Buprestidae of Fiji

Buprestidae of Fiji
BMNH - The Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom (Malcolm Kerley)
BPBM - B. P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawai’i, U.S.A. (G. Allen Samuelson)
CLBC - C. L. Bellamy research collection, Sacramento, California, U.S.A.
FFDC - Forestry Department Collection, Suva, Fiji
MCZC - Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
MNHN - Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
NZCA - New Zealand Arthropod Collection, Auckland, New Zealand
RBCF - R. A. Beaver collection [Suva],
USPC - Insect collection, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji (Craig G. Morley)
VL - Viti Levu
VN - Vanua Levu
TA - Taveuni
LA - Ovalau
GA - Gau
KV - Kadavu
KR - Koro
YT - Yadua Taba
MC - Macuata
POLYCESTINAE - MASTOGENIINI
1. Genus HELFERELLA Cobos, 1957
[Feminine - 15 species - Australasian, Oceania regions]
Helferella Cobos 1957a:91; Tôyama 1983:56, 60; Bellamy 1985b:413; 1986c:594; Williams & Weir 1987:153 (AUS
spp. key); 1988:179 (AUS spp. key); Bellamy 1991:125; 2002c:30; 2003b:15.
Type species: Helferella dianae Cobos, 1957 (original designation).
1. fiji Bellamy 1991b:118, 125.
— Fiji Distribution: Viti Levu
Specimens examined. Holotype % (BPBM 14610): Viti Levu: Lami, 0-200m, xii.1978; 1 % paratype
(NZCA): Nandarivatu, 1000m, 18 Oct. 1977; 1 ? paratype (NZCA): Vanua Levu: Ndelaikoro, 300m,
24 Oct. 1977
2. vanuae Bellamy 1991b:118, 125.
— Fiji Distribution: Vanua Levu
Specimens examined. Holotype % (BPBM 14612): Vanua Levu: Batiri, forest SE of road, 100m, 13.x.1979
3. viti Bellamy 1991b:119, 125.
— Fiji Distribution: Viti Levu
Specimens examined. Holotype % (BPBM 14611): Viti Levu: Kobalevu summit area, 400-464m,
16.x.1979/forest; & allotype (NZAC0: Naudran, 800, 15 Oct. 1977; 1 % paratype (RBCF): Savura
Creek, 30.10-6.ii.81.
POLYCESTINAE - PROSPHERINI
2. Genus BLEPHARUM Thomson, 1878
[Neuter - 5 species - Australian, Oriental regions]
Blepharum Thomson 1878b:39; Fairmaire 1881:264; Kerremans 1892:84; 1893a:112; 1902:19; 1905:390;
Obenberger 1926:36; 1930:81; Cobos 1955a:4; Obenberger 1958d:488; Cobos 1975:97; Bellamy 1985b:414;
2003b:26.

Type species: Blepharum nigrum Thomson, 1878 (by monotypy).
Blepharum Deyrolle (nomen nudum): Thomson 1878b:39.
Euleptodema Obenberger 1930:81 (nom. nov. for Blepharum Thomson, 1878, nom. superfl. Blepharum Hübner
1808 ruled invalid: ICZN 1966a); 1936b:106; Cobos 1955a:4; Obenberger 1958d:488; Cobos 1975:97 (spp.
key); Bellamy 1985b:414; Hołyński 1992c:134; 1993c:12, 19; Bellamy 2003b:26.
Type species: Euleptodema ceramense Obenberger, 1928 (original designation).
4. coeruleipes Fairmaire 1878a:278; 1881:264 (redescription); Kerremans 1885:134; 1892:84; 1902:19; 1905:393;
Obenberger 1926:36; Cobos 1975:102.
— Fiji Distribution: Viti Levu
9 Type: MNHN
Specimens examined.
