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Zulubuprestis is a monotypic genus of beetles in the family Buprestidae, the jewel beetles. The sole species is Zulubuprestis reliquia. It is known only from South Africa.

This beetle was described from a specimen collected in 1937 in the N'Kandhla Forest of South Africa, in a region then known as Zululand. It is elongated and flattened in shape, with large eyes. The type specimen was a female measuring 1.6 centimeters long. It is iridescent blue-green in color, darker on the top surface and lighter beneath. The abdomen is brown with a blue-green sheen.

This beetle is similar to those of the genus Neobuprestis.

References

1. ^ Bellamy, C. L. (1991). A new buprestine genus and species from Zululand (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Journal of African Zoology 105(1) 77-80.
2. Levey, B. and C. L. Bellamy. (2013). A taxonomic revision of Neobuprestis Kerremans (Coleoptera : Buprestidae) with the description of a new genus and two new species. Zootaxa 3681(3) 225-40.

External links

• Bellamy, C. L. (2013). "Genus Zulubuprestis". A Checklist of World Buprestoidea. Retrieved 7 Sep 2021.

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