Revision of the Agrilus occipitalis species-group (Coleoptera, Buprestidae, Agrilini)
Author
Jendek, Eduard
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ZooKeys
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.256.4272
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.256.4272
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Agrilus horniellus Obenberger, 1935
Fig. 16 (habitus); Fig. 35 (aedeagus)
Agrilus horniellus
Obenberger, 1935 (
Agrilus
; replacement name for horni
Thery
not Kerremans)
Obenberger 1935a
: 121 (replacement name proposal) -
Obenberger 1936b
: 92 (erronoeusly cited as new replacement name) -
Obenberger 1936a
: 1085 (world catalog) -
Bellamy 2008
: 2127 (world catalog) -
Jendek 2012
: 9 (synonymy). = horni
Thery
, 1904 (
Agrilus
; [preoccupied])
Thery
1904
: 161-162 (description) -
Obenberger 1935a
: 121 (synonym of horniellus) -
Obenberger 1936b
: 92 (synonym of horniellus) -
Obenberger 1936a
: 1085 (synonym of horniellus) -
Bellamy 2008
: 2127 (synonym of horniellus; world catalog) -
Jendek 2012
: 9 (synonym of horniellus; lectotype designation).
Type material.
Agrilus horniellus
Obenberger, 1935. Type locality. See:
Agrilus horni
Thery
, 1904. See:
Agrilus horni
Thery
, 1904.
Agrilus horni
Thery
, 1904. Type locality. Nalanda. Lectotype designated by
Jendek (2012)
.
Diagnosis.
Size: 6.5-7.3 mm.
Agrilus horniellus
differs from the very similar
Agrilus occipitalis
by having the apex of pygidium arcuate and the apex of elytra concolor with the elytral disk. See also Appendix.
Additional material.
SRILANKA:1 ♂ (EJCB): "Sri Lanka: Anu Distr., 6 miles south of Tantirimalai, 2000ft, 31 Oct 1976"; 1 ♀ (EJCB): "Ceylon, E. Prov., Pottuvil, 1-12/vii.-1983 Ole Mehl. leg."; 1 ♀ (EJCB): "Ceylon, N. C. Prov., Anuradhapura, 22-26/vi.-1985, Ole Mehl. leg.".
Adult occurrence:
6
-7-
10. Altitude range: 610 m.
Host plant.
Unknown.
Distribution.
SRILANKA.
Remarks.
Agrilus horniellus
may be conspecific with
Agrilus occipitalis
, but its original taxonomic concept was tentatively retained due to limited specimens available for examination.