Phylogenetic Relationships of Xyroscelis (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)

Abstract

The phylogenetic relationships of the endemic and bitypic Australian buprestid genus Xyroscelis Saunders are discussed. The genus is returned to its own subtribe, Xyroscelina Cobos, of the tribe Thrincopygini, and resurrected from synonymy under Nothomorphina Cobos. Reference to recent cladistic analyses and brief discussion of diagnostic character states and biological data support this classification.