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Issue: Vol. 1367 No. 1: 30 Nov. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-11-30
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1367.1.1
Page range: 1–35
Abstract views: 45
PDF downloaded: 7

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

Plant Division, Oregon Department of Agriculture, Salem, OR 97301-2532 and Department of Organismic Biology, Ecology and Evolution, Box 951606, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1606
Plant Division, Oregon Department of Agriculture, Salem, OR 97301-2532 and Department of Organismic Biology, Ecology and Evolution, Box 951606, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1606
Coleoptera Buprestidae Agrilinae Mexico Central America distribution new species

Abstract

This paper treats 225 species of Buprestidae in the genera Agrilus, Brachys, Callimicra, Cyphothorax, Dismorpha, Hylaeogena, Leiopleura, Lius, Omochyseus, Pachyschelus, Paragrilus, Taphrocerus and Trypantius. New country records are recorded for Mexico and all Central American countries. Agrilus vandenberghei Westcott and Hespenheide, new species, from Central America and Mexico, and the male of Agrilus eyai Westcott and Noguera are described and figured. Rational is provided for changing Agrilus aurilatera Waterhouse to A. aurilaterus; A. catherinae Chevrolat is shown to be a justified emendation of A. catharinae; A. complexus (Waterhouse) is a new combination; and A. consobrinus Dugès is synonymized with A. correctus Thompson.

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