Lumawigia

Lumawigia is a genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, the jewel beetles. They are native to the Philippines.

Lumawigia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Polyphaga
Superfamily:
Buprestoidea
Family:
Buprestidae
Genus:
Lumawigia

Bellamy, 2005

The genus was erected in 2005 with the description of the new species L. gibbicephala.[1] A second species, L. leytensis, was described in 2009.[2]

Species include:[3]

  • Lumawigia gibbicephala Bellamy, 2005
  • Lumawigia leytensis Bellamy & Ohmomo, 2009

References
  1. Bellamy, C. L. (2005). The Philippine Coraebini Bedel, 1921 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilini) Part 6: new and resurrected genera and new species. Zootaxa 1038 23-40.
  2. Bellamy, C. L. and S. Ohmomo. (2009). Three new species of Coraebini Bedel, 1921 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae) from the Leyte Island, Philippines. Zootaxa 2292 57-64.
  3. Bellamy, C. L. (2010). "Genus Lumawigia". A Checklist of World Buprestoidea. Retrieved 13 Jun 2011.


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