Revision of the Agrilus vittatus species-group (Coleoptera, Buprestidae, Agrilinae)
Author
Jendek, Eduard
Author
Nakládal, Oto
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-07-04
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Agrilus viridifrons
Kerremans
(
Figs. 2F
,
4B
,
5I
)
viridifrons
Kerremans, 1893
Kerremans, 1893: 346–347
Kerremans 1903: 277
(catalog)
Obenberger 1936a: 1108
(world catalog)
Beeson 1941: 114
(biology)
Jendek 2007: 93
(synonymy)
Bellamy 2008: 2352 (world catalog)
Jendek & Poláková 2014: 378
(critical host plant review)
Jendek & Nakládal 2019: 458
(faunal records;
India
:
Tamil Nadu
)
=
verecundus
Kerremans, 1893
Kerremans 1893: 347–348
Kerremans 1903: 278
(catalog)
Obenberger 1936a: 1107
(world catalog)
Jendek 2007: 93
(synonym of
viridifrons
)
Bellamy 2008: 2352 (synonym of
viridifrons
; world catalog).
Type material.
Agrilus viridifrons
Kerremans, 1893
. Described from
1 specimen
(
holotype
by monotypy).
Type locality:
“Belgaum”.
Type specimens:
Holotype
♂
(
BMNH
): “Type [p] [round label with red border] \ Belgaum Andrewes [h] \
viridifrons Kerr.
Type [h] \
A. viridifrons Kerrem.
Inde
[h] \
Kerremans
1903
-59 [p]”.
Agrilus verecundus
Kerremans, 1893
. Described from
1 specimen
(
holotype
by monotypy).
Type locality:
“Kanara”.
Type specimens:
Holotype
♀
(BMNH): “Type [p] [round label with red border] \ Kanara Andrewes [h] \
verecundus Kerr.
Type [h] \
A. verecundus Kerrem.
Inde
[h] \
Kerremans
1903
-59 [p]”.
Examined specimens.
INDIA
.
Karnataka
.
Ammathi
;
12°14’30”N
,
075°52’E
; 2-1952; alt.
945 m
; 10 (
EJCB
)
.
Kerala.
Thekkady Periyar Lake;
09°34’N
,
077°10’E
; 4-1997; alt.
900-1000 m
;
1 ♂
(
EJCB
).
Tamil Nadu.
Aureoville
,
10 km
N Pondicherry
;
12°00’02”N
,
079°48’32”E
; 2-2007;
1 ♀
(
MNCA
) (
Jendek & Nakládal 2019
)
\\
Nilgiri Hills
,
11 km
SE Kotagiri
,
Kunchappanai
;
11°24’N
,
076°56’E
; 5-2002; alt.
1000-1200 m
;
2 ♂
,
2 ♀
(
EJCB
)
\\
Nilgiri Hills
,
15 km
SE Kotagiri
,
Kunchappanai
;
11°24’N
,
076°56’E
; 11-1993; alt.
900 m
; 25 (
EJCB
)
\\
Nilgiri
hills,
15km
SE of Kotagiri
,
Kunjappanai
env.;
11°22’N
,
076°56’E
; 6-1999; alt.
900 m
;
1 ♂
,
1 ♀
(
EJCB
)
\\
Nilgiris
,
15 km
SE Kotagiri
,
Kunchappanai
;
11°22’N
,
076°56’E
; 5-2000; alt.
900 m
; 280 (
EJCB
)
.
SRI LANKA
.
Dambulla
;
07°51’N
,
080°39’E
; 4, 5-1991; alt.
300 m
;
1 ♂
(
EJCB
)
\\
Kandy
;
07°17’42”N
,
080°37’47”E
; 7-1985;
1 ♀
(
EJCB
)
.
Distribution.
INDIA
:
Karnataka
,
Kerala
,
Tamil Nadu
;
SRI LANKA
.
Host plant.
Larval:
Grewia tiliifolia
Vahl
,
Malvaceae
(cited by
Beeson 1941
).
Remarks.
Agrilus viridifrons
occurs in South
India
and
Sri Lanka
. The reliable identification is based only on characters of aedeagus with membranous sensory zones subangulate apically (
Fig.
5I
).