CHRYSOCHROINAE - CHALCOPHORINI - CHALCOPHORINA
3. Genus PARACUPTA Deyrolle, 1864
[Feminine - 48 species, 2 subspecies - Australasian, Oceania, Oriental regions]
Paracupta Deyrolle 1864:33; Gemminger & Harold 1869:1356 (synonym of Chalcophora); Harold 1869:116
(synonym of Chalcophora); Saunders 1871:16; Fairmaire 1879:93; Waterhouse 1892:411; Kerremans 1892:44;
1893a:106; 1903a:82; Heyne & Taschenberg 1907:133; Kerremans 1909e:100; Carter 1921a:304; Obenberger
1926:122; Carter 1929c:301; Levey 1978a:154; Hołyński 1980:274; Bellamy 1985b:415; 1986c:594; Hołyński
1993c:13, 20; Bellamy 2003b:33.
g ZOOLOGICAL RECORD for 1865:453.
Type species: Buprestis xanthocera Boisduval, 1835 (subsequent designation: Bellamy 1998d:10).
Chrysodema Fauvel 1904:174; Obenberger 1926:122.
5. albilatera Fairmaire 1879:95; 1881:261; Kerremans 1885:124 (Chalcophora); 1892:44; 1903a:84; 1909:131;
Obenberger 1926:122.
3 [subgenus Paracupta]
— Fiji Distribution: Viti Levu
9 Type: MNHN
Specimens examined.
6. dilutipes Fairmaire 1878a:278; 1881:262 (redescription); Kerremans 1885:126 (Chalcophora); 1892:44
(dilatipes); 1903a:84; 1909:131; Obenberger 1926:123.
3 [subgenus Paracupta]
— Fiji Distribution: Viti Levu
9 Type: MNHN
Specimens examined.
7. evansi Théry 1937:33.
3 [subgenus Paracupta]
— Fiji Distribution: Taveuni
9 Type: MCZC-22507
Specimens examined.
8. flaviventris (Heer) in Graeffe 1868:48 (Chalcophora); Fairmaire 1879:95 (Paracupta); 1881:261; Kerremans
1892:44; 1903a:84; 1909:129; Obenberger 1926:123.
3 [subgenus C]
— Fiji Distribution: Kioa Moala Vanua Levu Viti Levu
9 Type: type?
Specimens examined. Kioa Island: S coast to center, 0-60m, 4.x.1979 (BPBM, 1 spm); Moala: Maroi, viii-
24-38 (BPBM, 1 spm); Vanua Levu: Mvana Vanua, Mbalavuv, viii-9-38 200 (BPBM, 1 spm);
Waivula, 2 iii 1966 (BPBM, 1 spm); Viti Levu: no data, 31.I.32 (USPC, 1 spm); Naladola, 12.I.31
(USPC, 1 spm); Tailevu, Dravani village, 13.x.86 (FFDC, 2 spms); Colo-i-Suva C.23 ex lauby leaves,
6 Mar 1995/ex. resting on Garcinia mrytifolia leaves (FFDC, 1 spm); Colo-i-Suva Compt. #23 in

flight, 14 Mar 1995 (FFDC, 1 spm); 40 km E of Nadi 26.vii.1967 (BPBM, 1 spm); Vunindawa v-3-
1941 (BPBM, 1 spm); Naivithule Tailevu ix-7-37 (BPBM, 1 spm); Korovou Tailevu ix-14-37 (BPBM,
1 spm); Belo v-31-41 (BPBM, 1 spm); ? island: Rewa Fiji ii.1903.
UNAVAILABLE NAME: taciturna Deyrolle (nomen nudum): Saunders 1869b:332.
SYNONYM: taciturna Saunders 1869:332; 1871:16; Fairmaire 1879:95; 1881:261 (synonym of flaviventris);
Kerremans 1885:127 (Chalcophora); 1892:44; 1903a:84; 1909:129; Obenberger 1926:123.
9 Type: BMNH
SYNONYM: aureola Obenberger 1928:154 (variety of flaviventris).
9 Type: NMPC
9. imperatrix Obenberger 1928:155.
