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Zulubuprestis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Suborder
  
Polyphaga

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Coleoptera

Superfamily
  
Buprestoidea

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.

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.

This beetle is similar to those of the genus Neobuprestis.

References

Zulubuprestis Wikipedia