Two new species of Sphenoptera from South-West Asia (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Chrysochroinae)

Kalashian Mark Yu., Karagyan Gayane H.
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 56(1): 17-22, 2016
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Abstract: Two new species of Sphenoptera Dejean, 1833: S. (Deudora) peninsulae sp. nov. from the Arabian Peninsula (Saudi Arabia and Yemen) and Sphenoptera (Deudora) svatopluki sp. nov. from Iraq are described, figured and compared with closely related species.
Key words: Coleoptera, Buprestidae, Entomology, taxonomy, new species, Arabian Peninsula, Iraq, Palaearctic Region
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