3 [subgenus Paracupta]
— Fiji Distribution: ????
9 Type: NMPC-20052
Specimens examined.
10. impressipennis (Théry) 1943:652 (Metataenia); Hołyński 1997b:182 (Chalcoplia (Chalcomroczkowskia)).
3 [subgenus Chalcomroczkowskia]
— Fiji Distribution: ????
9 Type: MNHN
Specimens examined.
11. kleinschmidti Fairmaire 1878a:278; 1881:263 (redescription); Kerremans 1885:126 (Chalcophora); 1892:45;
1903a:84; 1909:127; Obenberger 1926:123.
3 [subgenus C]
— Fiji Distribution: Viti Levu
9 Type: MNHN
Specimens examined. Viti Levu: Belo v-31-41 (BPBM, 2 spms)
12. lateimpressa Fairmaire 1878a:278; 1881:261 (redescription); Kerremans 1885:126 (Chalcophora); 1892:45;
1903a:83; 1909:121; Obenberger 1926:123.
3 [subgenus Paracupta]
— Fiji Distribution: Viti Levu
9 Type: MNHN
Specimens examined.
13. manni Théry 1937:35
3 [subgenus Paracupta]
— Fiji Distribution: Vanua Levu
9 Type: MCZC-22508
Specimens examined.
14. marginalis Kerremans 1903b:58; 1903a:84; 1909:128; Obenberger 1926:124.
3 [subgenus Paracupta]
— Fiji Distribution: Viti Levu
9 Type: BMNH?
Specimens examined. Viti Levu: Yayu nr. Nandarivatu 650m vii-4-1958 (BPBM, 1 spm): Mt. Nangara-
Nambuluta 3000' x.25-26.37 (BPBM, 1 spm); Lami iv-1951 (BPBM, 1 spm): Lami ii-1954 (BPBM, 1
spm); Nadarivatu 850m 8-13.iii.1963 (BPBM, 1 spm); Nandarivatu x-5-37/Tholo north (BPBM, 1
spm).
15. marginipennis Saunders 1869:333; 1871:16; Fairmaire 1879:95; 1881:261; Kerremans 1885:126
(Chalcophora); 1892:45; 1903a:84; 1909:132; Obenberger 1926:124.
3 [subgenus A]
— Fiji Distribution: ????
9 Type: BMNH
Specimens examined.
16. meyeri Kerremans 1900b:63; 1903a:83; 1909:124; Obenberger 1926:124; Théry 1937:33.
3 [subgenus Paracupta]
— Fiji Distribution: ????
9 Type: BMNH
Specimens examined.

17. prasina (Heer) in Graeffe 1868:48 (Chalcophora, preoccupied by prasina Thunberg, 1789); Fairmaire 1879:95
(Paracupta); 1881:260; Kerremans 1892:45; 1903a:84; 1909:125; Obenberger 1926:124.
3 [subgenus Paracupta]
— Fiji Distribution: Ovalau Viti Levu
9 Type: type?
Specimens examined. Ovalau: Levuka 0-200m xii.1969 (BPBM, 1 spm).
SYNONYM: louisa (White) 1859:120 (Buprestis (Chrysodema)); Gemminger & Harold 1869:1358
(Chalcophora); Saunders 1871:16; Fairmaire 1881:260 (synonym of prasina); Kerremans 1903a:84;
1909:125; Obenberger 1926:124.
9 Type: BMNH
SYNONYM: hypocala Fairmaire 1877a:153; 1879:95 (?); Kerremans 1885:126 (Chalcophora); 1903a:84;
1909:125; Obenberger 1926:124.
9 Type: ZMUH
18. pyroglypta Fairmaire 1877a:153; 1879:94; 1881:260; Kerremans 1885:127 (Chalcophora); 1892:45; 1903a:83;
1909:119; Obenberger 1926:124.
3 [subgenus Paracupta]
— Fiji Distribution: Kadavu
9 Type: ZMUH
Specimens examined.
