''Calodema annae'' is a species of

beetle Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...

in the family

Buprestidae Buprestidae is a family (biology), family of beetles known as jewel beetles or metallic wood-boring beetles because of their glossy Iridescence, iridescent colors. Larvae of this family are known as flatheaded borers. The family is among the lar ...

. It was described by Grasso in 2020

Systematics

* Buprestidae Leach, 1815 * Buprestinae Leach, 1815 * Stigmoderini Lacordaire, 1857 * ''Calodema'' Gory & Laporte de Castelnau, 1838

Synonyms

''Calodema antonkozlovi'' Pineda & Curletti, 2020: 75-79Vitali, F. (2020) Multiple discovery and Calodema (Coleoptera, Buprestidae). ''Baltic Journal of Coleopterology'' 20(2): 185-187.

Distribution

''Calodema annae'' is known from Indonesia,

Arfak Mountains The Arfak Mountains () is a mountain range found on the Bird's Head Peninsula in the Province of West Papua, Indonesia. The term "arfak" came from ''arfk'' the language of the coastal Biak people, meaning "people who sleep over fire", to refer ...

and

Weyland Mountains The Weyland Mountains, also known as the Kobowre Mountains, are a mountain chain in Western New Guinea. The Weyland Mountains are the westernmost mountains in New Guinea's Central Range, which extends eastwards to the island's southeastern tip.D ...

.Grasso M. 2020. ''Irian Jaya Mountains with description of a new species of Calodema (Gory & Laporte 1838)''. Holotipus, Torino, 48 pp. ISBN 979-12-80005-00-7.

Etymology

The species is named in honour of the Australian entomologist Jennifer Anne Gardner.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q107418006 Buprestidae Beetles described in 2020 Insects of New Guinea