Chrysochroa fulgidissima

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Buprestoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Elateriformia
Superfamilia: Buprestoidea

Familia: Buprestidae
Subfamilia: Chrysochroinae
Tribus: Chrysochroini
Subtribus: Chrysochroina
Genus: Chrysochroa
Subgenus: Chrysochroa (Chrysochroa)
Species: Chrysochroa fulgidissima
Subspecies:
C. f. adachii – C. f. alternans – C. f. fulgidissima

Name

Chrysochroa fulgidissima (Schönherr, 1817)

Synonyms:

  • Buprestis fulgidissima Schönherr, 1817:229
  • Buprestis elegans Thunberg 1789a:89
  • Buprestis fulgida Olivier 1790a:plate 11, Fig. 119
  • Chrysochroa coeruleocephala Motschulsky 1861:6.
  • Chrysochroa elegans (Thunberg, 1789)
  • Chrysochroa fulgida (Olivier, 1790)

Vernacular names

English: Japanese jewel beetle, Yamato tamamushi
日本語: ヤマトタマムシ

Distribution

Chrysochroa fulgidissima

Eastern Asia

References

  • Schönherr, C.J. 1817. Synonymia insectorum, oder Versuch einer Synonymie aller bisher bekannten Insecten; nach Fabricii Systema Eleutheratorum etc. geordnet. Mit Berichtigungen und Anmerkungen, wie auch mit Beschreibungen neuer Arten und mit illuminirten Kupfern. Erster Band. Eleutherata oder Käfer. Dritter Theil. Hispa – Molorchus. Lewerentz, Skara. xi + 506 pp. BHL. [also printed by Em. Bruzelius, Uppsala the same year: BHL] Reference page. 
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