19. pyrura Fairmaire 1877b:166; 1879:95; 1881:262; Kerremans 1885:127 (Chalcophora); 1892:45; 1903a:84;
1903b:59; 1909:138; Obenberger 1926:124.
3 [subgenus Paracupta]
— Fiji Distribution: Kadavu
9 Type: ZMUH
Specimens examined.
20. sulcata Saunders 1869:332; 1871:16; Fairmaire 1879:94; 1881:260; Kerremans 1885:127 (Chalcophora);
1892:45; 1903a:83; 1909:119; Obenberger 1926:124.
3 [subgenus Paracupta]
— Fiji Distribution: Vanua Levu Viti Levu
9 Type: BMNH
Specimens examined. Vanua Levu: Lebasa, Aug. 1929 (USPC, 1 spm); Viti Levu: Lautoka mountains,
Nagana Creek, 11/12/21 (USPC, 1 spm); Naboutini P. 88, 26 Aug 1996/resting on S. macrophylla bole
(FFDC, 1 spm); Nakavu on wing 18.xi.98 (FFDC, 1 spm); Nakorocau 23 iii 1966 (BPBM, 1 spm);
Lami iii-1951 (BPBM, 1 spm); Lami ii-1951 (BPBM, 1 spm); Korotongo 0-100m iii.1981 (BPBM, 1
spm).
SYNONYM: helopioides (Heer) in Graeffe 1868:48 (Buprestis, preoccupied by helopioides Boisduval, 1835);
Fairmaire 1879:94; 1881:260 (Chalcophora, synonym of sulcata); Kerremans 1892:45; 1903a:83;
1909:119; Obenberger 1926:124.
9 Type: type?
UNAVAILABLE NAME: carinata (Deyrolle) (Chrysodema, nomen nudum); Kerremans 1909:119; Obenberger
1926:124.
21. tibialis Saunders 1872:248; Fairmaire 1881:262; Kerremans 1885:127 (Chalcophora); 1892:45; 1903a:84;
1909:125; Obenberger 1926:124.
3 [subgenus Paracupta]
— Fiji Distribution: Ovalau
9 Type: BMNH
Specimens examined.
Paracupta sp.?
VL Koronivia Res. Sta./Insectary at light viii.85 (FFDC, 1 spm)
Paracupta sp.?
VL Colo-i-Suva Res. Forest 21.ix.88 (FFDC, 1 spm)
CHRYSOCHROINAE - CHALCOPHORINI - PARALEPTODEMINA

4. Genus CINYRA Laporte & Gory, 1837
[Feminine - 5 species - Neotropical, Oceania regions]
Buprestis (Cinyra) Laporte & Gory 1837:157 (Buprestis, 14th Division); Imhoff 1856:46; Lacordaire 1857:45;
Gemminger & Harold 1869:1381; Kerremans 1885:136; 1892:109; 1893a:137; 1903a:137.
Type species: Buprestis elongata Laporte & Gory, 1837 (subsequent designation: Casey 1909:53).
Cynira Saunders 1871:47 (lapsus calami); Kerremans 1893a:109; 1903a:137; Obenberger 1930:360; Blackwelder
1944:312; Bellamy 1985b:419.
Cinyra: Casey 1909:174; Obenberger 1930:359; Blackwelder 1944:312; Cobos 1975:94; 1979d:226; Bellamy
1985b:414; Hołyński 1993c:13, 27; Bellamy 2003b:39.
Paraleptodema Obenberger 1936u:106; Cobos 1955a:4; Obenberger 1958d:488; Cobos 1975:91 (spp. key);
1979:226 (synonym of Cinyra); Levey 1978a:156; Bellamy 1985b:414; 2003b:40.
Type species: Paraleptodema strandi Obenberger, 1936 (by monotypy).
22. strandi (Obenberger) 1936b:106 (Paraleptodema); Cobos 1975:93; 1979:226 (Cinyra).
