Abstract
The Agrilus muscarius species-group (Coleoptera, Buprestidae, Agrilinae) is defined to include twenty-nine species, thirteen of which are described herein: A. apicaureus Jendek, sp. nov. (north Laos); A. carinelytratus Jendek, sp. nov. (mainland Malaysia); A. cuneatus Jendek, sp. nov. (Thailand); A. dilatipenis Jendek, sp. nov. (Thailand); A. haucki Jendek, sp. nov. (Malaysia: Pahang); A. hunanus Jendek, sp. nov. (China: Hunan); A. madanensis Jendek, sp. nov. (south Vietnam); A. pseudoharlequin Jendek, sp. nov. (Indonesia: Java); A. rolciki Jendek, sp. nov. (India: Assam); A. semicaducus Jendek, sp. nov. (north Laos); A. spiculipenis Jendek, sp. nov. (Thailand, Vietnam); A. tiomanensis Jendek, sp. nov. (Malaysia: Tioman island); A. ventrituber Jendek, sp. nov. (Myanmar, north Thailand). Agrilus aurarius (Kerremans, 1892) comb. nov. is transferred from the genus Meliboeus. Two new synonyms are proposed for A. aurarius (Kerremans, 1892) comb. nov. (= A. bocae Descarpentries & Villiers, 1963 syn. nov.) and A. muscarius Kerremans, 1895 (= A. seladon Obenberger, 1940 syn. nov.). A lectotype is designated for A. muscarius Kerremans, 1895. Members of the group are illustrated and an identification key is provided.
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