A new species-group of the genus Anthaxia (Haplanthaxia) from south-eastern Asia, with descriptions of two new species (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Anthaxiini)

Abstract Two new species of the genus Anthaxia Eschscholtz, 1829 are described: A . ( Haplanthaxia ) phobos sp. nov. (Thailand) and A . ( H .) deimos sp. nov. (China, Laos, Thailand). Anthaxia ( H. ) phobos species-group is defined and a review of all the currently defined species-groups in the subgenus Haplanthaxia Reitter, 1911 is provided. New species are illustrated and the newly defined species-group is differentiated from previously defined groups.