Melobasis

Melobasis is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, containing the following species:[1]

• Melobasis abigailae Hawkeswood & Turner, 2009
• Melobasis abnormis Carter, 1923
• Melobasis adonis (Obenberger, 1938)
• Melobasis aenea Kerremans, 1903
• Melobasis aeneipennis Deyrolle, 1864
• Melobasis albertisii Théry, 1923
• Melobasis andersoni Blackburn, 1887
• Melobasis apicalis Macleay, 1872
• Melobasis aruensis Théry, 1923
• Melobasis aurata Deyrolle, 1864
• Melobasis auribasis Fauvel, 1891
• Melobasis auricollis (Kerremans, 1895)
• Melobasis aurocincta Carter, 1930
• Melobasis aurocyanea Carter, 1937
• Melobasis austera Théry, 1923
• Melobasis australis (Thomson, 1879)
• Melobasis bellula Carter, 1939
• Melobasis bimetallica Carter, 1923
• Melobasis brevicollis (Théry, 1937)
• Melobasis browni Carter, 1937
• Melobasis buprestoides (Obenberger, 1922)
• Melobasis buruana (Obenberger, 1932)
• Melobasis caledonica (Obenberger, 1923)
• Melobasis callichloris Kerremans, 1898
• Melobasis candens Obenberger, 1942
• Melobasis caudata Carter, 1923
• Melobasis chrysobothroides Deyrolle, 1864
• Melobasis chrysomelina Théry, 1911
• Melobasis circumflexa Kerremans, 1888
• Melobasis coerulea Kerremans, 1892
• Melobasis conica (Laporte & Gory, 1837)
• Melobasis conicicollis Obenberger, 1942
• Melobasis connicki Baudon, 1968
• Melobasis costata Macleay, 1872
• Melobasis costifera Thomson, 1879
• Melobasis cruentata Thomson, 1879
• Melobasis cupreoaenea Fairmaire, 1878
• Melobasis cupreovittata Saunders, 1876
• Melobasis cupriceps (Kirby, 1818)
• Melobasis cupricollis Kerremans, 1898
• Melobasis cuprina Kerremans, 1898
• Melobasis curta Kerremans, 1903
• Melobasis cyaneipennis Boheman, 1858
• Melobasis derbyensis Blackburn, 1892
• Melobasis dives Carter, 1923
• Melobasis dohertyi Théry, 1923
• Melobasis eichhorni Théry, 1923
• Melobasis elderi Blackburn, 1892
• Melobasis empyria Olliff, 1889
• Melobasis epistomalis Obenberger, 1942
• Melobasis fairmairei Kerremans, 1903
• Melobasis fasciata Carter, 1923
• Melobasis formosa Carter, 1923
• Melobasis fulgurans Thomson, 1879
• Melobasis gloriosa (Laporte & Gory, 1837)
• Melobasis gratiosissima Thomson, 1879
• Melobasis hesperica (Pochon, 1967)
• Melobasis hoscheki (Obenberger, 1916)
• Melobasis hypocrita Erichson, 1842
• Melobasis igniceps Saunders, 1876
• Melobasis ignipicta Kerremans, 1900
• Melobasis illidgei Carter, 1923
• Melobasis incerta Kerremans, 1892
• Melobasis innocua Thomson, 1879
• Melobasis insularis (Théry, 1923)
• Melobasis interstitialis Blackburn, 1900
• Melobasis intricata Deyrolle, 1864
• Melobasis iridicolor Carter, 1923
• Melobasis jacquelinae Turner & Hawkeswood, 2003
• Melobasis jakowleffi Kerremans, 1903
• Melobasis kaszabi (Pochon, 1967)
• Melobasis kietana Obenberger, 1938
• Melobasis lathami (Laporte & Gory, 1837)
• Melobasis latifrons (Kerremans, 1892)
• Melobasis lauta Macleay, 1888
• Melobasis lixi Théry, 1923
• Melobasis lugubrina Kerremans, 1900
• Melobasis lugubris Théry, 1923
• Melobasis macleayana Obenberger, 1930
• Melobasis macleayi Kerremans, 1892
• Melobasis maculata (Deyrolle, 1864)
• Melobasis marlooensis Carter, 1937
