Agrilus aurigaster Jendek, 2011

Jendek, Eduard & Nakládal, Oto, 2019, Revision of the Agrilus vittatus species-group (Coleoptera, Buprestidae, Agrilinae), Zootaxa 4629 (1), pp. 77-95 : 80

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4629.1.6
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scientific name	Agrilus aurigaster Jendek
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Agrilus aurigaster Jendek

( Figs. 1C, 1D View FIGURES 1 , 3C View FIGURES 3 )

aurigaster Jendek, 2011

Jendek, 2011: 44, 267

Jendek 2016a: 527 (Palaearctic catalog)

Jendek 2016b: 10 (faunal records; Laos: Houaphan).

Type material. Agrilus aurigaster Jendek, 2011 . Described from 3 specimens (Holotype & paratypes). Type locality: “ China, Yunnan province, Gaoligong mts., 25°22’N, 98°49’E, altitude 1500-2500 m ”. Type specimens: Holotype ♂ ( EJCB): “ Yunnan, 1500-2500 m, 25°22’N, 98°49’E, 17-24 / 5 Gaoligong mts , Vít Kubáň leg., 1995”. Paratypes: 1 ♀ PT ( CNC) GoogleMaps 1 ♀ PT ( EJCB) .

Examined specimens. CHINA. Yunnan. Gaoligong mts.; 25°22‘N, 098°49‘E; 5-1995; alt. 1500-2500 m; Holotype ♂, 1 ♀ PT ( EJCB) ( Jendek & Grebennikov 2011). LAOS. Houaphan. Ban Saleuy, Phou Pan-Gnai; 20°12’N, 104°01’E; 4, 5-2010; alt. 1300-1900 m; 2 ( USNM) ( Jendek 2016b), 2 ♂, 2 ♀ ( EJCB) \\ Ban Saleuy, Phou Pan-Gnai; 20°12’30”N, 104°00’E; 6-2011; alt. 1340-1870 m; 1 ♀ ( EJCB) \\ Phou Pan-Gnai; 20°13’N, 104°00’E; 6-2009; alt. 1480-1550 m; 1 ♂ ( EJCB). MYANMAR. Shan. Taunggyi; 20°37‘46”N, 096°33’59”E; 6-1997; 1 ♀ PT ( EJCB) ( Jendek & Grebennikov 2011).

Distribution. CHINA: Yunnan; LAOS: Houaphan; MYANMAR: Shan.

Host plant. Unknown.

Remarks. The species is very distinctive in having a golden-orange metathorax and abdomen ( Fig. 1D View FIGURES 1 ).