Buprestidae

Members of the family Buprestidae were collected in the survey conducted during 2005 to 2013 in various provinces of Pakistan
including Sindh, Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwah has well as Azad Kashmir and Tribal areas (Kurram Agency). The specimens were
collected by beating branches of trees and bushes, by using sweep net and hand picking methods. Thirty nine species and 6 sub
species, 14 genera, 10 tribes and 5 sub families are reported based.

Resumen. Se describe una nueva especie de Ectinogonia Spinola, Ectinogonia vidali nov. sp., a partir de ejemplares recolectados en la cordillera andina de la Región del Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins. Se presentan caracteres de diagnóstico para la especie, fotografías del adulto y la genitalia masculina. Adicionalmente se comentan las diferencias que esta tiene con algunos de sus congéneres, y se describe brevemente la variabilidad cromática del nuevo taxón. Abstract. A new species of Ectinogonia Spinola, Ectinogonia vidali sp. nov., is described from specimens collected in the Andean mountains of the Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins Region. Diagnostic characters for the species, photographs of adults and male genitalia are presented. The differences of this species with some of their congeners are discussed, and the chromatic variability of the new taxon is briefly described.

Background: Arthropods have received much attention as a model for studying opsin evolution in invertebrates. Yet, relatively few studies have investigated the diversity of opsin proteins that underlie spectral sensitivity of the visual pigments within the diverse beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera). Previous work has demonstrated that beetles appear to lack the short-wavelength-sensitive (SWS) opsin class that typically confers sensitivity to the " blue " region of the light spectrum. However, this is contrary to established physiological data in a number of Coleoptera. To explore potential adaptations at the molecular level that may compensate for the loss of the SWS opsin, we carried out an exploration of the opsin proteins within a group of beetles (Buprestidae) where shortwave sensitivity has been demonstrated. RNA-seq data were generated to identify opsin proteins from nine taxa comprising six buprestid species (including three male/female pairs) across four subfamilies. Structural analyses of recovered opsins were conducted and compared to opsin sequences in other insects across the main opsin classes—ultraviolet, short-wavelength, and long-wavelength. Results: All nine buprestids were found to express two opsin copies in each of the ultraviolet and long-wavelength classes, contrary to the single copies recovered in all other molecular studies of adult beetle opsin expression. No SWS opsin class was recovered. Furthermore, the male Agrilus planipennis (emerald ash borer—EAB) expressed a third LWS opsin at low levels that is presumed to be a larval copy. Subsequent homology and structural analyses identified multiple amino acid substitutions in the UVS and LWS copies that could confer short-wavelength sensitivity.

New localities of jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) in the Eastern Beskid Mts.
The paper presents new data on the distribution of Buprestidae in the Eastern Beskid Mountains in south-eastern Poland. The material is based mainly on observation obtained between 2010-2014 in eight research localities. The list of 18 species of jewel beetles is presented, among which 7 are new for that zoogeographical region: Buprestis haemorrhoidalis, Anthaxia signaticollis, A. helvetica, Chrysobothris igniventris, Agrilus delphinensis, A. sinuatus, A. suvorovi.