• Melobasis meeki Théry, 1923
• Melobasis melanura Kerremans, 1898
• Melobasis metallifera Saunders, 1868
• Melobasis meyricki Blackburn, 1887
• Melobasis modesta Lansberge, 1880
• Melobasis monticola Blackburn, 1892
• Melobasis myallae Carter, 1932
• Melobasis naias Obenberger, 1942
• Melobasis nervosa (Boisduval, 1835)
• Melobasis nickerli (Obenberger, 1938)
• Melobasis nigriventris Obenberger, 1942
• Melobasis nitidiventris Kerremans, 1898
• Melobasis nobilitata Thomson, 1879
• Melobasis novaeguineae Bellamy, 2003
• Melobasis obscurata (Obenberger, 1924)
• Melobasis obscurella Thomson, 1879
• Melobasis occidentalis Carter, 1923
• Melobasis oleomaculata (Obenberger, 1938)
• Melobasis paitana Fauvel, 1891
• Melobasis papuana (Obenberger, 1924)
• Melobasis parvula Carter, 1930
• Melobasis picticollis Carter, 1923
• Melobasis prisca Erichson, 1842
• Melobasis prolongata (Obenberger, 1922)
• Melobasis prominens Obenberger, 1942
• Melobasis propinqua (Laporte & Gory, 1837)
• Melobasis pseudovittata Obenberger, 1942
• Melobasis psilopteroides Théry, 1923
• Melobasis purpurascens (Fabricius, 1801)
• Melobasis purpuriceps Saunders, 1867
• Melobasis pusilla Carter, 1928
• Melobasis quadrinotata Carter, 1923
• Melobasis quinquemaculata Théry, 1923
• Melobasis radiola Carter, 1934
• Melobasis regalis Carter, 1923
• Melobasis ribbei Théry, 1923
• Melobasis robusta Carter, 1923
• Melobasis rothei Blackburn, 1887
• Melobasis rothschildi Théry, 1923
• Melobasis rouyeri Théry, 1911
• Melobasis scintillans Obenberger, 1942
• Melobasis scutata Fauvel, 1891
• Melobasis scutellaris (Deyrolle, 1864)
• Melobasis semimarginata Obenberger, 1942
• Melobasis septemplagiata Carter, 1923
• Melobasis serrata Montrouzier, 1860
• Melobasis sexplagiata (Laporte & Gory, 1837)
• Melobasis simplex (Germar, 1848)
• Melobasis smaragdifrons (Obenberger, 1922)
• Melobasis spinosa Carter, 1939
• Melobasis splendida (Donovan, 1805)
• Melobasis ssp. tenebrosa (Obenberger), 1924
• Melobasis stevensi (Théry, 1937)
• Melobasis strandi Obenberger, 1938
• Melobasis subconica Carter, 1923
• Melobasis superba (Laporte & Gory, 1837)
• Melobasis terminata Kerremans, 1898
• Melobasis thoracica Blackburn, 1887
• Melobasis timoriensis Théry, 1935
• Melobasis trifasciata (Gory & Laporte, 1837)
• Melobasis tristis (Kerremans, 1900)
• Melobasis uniformis Carter, 1923
• Melobasis vanderwieli Obenberger, 1938
• Melobasis variabilis Lansberge, 1880
• Melobasis variegata (Théry, 1937)
• Melobasis vertebralis Carter, 1923
• Melobasis victoriae Obenberger, 1942
• Melobasis viridiaurata Deyrolle, 1864
• Melobasis viridiceps Saunders, 1876
• Melobasis viridicolor (Obenberger, 1930)
• Melobasis viridifrons Kerremans, 1896
• Melobasis viridipes Fauvel, 1891
• Melobasis viridisterna Carter, 1939
• Melobasis vittata Blackburn, 1887
• Melobasis wannerua Carter, 1936
• Melobasis woodlarkianus Théry, 1923

Melobasis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Superfamily:	Buprestoidea
Family:	Buprestidae
Genus:	Melobasis Laporte & Gory, 1837

References

1. Bellamy, C. L. (2010). "Genus Melobasis". A Checklist of World Buprestoidea. Retrieved 17 Jun 2011.