Subtribe Maoraxiina Hołyński, 1988

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• Maoraxiina Hołyński, R. 1988. Remarks on the general classification of Buprestidae Leach as applied to Maoraxiina Hol. Folia Entomologica Hungarica 49: 49-54 [49].

  Type genus:

   Maoraxia Obenberger, 1937 [by indication].

Introduction

This subtribe was originally defined in a paper by Holynski (1988) after some debate about whether or not Maoraxia Obenberger was related to Mastogeniina as thought by Obenberger (1924) or belonged within the Anthaxiini. The debate about this taxon and its placement between Obenberger and Théry originally focussed on the often described New Zealand species, M. eremita (White). After new species were described from Australia, Fiji and Tonga by Bellamy & Williams (1985), the debate about placement followed the ideas of Holynski (1984), and when the number of species and generic range further expanded with a new species described from the Philippines (Bellamy 1990) and two New Caledonian species of Anthaxia by Fauvel transferred to Maoraxia (Bellamy 1991), Holynski's (1988) ideas were mostly confirmed by a cladistic placement from Bellamy (1990).

General References

Bellamy, C.L. 1990. A new species of Maoraxia Obenberger from Mindanao, with a comments on its relationships within the Anthaxiini (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Elytron 3: 187-194

Bellamy, C.L. 1991. Further review of the genus Maoraxia Obenberger (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Invertebrate Taxonomy 5: 457-468

Bellamy, C.L. & Williams, G.A. 1985. A revision of the genus Maoraxia with a new synonym in Acmaeodera (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). International Journal of Entomology 27(1-2): 147-161

Hołyński, R. 1984. On Notogean and Oriental Mastogeniini LeC. Horn (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 54: 105-114

Hołyński, R. 1988. Remarks on the general classification of Buprestidae Leach as applied to Maoraxiina Hol. Folia Entomologica Hungarica 49: 49-54

Obenberger, J. 1924. Deuxième série de nouveaux genres de Buprestides. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 2: 7-44

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