Aaaaba

Aaaaba
Aaaaba nodosus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Buprestidae
Tribe:	Coraebini
Subtribe:	Ethoniina
Genus:	Aaaaba Bellamy, 2013
Synonyms
Alcinous Deyrolle, 1864 (preoccupied by Alcinous Costa, 1812) Aaaba Bellamy, 2002 (preoccupied by Aaaba de Laubenfels, 1936)

Aaaaba is a genus of beetles from the Buprestidae family. It inhabits locations along the east coast of Australia. It was described in 1864 by Achille Deyrolle as "Alcinous", a junior homonym of a genus of pycnogonids. In 2002, Charles Bellamy gave it the replacement name "Aaaba", but this proved to be another junior homonym, of a genus of sponges. In 2013, it was given a further replacement name, becoming Aaaaba.

There are two species within this genus:

• Aaaaba nodosus (Deyrolle, 1865)
• Aaaaba fossicollis (Kerremans, 1903)

Further reading

• Bellamy, C. L. 1985. A catalogue of the higher taxa of the family Buprestidae (Coleoptera). Navorsinge van die Nasionale Museum Bloemfontein 4(15): 405–472 [423]
• Bellamy, C. L. 1986. The higher classification of Australian Buprestidae with the description of a new genus and species (Coleoptera). Australian Journal of Zoology 34: 583–600 [596]
• Bellamy, C. L. 1988. The classification and phylogeny of Australian Coroebini with a revision of the genera Paracephala, Meliboeithon and Dinocephalia. Invertebrate Taxonomy 2(3): 413–453 [417]
• Carter, H. J. 1923. Revision of the genera Ethon, Cisseis and their allies (Buprestidae). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 48(2): 159–176 [176]
• Carter, H. J. 1929. A check list of the Australian Buprestidae. With tables and keys to sub-families, tribes, and genera (by A. Théry). Australian Zoologist 5(4): 265–304 [276]
• Holynski, R. 1993. A reassessment of the internal classification of the Buprestidae Leach (Coleoptera). Crystal, series Zoologica 1: 1–42 [15]
• Kerremans, C. 1893. Essai de groupement des Buprestides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 37: 94–122 [122]
• Kerremans, C. 1898. Buprestides nouveaux de l'Australie et des régiones voisines. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 42: 113–182 [174]
• Kerremans, C. 1903. Coleoptera, Fam. Buprestidae. pp. 49–338 in Wytsman, P. (ed.). Genera Insectorum. Bruxelles : Verteneuil & Desmet Vol. 12b-d [221] (generic characters, checklist)
• Obenberger, J. 1935. Buprestidae 4. pp. 785–934 in W. Junk & S. Schenkling (eds). Coleopterorum Catalogus. 's-Gravenhage : W. Junk Vol. 143 [791]
• Saunders, E. 1871. Catalogus Buprestidarum Synonymicus et Systematicus. London : Janson pp. 171 [136]
• Théry, A. 1929. Classification. 266–275 in Carter, H. J. A checklist of the Australian Buprestidae. Australian Zoologist 5(4): 265–304 [272]
• Williams, G. A. 1983. Observations on the genus Alcinous Deyrolle (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Victorian Naturalist 100: 37–39 [37]
• Williams, G. A. 1993. Hidden Rainforests: subtropical rainforests and their invertebrate biodiversity. Kensington, NSW : New South Wales University Press Vol. 1 pp. 188 [37] (host)