— Fiji Distribution: ????
9 Type: NMPC
Specimens examined.
CHRYSOCHROINAE - POECILONOTINI
5. Genus MELOBASINA Kerremans, 1900
[Feminine - 8 species - Australasian, Oriental regions]
Melobasina Kerremans 1900b:68; 1903a:144; Obenberger 1923a:17; 1930:420; Bellamy 1985b:420; Hołyński
1993c:27; Bellamy 1997:76; 2002c:62; 2003b:41.
Type species: Melobasina apicalis Kerremans, 1900 (by monotypy).
Nesotrinchus Obenberger 1924a:12; 1926f:97; 1930:359; Bellamy 1985b:419; 1986c:595; 1987c:101; Hołyński
1993c:27 (synonym of Melobasina); Bellamy 1997:76; 2002c:62; 2003b:41.
Type species: Nesotrinchus simondsi Obenberger, 1924 (original designation).
Nosotrinchus Théry 1925c:225 (lapsus calami); 1937:38; 1943:646; Bellamy 1986c:595; 2003b:41.
23. coeruleipennis (Fairmaire) 1877:153 (Dicercomorpha); 1879:97; 1881:265; Kerremans 1885:135; 1892:85
(synonym of wallizi); 1900a:294; 1903a:127 (Haplotrinchus); Théry 1925:225; Obenberger 1930a:358;
1936b:129; Théry 1943:646; Bellamy 1987:101; 1990a:91; Hołyński 1993:27.
— Fiji Distribution: Ovalau Vanua Levu Viti Levu [Tonga Vavao]
9 Type: ZMUH
Specimens examined. Ovalau: no data (USPC, 1 spm). Vanua Levu: Korovuli, 26.x.1977, on Agathis log
(BPBM, CLBC); Viti Levu: Colo-i-Suva C.23 ex laulau leaves, 6 Mar 1995/ex. resting on Garcinia
mrytifolia leaves (FFDC, 1 spm); Navua Nakavu ex. Mavota 8.vi.94, ex. Gonystylus punctatus, emerge
in cage (FFDC, 1 spm).
UNAVAILABLE NAME: coeruleipennis Deyrolle (nomen nudum): Thomson 1878b:38; Théry 1943:646.
SYNONYM: caeruleipennis (Thomson) 1878:38 (Dicercomorpha); Kerremans 1885:134; Obenberger
1930:358; Théry 1943:646.
9 Type: MNHN
24. simondsi (Obenberger) 1924a:13 (Nesotrinchus); Théry 1925c:225 (synonym of coeruleipennis); Obenberger
1926f:97; 1930:359; Théry 1943:646 (synonym of coeruleipennis); Bellamy 1987:101; 1990a:91.
— Fiji Distribution: Viti Levu
9 Type: NMPC-21992
Specimens examined. Viti Levu: Nukurua Forest, 60-130m 15.x.1979/forest/logged area (BPBM, 1 spm).
CHRYSOCHROINAE - POECILONOTINI - HAPLOTRINCHINA

6. Genus HAPLOTRINCHUS Kerremans, 1903
[Masculine - 12 species - Oceania, Oriental regions]
Haplotrinchus Kerremans 1903a:126; Heyne & Taschenberg 1907:137; Obenberger 1930:358; Bellamy 1985b:419;
Hołyński 1993c:27; Bellamy 1997:76; 2003b:50.
g ZOOLOGICAL RECORD for 1903a:169.
Type species: Buprestis viridula Olivier, 1790 (subsequent designation: Bellamy 1997:76).
25. manni Théry 1937:37; Bellamy 1997:76.
— Fiji Distribution: Vanua Levu
9 Type: MCZC
Specimens examined.
26. pooli Théry 1943:645; Bellamy 1997:76.
— Fiji Distribution: “Océanie et probablement Iles Fidji”
9 Type: MNHN
Specimens examined.
