Anthaxia (Anthaxia) aterrima Kerremans 1903

Anthaxia (Anthaxia) aterrima Kerremans, 1903

(Figs. 1–6, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 22, 25, 27, 29)

Anthaxia aterrima Kerremans, 1903: 172, original description. Type locality: ‘Cap de Bonne-Espérance’ (Cape Province). Anthaxia aterrima Kerremans, 1914: 350, original description (Congo), junior homonym = Anthaxia peratra, Obenberger, 1928, nom. nov.

Anthaxia (Anthaxia) braunsi: Obenberger, 1922: 122 –123, syn. nov. Type locality: ‘Willowmore, Capland’.

Type material examined. A aterrima : Lectotype by present designation, male: ‘Cap B. Sp. / Fairmaire [handwritten] // aterrima / Kerr. / Type [handwritten] // Kerremans. / 1903 -59. [printed] // Syntype [printed, circle label] // Type [printed, circle label] // LECTOTYPE / Anthaxia (s.str.) aterrima / Kerremans, 1903 // M. Obořil & P. Baňař des. 2015’ [printed red label] (BMNH) [specimen card-mounted on triangular card, aedeagus dissected and glued on the same card]; paralectotype by present designation, female: ‘Cap B. Sp. / Moffarts [handwritten] // aterrima / Kerr. / Type [handwritten] // Kerremans. / 1903 -59. [printed] // Syntype [printed, circle label] // PARALECTOTYPE / Anthaxia (s.str.) aterrima / Kerremans, 1903 // M. Obořil & P. Baňař des. 2015’ [printed red label] (BMNH) [specimen card-mounted on triangular card]; A. braunsi: Anthaxia (A.) braunsi: lectotype by present designation, male: ‘Willowmore / Capland / Dr. Brauns [printed] // TYPUS [printed red label] // Braunsi m. Type / Det. Dr. Obenberger [first line handwritten, second line printed] // Mus. Nat. Pragae / Inv 22786 [first line and ‘Inv’ printed, number handwritten] // LECTOTYPE / Anthaxia (s.str.) braunsi / Obenberger, 1922 // M. Obořil & P. Baňař des. 2015 [printed red label] // Anthaxia (s.str.) aterrima / Kerremans, 1903 // M. Obořil & P. Baňař det. 2015’ [printed white label, specimen card-mounted on triangular card (pinned originally), aedeagus dissected and glued on the same card] (NMPC); paralectotypes by present designation, two females: ‘Willowmore / Capland / Dr. Brauns [printed] // TYPUS [printed red label] // Anthaxia / Braunsi m. Type / Det. Dr. Obenberger [first two lines handwritten, second line printed] // Mus. Nat. Pragae / Inv 22784; 22788 respectivelly [first line and ‘Inv’ printed, number handwritten] // PARALECTOTYPE / Anthaxia (s.str.) braunsi / Obenberger, 1922 // M. Obořil & P. Baňař des. 2015 [printed red label] // Anthaxia (s.str.) aterrima / Kerremans, 1903 // M. Obořil & P. Baňař det. 2015’ [printed white label, both specimens pinned] (NMPC).

Other material examined. 15 ♂, 9 ♀ ‘ RSA. W Cape K Karoo. / LANGBERG env. / 24.xi.2002 / M.Snížek lgt. [printed] // Anthaxia (s.str.) / aterrima / det. M. Obořil 2015’ [printed] (13 ♂, 7 ♀ MOOC; 1 ♂, 1 ♀ MMBC); 2 ♂, 1 ♀ ‘ RSA. W CAPE / K KAROO mer. 15.xii.2002 / LANGBERG env. / M.Snížek lgt. [printed] // Anthaxia (s.str.) / aterrima / det. M. Obořil 2015’ [printed] (16 ♂, 10 ♀, MOOC; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, MMBC); ‘Cap Bonae Spei // Anthaxia / aterrima Kerr. / sensu J. Obenberger [both handwritten] // Anthaxia (s.str.) / aterrima / det. M. Obořil 2015’ [printed] (NMPC); 2 ♀, ‘ RSA. W CAPE / K KAROO mer. / LANGBERG env. / 24.11.2002 / M.Snížek lgt. [printed] // Anthaxia (s.str.) / aterrima / det. M. Obořil 2015’ [printed] (MKNC); 3 ♂, ‘ RSA. W CAPE / K KAROO mer. / LANGBERG env. / 15.12.2002 / M.Snížek lgt. [printed] // Anthaxia (s.str.) / aterrima / det. M. Obořil 2015’ [printed] (MKNC); 1 ♂, ‘ RSA. W CAPE / KLEIN KAROO SE / Groot riv., 25.x.99 / leg.Halada // Anthaxia (s.str.) / aterrima / M. Obořil det. 2015’ [printed] (MKNC); 1 ♀ ‘Dunbrody / E. Cape Prov. / 11. 1903 / J. O’Neil // Anthaxia / triangularis C. // Anthaxia (s.str.) / aterrima / det. M. Obořil 2015’ [printed] (MNHN); 2 ♀ ‘Dunbrody / E. Cape Prov. / 11. 1902 / J. O’Neil // Anthaxia / consobrina [?, handwritten, very badly readable] // Anthaxia (s.str.) / aterrima / det. M. Obořil 2015’ [printed] (MNHN) [both specimens glued on the same card]; 2 ♂ ‘Dunbrody / E. Cape Prov. / 10. 1901 / J. O’Neil // Anthaxia / triangularis C. // Anthaxia (s.str.) / aterrima / det. M. Obořil 2015’ [printed] (MNHN) [specimens mounted separately, cards pinned on the same pin]; 1 ♀ ‘Cap B. Esp. [handwritten] / Reflexa / Klug. [handwritten] / Ex. Musaeo / Mniszech [printed] // Thunbergii / Gory / Cap. B. Esp.

Type [handwritten] // Muséum Paris / Coll. R. Oberthür [printed] // Anthaxia / (s.str.) / aterrima / Kerr. / Sv. Bílý det. 2009 [partly printed and handwritten] // Anthaxia (s.str.) / aterrima / det. M. Obořil 2015’ [printed] (MNHN) [specimen pinned].