The description of a new species of Agrilus Curtis, with distributional records, and taxonomic and biological notes for Agrilinae and Trachyinae (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) of Mexico and Central America
Author
Westcott, Richard L.
Author
Hespenheide, Henry A.
text
Zootaxa
2006
1367
1
35
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.273645
30403030-eecf-40ff-9fa2-22c3c16828b7
1175-5326
273645
Agrilus sulcatulus
Chevrolat
AGS,
4 mi
SW Aguascalientes, 6100’,
24-X-50
, AMNH; COAH, Agua N. [probably Agua Nueva,
25°11’N
,
101°05’W
,
1960 m
],
1-X-83
, UANL; HGO, vic. Cuatro Palos,
6.5 km
NE Singuilucan,
2600 m
, 20°00’26”, 98°28’37”, pine-oak-alder forest,
18-VII-99
, RLWE. No host information has been recorded for this species. Specimens were collected on the leaves of and by beating
Buddleia cordata
,
México
, km 41, hwy. Texcoco- Calpulapan, 19°30’43”, 98°52’40”,
2685m
,
4-IX-2006
, RLWE. One of us (RLW) has collected this species on the leaves of the same plant at several other Mexican locations, thus undoubtedly it is a larval host.