Madagascar: Sud, Andrahomana
Type: MNHN
senescens Descarpentries 1969c:914.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: Madagascar: Est, Belalona,
30 km S.O. de Sambava
Type: MNHN
senilis Descarpentries 1965:32.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: Madagascar: Est, district
de Mananara-Nord, Fahitrosy; Seranambe; Mont Antampona
Type: MNHN
sericeus (Kerremans) 1894:349 (Ptosima).
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: Madagascar: Diégo-Suarez
Type: MNHN
setosulus Lesne 1937:148.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: Madagascar: Est, district
de Maroantsetra, baie d’Antongil; Antakotako; Fampanambo; Ambodivoangy;
Varingohitra;
district de Mananara-Nord, haute Fananehana; Seranambe; Mont Antampona
Type: MNHN
seyrigi Descarpentries 1957:202.
Distribution: Madagascar: Ouest,
Ampandrandava
Type: MNHN
similis Descarpentries 1965:16.
[sbg. Stenianthe]
Distribution: Madagascar: Est, district
de Mananara-Nord, haute Fananehana; Fahitrosy; Ambodivoanio; Seranambe;
Mont Antampona
Type: MNHN
splendens Guérin-Méneville 1840:357.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: îles Mascareignes:
Ile Maurice, Est, Quartier de Flacq et régions voisines; Quartier
de Moka, Chûte-Nouvelle
Type: MNHN
subparallelus Lesne 1918:449.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: îles Mascareignes:
Ile Maurice, Ouest, mont du Corps-de-Garde
Type: MNHN
succinicola Descarpentries 1969c:918.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: Madagascar: Centre
Nord, district de Diégo-Suarez, montagne d’Ambre
Type: MNHN
theryi Lesne 1937:138.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: Madagascar
Type: MNHN
tristis Descarpentries 1965:31.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: Madagascar: Est, district
de Mananara-Nord, Mont Antampona
Type: MNHN
vadoni Lesne 1937:131.
[sbg. Stenianthe]
Distribution: Madagascar: Est, district
de Maroantsetra, baie d’Antongil; Antakotako; Ambodivoangy; Varingohitra;
district de Mananara-Nord,
Seranambe; Mont Antampona
Type: MNHN
vadonianus Descarpentries 1957:199.
[sbg. Stenianthe]
Distribution: Madagascar: Est, district
de Maroantsetra, Antakotako; Ambodivoangy; district de Mananara-Nord, Fahitrosy;
Seranambe
Type: MNHN
vetustus Descarpentries 1965:32.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: Madagascar: Est, district
de Mananara-Nord, Seranambe; Mont Antampona
Type: MNHN
viduus Descarpentries 1969c:911.
[sbg. Stenianthe]
Distribution: Madagascar: Centre
Nord, district de Diégo-Suarez, montagne d’Ambre
Type: MNHN
viettei Descarpentries 1965:38.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: Madagascar: Est, district
de Mananara-Nord, Mont Antampona
Type: MNHN
vieui Descarpentries 1965:18.
[sbg. Stenianthe]
Distribution: Madagascar: Est, district
de Mananara-Nord, Seranambe; Mont Antampona
Type: MNHN
villosus Lesne 1922:278.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: îles Mascareignes:
Ile Maurice
Type: MNHN
vinsoni Lesne 1937:150.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: îles Mascareignes:
Ile Maurice, mont du Corps-de-Garde
Type: MNHN
violaceipennis Descarpentries 1969c:920.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: Madagascar: Est, district
de Vondrozo, Vondrozo
Type: MNHN
violaceus (Fairmaire) 1903c:363 (Stenianthe).
[sbg. Stenianthe]
Distribution: Madagascar
Type: MNHN
viridiauratus Descarpentries 1965:24.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: Madagascar: Est, district
de Mananara-Nord, haute Fananehana; Seranambe; Mont Antampona
Type: MNHN
viridiaenus Descarpentries 1969c:921.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: Madagascar: Est, Belalona,
30 km S.O. de Sambava
Type: MNHN
viridicoerulans Descarpentries 1965:27.
[sbg. s. str.]
Distribution: Madagascar: Est, district
de Maroantsetra, Antakotako; district de Mananara-Nord, haute Fananehana;
Seranambe
Type: MNHN