Morphological peculiarities of the female internal reproductive organs of jewelbeetles (Coleoptera, Buprestidae)
The internal reproductive organs of females of the jewel-beetles <i>Acmaeodera </i>(s.str.<i>) flavolineata </i>Lap., <i>Acmaeoderella (Euacmaeoderella) obscura </i>Reitt., <i>Ovalisia (Scintillatrix) nadezhdae </i>Sem., <i>Sphenoptera (Chrysoblemma) tamarisci beckeri </i>Dohrn., <i>S. (Ch.) sancta </i>Rtt, <i>S. </i>(s.str.) <i>fallatrix </i>Obenb., <i>Capnodis tenebricosa </i>Ol., <i>Dicerca aenea validiuscula </i>Sem. <i>Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) olympica </i>Kiesw., <i>Anth. (H.) flavicomis Ab., Meliboeus </i>(s.str.) <i>cauca-sicus </i>Reitt., <i>Agrilus (Quercuagrilus) buresi </i>Obenb.<i>, A. (Q.) graminis </i>Lap., <i>A. (Aridagrilus) transversesulcatus </i>Reitt. <i>Aphanisticus emarginatus Ol, Paracylindromorphus subuliformis </i>Mnnh. and <i>Trachys phlyctaenoides </i>Kol. are described and figured. All known data on the internal reproductive system of females of Buprestidae are summarized (in general for 192 species, 59 genera, 23 tribes and 5 subfamilies). Significant, and in some cases rather regular, variability of characters is discovered, the possible taxonomic and phylogenic importance of these structures is discussed.