Abstract
A single species of the nominate genus Buprestis Linnaeus 1758 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) was described from South America: B. bruchi Obenberger 1928. Recently, in response to a request, images of the type specimen (Fig. 1) and attendant labels were sent by colleagues at the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales, Buenos Aires, Argentina, where the type is housed. Although subgeneric placement was not given in the recent world catalogue (Bellamy 2008), it is clear from this photograph that it should beplaced in the subgenus B. (Cypriacis) Casey 1909 and in fact is conspecific with B. striata Fabricius 1775. The two color forms of B. striata (Figs. 2, 3) are from specimens in the first authors' collection.
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