Zulubuprestis

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Zulubuprestis reliquia
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Zulubuprestis

Bellamy, 1991
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Z. reliquia
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Zulubuprestis reliquia
Bellamy, 1991

Zulubuprestis is a monotypic genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, the jewel beetles. The sole species is Zulubuprestis reliquia. It is known only from South Africa. [1]

This beetle was described from a specimen collected in 1937 in the N'Kandhla Forest of South Africa, in a region then known as Zululand. It is elongated and flattened in shape, with large eyes. The type specimen was a female measuring 1.6 centimeters long. It is iridescent blue-green in color, darker on the top surface and lighter beneath. The abdomen is brown with a blue-green sheen. [1]

This beetle is similar to those of the genus Neobuprestis . [2]

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