Agrilus albizivorus, Jendek & Nakládal, 2019
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publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4629.1.6 |
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publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:060A63FD-49EF-4492-BF63-313D7690F026 |
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DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5924023 |
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persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039E0D6A-E110-0D51-DF89-4AF7FF72FDE7 |
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Plazi |
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scientific name |
Agrilus albizivorus |
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sp. nov. |
Agrilus albizivorus sp.nov.
( Figs. 1B View FIGURES 1 , 3B View FIGURES 3 , 5B View FIGURES 5 )
Description of holotype. Size: 7 mm. Body dorsally bicolored; head and elytra turquoise, pronotum carmine; frons golden-green; pronotum strongly transverse, widest at anterior margin; anterior pronotal lobe absent; elytra without pubescent stripes, glabrous; elytral apices widely separately rounded with margin distinctly denticulate; prosternal lobe large and arcuate, with very feeble arcuate emargination at middle; metasternal projection impressed.
Variability. Body length: 5.9–8.1 mm. The color of head and elytra varies from turquoise to dark olive-green and that of the pronotum from carmine to dark violet, which makes the bicolored aspect of dorsal side less obvious.
Diagnosis. The species is distinctive by larger size; by color of dorsal side and by the aedeagus ( Figs. 3B View FIGURES 3 , 5B View FIGURES 5 ) which has medial lobe (penis) acute apically with tiny hooks just before the tip.
Type material. Type locality: Central Nepal, Kathmandu Valley, Godavari, altitude 1500–1600 m .
Type specimens. Holotype ♂ ( EJCB): “C-Nepal, Kathmandu Valley , Godavari, 1500-1600 m, 3.vi.1986, leg. C. Holzschuh ” . Paratypes. INDIA. Arunachal Pradesh. “ India, W-Arunachal Pr., Dirang vicinity, 1500-1800m, 27°21’-23’ N 92°13’-16’ E, L. Dembický leg.; 1.-10.vi.2004 ” 1 ♂ PT ( EJCB) . NEPAL. Madhyamanchal. “Nepal, 14.5.1988, Langtang Nat. P., Syabru, 2200m, S. Bílý leg. \ reared from Albizia mollis ” 5 ♀ PT ( EJCB) . “ Nepal, centr., Bagmati Zone, Rasurwa Distr. , Langtang Nat. P., Dhunche env., 1960-2200m, 22- 24.5.1999, leg. J. Dalihod ” 1 ♀ PT ( EJCB) . Purwanchal. “E-Nepal, Dhankuta, Arun-Valley, Lamobagar Gola, 27.5.- 3.6.1980, 1000-1400 m, leg. C. Holzschuh ” 1 ♀ PT ( EJCB) . Sudur Pashchimanchal. “Nep: Mahakali /Darchu, Jamir to Godhani, Nau Gad Khola, N29°46’59”, E80°39’18” to N29°49’53”, E80°40’45”, 1380-1920m, 16. vi. 2017, leg. A. Weigel, river valley, KL #17-06a” 1 ♀ PT ( MNCA) .
Distribution. INDIA: Arunachal Pradesh; NEPAL: Madhyamanchal, Purwanchal, Sudur Pashchimanchal.
Host plant. Larval: Albizia mollis (Wall.) Boivin [= Albizia julibrissin var. mollis (Wall.) Benth. ].
Etymology. The specific name is derived from the host plant of the species Albizia and suffix - vorus (devour).
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