Diversity and larval leaf-mining habits of Japanese jewel beetles of the tribe Tracheini (Coleoptera, Buprestidae)

Abstract

From the Japanese Archipelago, 12 Habroloma and 20 Trachys species (Buprestidae: Tracheini) have been recorded. Two new Habroloma species were found, which are associated with Elaeocarpaceae and Loranthaceae, also new host plant families/orders for Tracheini. The two new species are described as Habroloma elaeocarpusisp. nov. and Habroloma taxillusisp. nov., and the latter is the first Tracheini species shown to be associated with epiphytes. Leaf mines of 31 Tracheini species are also reported in this work, including new records of leaf mines for 16 Tracheini species. The larvae of all these recorded species are full-depth linear-blotch mesophyll miners of mature leaves and pupate within their mines. The mining habits of Habroloma species associated with Symplocos (Symplocaceae) are unique: the young larvae bore into midribs and petioles and cause leaf fall, and the larvae then mine the fallen leaves.

Mitogenomic analysis and phylogenetic relationships of Agrilinae: Insights into the evolutionary patterns of a diverse buprestid subfamily

“…In the subfamily Agrilinae, most of the adults feed on the fresh leaves of woody and herbaceous plants [2], and a few species also feed on pollen (for example, some species of the genus Meliboeus). However, the larvae of the tribes Agrilini and Coraebini are wood-boring [3][4][5][6], and the larvae of the tribes Aphanisticini and Tracheini are leaf miners [7][8][9][10][11].…”

Corrigendum: Kato M, Kawakita A (2023) Diversity and larval leaf-mining habits of Japanese jewel beetles of the tribe Tracheini (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). ZooKeys 1156: 133–158. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1156.97768

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We recently published the description of two new buprestid beetle species Habroloma elaeocarpusi and Habroloma taxillusi (Kato & Kawakita, 2023). However, no holotype depository is indicated in the paper.

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