Revision of the Agrilus plasoni species group (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
Author
Jendek, Eduard
text
Zootaxa
2001
2001-11-22
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journal article
http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4616401
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Agrilus darjiling
sp. nov.
(
Fig.
16
)
Type material
.
Holotype
♀
,
EJCB
: “
India
,
West Bengal
,
Darjiling
[
27
°02'N
,
88
°
16
'E
],
1998
, local collector”
.
Paratype
:
1
♀
,
EJCB
, labeled as holotype
.
Description
.
9.610.2 mm
long (
holotype
10.2 mm
). Body robust, vaulted; head and pronotum goldenorange; elytra goldengreen with distinct, adsutural, turquoise strip (PDV). Pronotum strongly convex with very obsolete medial and lateral impressions; sides very weakly arcuate, almost subparallel; prehumerus obsolete, very short, only indicated in pronotal structure. Elytral disk with white ornamental pubescence, apices as those at
A
.
plasoni plasoni
OBENBERGER
; mentonniere very robust, outstanding and distinctly arcuately emarginate; prosternal process robust, subparallel between coxae, apex decreased, broad, without prominent lateral corners; last ventrite narrowly arcuate. Male unknown.
Somewhat similar to
A. plasoni plasoni
Obenberger
, from which it differs mainly by the larger and robust body; strongly convex pronotum with subparallel sides and by the adsutural, turquoise strip on elytra (PDV).
Etymology
. Named for the
type
locality.