Agrilus (s. str.) betulanigrae MacRae (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilini), a new species from North America, with comments on subgeneric placement and a key to the otiosus species-group in North America.
Author
Macrae, Ted C.
text
Zootaxa
2003
380
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http://mapress.com/zootaxa/2003f/zt00380.pdf
journal article
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10.5281/zenodo.400342
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Key to males of the
Agrilus otiosus
speciesgroup in North
America
1 Antennomeres with long white setae beneath; Hosts:
Fagus
,
Quercus
...................
...................................................................................................
A. crinicornis
Horn
Antennomeres without long white setae beneath .................................................. 2
2 Fifth abdominal ventrite fimbriate at apex; Host:
Quercus
.....
A. defectus
LeConte
Fifth abdominal ventrite not fimbriate ................................................................... 3
3 Prosternum conspicuously pubescent .................................................................... 4
Prosternum not conspicuously pubescent .............................................................. 8
4 Genitalia with parameres parallel, not expanded medially .................................... 5
Genitalia with parameres distinctly expanded medially ........................................ 6
5 Pronotum with prehumeral carinae distinct; apical prosternal margin distinctly emarginate; genitalia with parameres very narrow apically; Host:
Juglans
............. ........................................................................................................
A. cliftoni
Knull
Pronotum with prehumeral carinae obsolete; apical prosternal margin truncate or onlyslightlyemarginate;genitaliawithparameresslightlywidenedatapex;Host:
Quercus
A. geminatus
(Say)
6 Front of head densely clothed with white hairs behind epistoma, nearly concealing suface; genitalia with parameres not transparent apically; pronotum bicolored dorsally; Hosts:
Carya
,
Juglans
,
Sassafras
............................................
A. otiosus
Say
Front of head sparsely clothed with white hairs behind epistoma; genitalia with parameres transparent apically; pronotum not bicolored dorsally ......................... 7
7 Genitalia with apex of median lobe obtuse; parameres angularly expanded near middle and densely punctured on ventral surface; Host:
Carpinus
.........................
....................................................................................................
A. ohioensis
Knull
Genitalia with apex of median lobe acute; parameres slightly expanded before api
ces, not densely punctured on ventral surface; Host: adults collected on
Corylus
..
...................................................................................................
A. atricornis
Fisher
8 Second abdominal ventrite transversely concave, causing the abdomen to be bent downward in lateral view; Host:
Juglans
............................
A. transimpressus
Fall
Second abdominal ventrite not transversely concave, at most slightly concave near middle or with a deep longitudinal median channel .............................................. 9
9 Genitalia with fleshy lobes at apex of parameres that protrude beyond apex of median lobe; first two abdominal ventrites channeled medially; Host:
Ostrya
.......
.......................................................................................................
A. osburni
Knull
Genitalia without protruding fleshy lobes at apex of parameres; first two abdominal ventrites convex, feebly flattened, or slightly concave medially ................... 10
10 Apical prosternal margin broadly emarginate ...................................................... 11
Apical prosternal margin broadly rounded or feebly emarginate ........................ 12
11 Genitalia with parameres elongate, subparallel, tips not transluscent; fifth antennomere about as long as wide; Host:
Diospyros
.......................
A. diospyroides
Knull
Genitalia with parameres arcuately expanded near middle, tips transluscent; fifth antennomere nearly twice as long as wide; Host: unknown
.........
A. hazardi
Knull
12 First two abdominal ventrites convex medially; genitalia with parameres subangularly expanded near middle, parallel toward apex; Host:
Juglans
...........................
.....................................................................................................
A. juglandis
Knull
First two abdominal ventrites feebly, longitudinally flattened medially; genitalia with parameres expanded in apical half, parallel toward apex or not ................. 13
13 Genitalia in lateral view bent sharply downward in basal half; parameres subquadrately expanded in apical half, angled obliquely downward laterad, narrowed suddenly before apex; Host:
Betula
.............................
A. betulanigrae
MacRae
n. sp.
Genitalia in lateral view not bent sharply downward in basal half; parameres arcuately expanded in apical half, converging evenly toward apex; Host:
Quercus
......
...........................................................................................................
A. frosti
Knull