A revision of the genus Nascioides Kerremans (Coleoptera : Buprestidae)

Abstract

The buprestid genus Nascioides Kerremans is defined, and a key and figures to the 19 species are given. Eight new species are described: Nascioides bicolor, elessarella, elderi, falsomultesimus, macalpinei, nulgarra, storeyi and walfordi. Lectotypes are designated for: Nascioides carissimus (Waterhouse), N. costatus (Carter), N. enysi (Sharp), N. multesimus (Olliff), N. mundus (Olliff), N. parryi (Hope), N. tillyard (Carter) and N. viridis (Macleay). Nascioides parryi (Hope) is designated as type-species and the previously established synonymy [Nascioides saundersi (Hope) =N. parryi (Hope)] is upheld.