''Aaaaba'' is a genus of beetles from the
Buprestidae
Buprestidae is a family of beetles known as jewel beetles or metallic wood-boring beetles because of their glossy iridescent colors. Larvae of this family are known as flatheaded borers. The family is among the largest of the beetles, with some ...
family. It inhabits locations along the east coast of
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
. It was described in 1864 by
Achille Deyrolle as "''Alcinous''", a
junior homonym of a genus of
pycnogonid
Sea spiders are marine arthropods of the order Pantopoda ( ‘all feet’), belonging to the class Pycnogonida, hence they are also called pycnogonids (; named after ''Pycnogonum'', the type genus; with the suffix '). They are cosmopolitan, foun ...
s. In 2002, Charles Bellamy gave it the
replacement name
In biological nomenclature, a ''nomen novum'' (Latin for "new name"), new replacement name (or replacement name, new substitute name, substitute name) is a scientific name that is created specifically to replace another scientific name, but only w ...
"''Aaaba''", but this proved to be another junior homonym, of a genus of
sponge
Sponges, the members of the phylum Porifera (; meaning 'pore bearer'), are a basal animal clade as a sister of the diploblasts. They are multicellular organisms that have bodies full of pores and channels allowing water to circulate through t ...
s. In 2013, it was given a further replacement name, becoming ''Aaaaba''.
There are two species within this genus:
*''
Aaaaba nodosa''
( Deyrolle, 1865)
*''
Aaaaba fossicollis
''Aaaaba'' is a genus of beetles from the Buprestidae family. It inhabits locations along the east coast of Australia. It was described in 1864 by Achille Deyrolle as "''Alcinous''", a junior homonym of a genus of pycnogonids. In 2002, Charles ...
''
( Kerremans, 1903)
The genus name is feminine under
ICZN
The International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) is a widely accepted convention in zoology that rules the formal scientific naming of organisms treated as animals. It is also informally known as the ICZN Code, for its publisher, the I ...
Article 30.2.4 ("If no gender was specified or indicated, the name is to be treated as masculine, except that, if the name ends in -a the gender is feminine").
Distribution
Species of this genus are found in
New South Wales
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, established_title = Before federation
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,
Queensland
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, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
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and
Victoria.
References
Further reading
*Bellamy, C. L. 1985. A catalogue of the higher taxa of the family Buprestidae (Coleoptera). Navorsinge van die Nasionale Museum Bloemfontein 4(15): 405–472
23*Bellamy, C. L. 1986. The higher classification of Australian Buprestidae with the description of a new genus and species (Coleoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 34: 583–600
96*Bellamy, C. L. 1988. The classification and phylogeny of Australian Coroebini with a revision of the genera Paracephala, Meliboeithon and Dinocephalia. Invertebrate Taxonomy 2(3): 413–453
17*Carter, H. J. 1923. Revision of the genera Ethon, Cisseis and their allies (Buprestidae). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 48(2): 159–176
76*Carter, H. J. 1929. A check list of the Australian Buprestidae. With tables and keys to sub-families, tribes, and genera (by A. Théry). Australian Zoologist 5(4): 265–304
76*Holynski, R. 1993. A reassessment of the internal classification of the Buprestidae Leach (Coleoptera). Crystal, series Zoologica 1: 1–42
5*Kerremans, C. 1893. Essai de groupement des Buprestides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 37: 94–122
22*Kerremans, C. 1898. Buprestides nouveaux de l'Australie et des régiones voisines. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 42: 113–182
74*Kerremans, C. 1903. Coleoptera, Fam. Buprestidae. pp. 49–338 in Wytsman, P. (ed.). Genera Insectorum. Bruxelles : Verteneuil & Desmet Vol. 12b-d
21(generic characters, checklist)
*Obenberger, J. 1935. Buprestidae 4. pp. 785–934 in W. Junk & S. Schenkling (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. 's-Gravenhage : W. Junk Vol. 143
91*Saunders, E. 1871. Catalogus Buprestidarum Synonymicus et Systematicus. London : Janson pp. 171
36*Théry, A. 1929. Classification. 266–275 in Carter, H. J. A checklist of the Australian Buprestidae. Australian Zoologist 5(4): 265–304
72*Williams, G. A. 1983. Observations on the genus Alcinous Deyrolle (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Victorian Naturalist 100: 37–39
7*Williams, G. A. 1993. Hidden Rainforests: subtropical rainforests and their invertebrate biodiversity. Kensington, NSW : New South Wales University Press Vol. 1 pp. 188
7(host)
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Buprestidae genera
Beetles of Australia
Taxa described in 2013