TY - JOUR AU - Lo Cascio, Pietro AU - Sparacio, Ignazio PY - 2010/12/31 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - A NEW ANTHAXIA FROM THE AEOLIAN ISLANDS (COLEOPTERA, BUPRESTIDAE) JF - Fragmenta entomologica JA - Fragm entomol VL - 42 IS - 2 SE - Research Articles DO - 10.13133/2284-4880/218 UR - https://rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa02/fragmenta_entomologica/article/view/218 SP - 499-506 AB - <em>Anthaxia</em> (<em>Haplanthaxia</em>) <em>flaviae</em> n. sp. from the Aeolian Islands (Italy, Sicily) belonging to the <em>A</em>. (<em>H</em>.) <em>olympica</em> Kiesenwetter, 1880 species-group is described, illustrated and compared with <em>A</em>. (<em>H</em>.) <em>scutellaris</em> (Gené, 1839), the most closely related species. From this latter, the new species differs mainly for size and body shape, colour pattern of elytrae, shape of antennomera, margin of anterior tibiae and shape of aedeagus. Some zoogeographical considerations concerning the insular distribution of this endemic taxon are briefly discussed. ER -