27. pyrochlorus (Fairmaire) 1877b:166 (Dicercomorpha); 1879:97; 1881:265; Kerremans 1885:135; 1892:84;
1903a:127 (Haplotrinchus); Obenberger 1930:359; Théry 1943:643.
— Fiji Distribution: Kadavu Viti Levu
9 Type: ZMUH
Specimens examined.
UNAVAILABLE NAME: marginefossus Deyrolle (nomen nudum): Thomson 1878b:38.
SYNONYM: marginefossus (Thomson) 1878:38 (Dicercomorpha); Kerremans 1885:135; 1892:84; 1903a:127
(Haplotrinchus); Obenberger 1930:359; Théry 1943:643 (synonym of pyrochlorus).
9 Type: MNHN
28. splendens Waterhouse 1913:182; Obenberger 1930:359; Théry 1943:643; Bellamy 1997:76.
— Fiji Distribution: Viti Levu
9 Type: BMNH
Specimens examined. Viti Levu: Malolo, I.2avii.85/68 14, assoc. Terminalia catappa (USPC, 1 spm.);
Nukura Forest 3 ii 1985/inside wood of dead Terminalia ivorensis (FFDC, 1 spm); Nukura Forest 3 ii
1985/in the trunk of dead Terminalia ivorensis (FFDC, 2 spms).
BUPRESTINAE - MAORAXIINI
7. Genus MAORAXIA Obenberger, 1937
[Feminine - 9 species - Australasian, Oceania, Oriental regions]
Buprestis: White 1846:6; Obenberger 1937:1449.
Neocuris: Kerremans 1892:131; 1903a:180; Obenberger 1937:1449.
Maoriella Obenberger 1924a:19 (name praeocc. Attems, 1903); Théry 1925c:225; Obenberger 1926f:98; Carter
1926:57; Obenberger 1930:78; 1936u:142; Dumbleton 1939:256; Obenberger 1957c:311; Bellamy 1985b:421;
1986c:590; 2002c:139; 2003b:51.
Type species: Maoriella novaezeelandiae Obenberger, 1924 (original designation).
Maoraxia Obenberger 1937:1449 (nom. nov. for Maoriella Obenberger, 1924); 1939k:78; 1957c:310; Bellamy &
Williams 1985:150 (subspecies of key); Bellamy 1985b:421; 1986c:590; Hołyński 1988:49; Bellamy
1990b:187; 1991a:457 (spp. key); Hołyński 1993c:14; Bellamy & Peterson 2000b:101; Bílý 2000e:111;
Bellamy 2002c:139; 2003b:51.
Type species: as for Maoriella Obenberger, 1924.
) Phylogeny: Maoraxia Bellamy 1991d:465.
29. viridis Bellamy, in Bellamy & Williams 1985:158; Bellamy 1990b:189; 1991a:461.
— Fiji Distribution: Ringold Islands
Specimens examined. Holotype % (BPBM 13277): Ringold Islands, Thikombia, 26.ix.1924.

BUPRESTINAE - THOMASSETIINI - PHILANTHAXIINA
8. Genus KUROSAWAIA Tôyama & Ohmomo, 1985
[Masculine - 2 species - Oceania, Palaearctic regions]
Kurosawaia Tôyama & Ohmomo 1985:33; Bellamy 1990a:87; Hołyński 1993c:14; Bellamy 1996a:215; Bílý
2000e:111; Bellamy 2003b:62.
Type species: Philanthaxia yanoi Kurosawa, 1963 (original designation).
30. iridinota Bellamy 1990a:87.
— Fiji Distribution: Viti Levu
Specimens examined. Holotype & (BPBM 14173): VL, Nausori Highlands, 500-600m, 9.ii.71
BUPRESTINAE - MELOBASINI
9. Genus MELOBASIS Laporte & Gory, 1837
[Feminine - 156 species, 2 subspecies - Australasian, Oriental regions]
Abrobapta Dejean 1833:80; 1836:90; Lacordaire 1857:47; Kerremans 1892:103; Obenberger 1930:428; Bellamy
1985b:420; 1987:595; 1998e:379; 2003b:11, 65.
