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Agrilus richardae Descarpentries & Villiers 1963

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Agrilus richardae Descarpentries & Villiers

(Figs. 4E, 5L)

richardae Descarpentries & Villiers, 1963

Descarpentries & Villiers, 1963: 104, 108. Bellamy, 2008: 2266 (world catalog).

Type material. Described from holotype. Type locality. “ Tonkin: Hoa–Binh ”. Type specimens. Holotype ♂ (MNHN): “ Tonkin Hoa– Binh leg. A de cooman [sic!] [p] [orange label] \ Agrilus richardae n. sp. Holotype ♂ nob. A. Descarpentries et [h] A. Villiers det. 19 [p] 62 [h]”.

Distribution. Vietnam ( Hoa Binh).

Remarks. Agrilus richardae is known only from the holotype (Fig. 4E). It belongs to species with metatibiae armed with cluster of long setae (Tab. 1). The species is similar to much larger A. atratulus by general habitus and by shape of pronotum which is widest at posterior margin.

Notes

Published as part of Jendek, Eduard, 2017, Revision of the Agrilus humilis species-group (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilini) with description of thirteen new species from Southeastern Asia, pp. 249-271 in Zootaxa 4363 (2) on pages 266-267, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4363.2.5, http://zenodo.org/record/1098740

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Biodiversity

Collection code
MNHN
Family
Buprestidae
Genus
Agrilus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Descarpentries & Villiers
Species
richardae
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Taxonomic concept label
Agrilus richardae Descarpentries, 1963 sec. Jendek, 2017

References

  • Descarpentries, A. & Villiers, A. (1963) Catalogue raisonne des Buprestidae d'Indochine. II. Agrilini, genre Agrilus (2 e partie). Revue francaise d'Entomologie, 30 (2), 104 - 119.
  • Bellamy, C. L. (2008) A world catalogue and bibliography of the jewel beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestoidea). Vol. 4. Agrilinae: Agrilina through Trachyini. Pensoft, Sofia, 753 pp. [pp. 1932 - 2684]