Type species: genus-group name unavailable, no valid species originally included.
Buprestis (Melobasis) Laporte & Gory 1837:118 (Buprestis, 9th Division).
Melobasis: Lacordaire 1857:47; Deyrolle 1864:69 (Malaysia spp. revision); Saunders 1868a:13; Gemminger &
Harold 1869:1383; Saunders 1871:44; Kerremans 1885:136; Masters 1886:72; 1888:314; Kerremans 1892:103;
1893a:109; 1903a:157; Théry 1923c:51; Carter 1923b:64 (AUS spp. revision); Obenberger 1928k:104; 1930:37;
Carter 1929c:284; Obenberger 1930:427; Bellamy 1985b:420; 1987:595; Volkovitsh & Hawkeswood 1995:11;
Bílý & Volkovitsh 1996:326; Bílý 2000e:111; Bellamy 2002c:142; 2003b:65.
Type species: Buprestis cupriceps Kirby, 1818 (subsequent designation: Bellamy 1998d:11).
31. brevicollis (Théry) 1937:42 (Diceropygus).
3 [subgenus Diceropygus]
— Fiji Distribution: Viti Levu
9 Type: MCZC-22512
Specimens examined.
32. cupreoaenea Fairmaire 1878b:286; 1881:266; Kerremans 1885:136 (Melabasis); 1892:104; 1903a:159;
Obenberger 1930:429.
3 [subgenus Melobasis]
— Fiji Distribution: Viti Levu
9 Type: MNHN
Specimens examined.
AGRILINAE - AGRILINI
10. Genus SAMBUS Deyrolle, 1864
[Masculine - 165 species, 1 subspecies - Australian, Afrotropical, Madagascan, Oceania, Oriental regions]
Sambus Deyrolle 1864:210; Gemminger & Harold 1869:1434; Saunders 1871:107; Kerremans 1885:151; Baer
1886:126; Masters 1888:315; Kerremans 1892:234; 1893a:119; 1900b:17 (Sumatra spp. key); 1903a:241;
Heyne & Taschenberg 1907:144; Kerremans 1909c:36; Fisher 1921:408; Obenberger 1924b:10; 1924j:541;
Théry 1926b:169; Miwa 1931:123; Obenberger 1934:864; Burgeon 1941:214; Théry 1947c:32; Obenberger
1958h:233; Descarpentries & Villiers 1966d:980 (Indo-China spp. key); Descarpentries 1968:927 (MAD spp.
key); Bellamy 1985b:425; 1988b:111; 1990d:691 (gen. key); 1991g:8; Hołyński 1993c:15; Bellamy 1995b:2;

Akiyama & Ohmomo 1997:28; Bellamy 2001b:65; Bellamy & Peterson 2000a:91; Bellamy 2002c:356;
2003b:86.
Type species: Sambus lafertei Deyrolle, 1864 (subsequent designation: Tôyama 1986a:58).
Arrowia Obenberger 1923a:28; Théry 1928b:135 (synonym of Sambus); Obenberger 1934:864; Bellamy 1985b:425;
1991g:8; 2003b:86.
Type species: Arrowia marshalli Obenberger, 1923 (original designation).
33. eremita Obenberger 1924b:99; 1934:866.
— Fiji Distribution: ????
9 Type: NMPC
Specimens examined.
34. fidjiensis Obenberger 1924b:99; 1934:866.
— Fiji Distribution: ????
9 Type: NMPC
Specimens examined.
35. manni Théry 1937:45.
— Fiji Distribution: ????
9 Type: MCZC-22514
Specimens examined.
36. simmondsi Théry 1938:477.
— Fiji Distribution: ????
9 Type: MNHN
Specimens examined.
sp.?
Ovalau I. Levuka 0-200m xii.1978 (BPBM)
AGRILINAE - AGRILINI - AGRILINA
11. Genus AGRILUS Curtis, 1825
[Masculine - 2732 species, 108 subspecies - Cosmopolitan]
37. evansianus Théry 1934:143; Obenberger 1936a:1082.
3 [subgenus undef.]
— Fiji Distribution: Taveuni
9 Type: BMNH
Specimens examined.
37a. SUBSPECIES: fidjianus Théry 1934:145 (subspecies of evansianus).
— Fiji Distribution: ????
9 Type: MNHN
Specimens examined.
38. fissifrons Fairmaire 1849b:353; Lacordaire 1857:84; Gemminger & Harold 1869:1440; Saunders 1871:122;
Kerremans 1892:257; 1903a:277; Théry 1934:148; 1935:256; Obenberger 1936a:1082; Théry 1937:51;
1946:156; Paulian 1998:110; Curletti 2002:3.
3 [subgenus Pinarinus]
— Fiji Distribution: ???? (Tahiti Tonga)
9 Type: MNHN
Specimens examined.
SYNONYM: fidjiensis Obenberger 1924b:119; Théry 1934:147; 1935:256 (fidgiensis, synonym of fissifrons);
Obenberger 1936a:1082; Théry 1937:51 (synonym of fissifrons); 1946:156; Curletti 2002:3.
9 Type: NMPC
SYNONYM: tetrastichus Obenberger 1924b:119 (subspecies of fidjiensis); 1936a:1082; Théry 1937:52
(variety of fissifrons); 1946:156; Curletti 2001a:37 (subspecies of fidjiensis); Curletti 2002:3 (valid
species); Bellamy 2002c:355.

9 Type: NMPC
39. levuensis Théry 1937:50.
3 [subgenus undef.]
— Fiji Distribution: Viti Levu
9 Type: MCZC-22517
Specimens examined.
40. taveuniensis Théry 1934:145; Obenberger 1936a:1105; Jendek 2003:187 (lectotype).
3 [subgenus undef.]
— Fiji Distribution: Taveuni
9 Type: BMNH
Specimens examined.
AGRILINAE - AGRILINI - APHANISTICINA
12. Genus APHANISTICUS Latreille, 1829
[Masculine - 357 species, 6 subspecies - Afrotropical, Australasian, Madagascan, Oriental, Palaearctic regions]
41. sp. ?
Specimens examined.
13. Genus ENDELUS Deyrolle, 1864
[Masculine - 119 species, 4 subspecies - Australasian, Oriental region]
Endelus Deyrolle 1864:227; Gemminger & Harold 1869:1449; Saunders 1871:129; Masters 1888:317; Kerremans
1892:283; 1893a:121; 1900b:43 (Sumatra spp. key); 1903a:306; Heyne & Taschenberg 1907:146; Moulton
1911:180; Obenberger 1918a:1; Fisher 1921:350, 443; Obenberger 1924j:628; Miwa 1931:126; Théry 1932f:1;
Obenberger 1937:1277; 1958h:240; Descarpentries & Villiers 1963d:159 (Indo-China subspecies key); Cobos
1979b:427; Bellamy 1985b:428; 1986c:597; Cobos 1986a:269; Bellamy 2002c:359; 2003b:92.
Type species: Endelus cupido Deyrolle, 1864 (subsequent designation: Cobos 1979b:427).
42. bicolor Bellamy 1990a:89.
— Fiji Distribution: Vanua Levu
Specimens examined. Holotype & (BPBM 14174): Vanua Levu: Tabia (Thakaundrove) 0-2m, 5.x.1979
43. speculifer Théry 1932:10; Obenberger 1937:1283; Bellamy 1990a:91.
— Fiji Distribution: Ovalau Viti Levu
9 Type: MNHN
Specimens examined. Viti Levu: Nandarivatu, 10.ix.38, 3700' (BPBM, 1 spm)