Agrilaxia (Agrilaxia) simillima ( Cobos, 1972 )

Bílý, Svatopluk, 2015, A study on the genus Agrilaxia Kerremans, 1903 from Venezuela (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Buprestinae: Anthaxiini), Zootaxa 4039 (1), pp. 173-182 : 175

Agrilaxia (Agrilaxia) simillima ( Cobos, 1972)

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Anthaxia (Agrilaxia) simillima Cobos, 1972: 109 .

Anthaxia (Agrilaxia) simillima: Bílý, 1997: 36 , 115 (catalogue). Agrilaxia simillima: Bellamy, 2008: 1507 (catalogue).

Type specimen studied. Holotype by monotypy (male, NHMB): “2176 [blue, h] // Costa Rica Schmidt S. [p, framed] // cum typo comp. Dr. Hoscheck [p, framed] // Museum Frey Tutzing [green, p] // schmidti Obb. sec. Hoscheck [h, Cobos] // Holotypus [p, red]// Anthaxia (Agrilaxia) simillima nov. sp. Holotypus [h] A. Cobos det. 1968 [p]”

Further specimens studied. COSTA RICA: Puntarenas, Manuel Antonio, 20.iii.1996, Dr. D. Dauber leg. (1 male, NMPC); VENEZUELA: Aragua, Rancho Grande, 700 m, 14.ix.1970, J. & B. Bechyně leg. (1 male—Fig. 4, MIZA); Barinas, Soledad, Carretera I, 1100 m, 22.viii.1974, B. Bechyně leg. (1 male, NMPC).

Note. This species was described for a single male from Costa Rica in the genus Anthaxia ( Cobos, 1972) ; the female is unknown.

Distribution. Costa Rica, Venezuela (new country record).

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 9. 1 — Agrilaxia (Agrilaxia) balloui Fisher, 1942, female (Colombia, Valledupar), 5.0 mm; 2 — A. (A.) costaricensis Obenberger, 1922, female (Venezuela, El Limon), 7.5 mm; 3 — A. (A.) glabra Bílý & Brûlé, 2013, female (Venezuela, Nubia), 5.4 mm; 4 — A. (A.) simillima (Cobos, 1972), male (Venezuela, Aragua), 6.0 mm; 5 — A. (A.) biformis sp. nov., holotype, 4.5 mm; 6 — A. (A.) biformis sp. nov., allotype, 4.9 mm; 7 — A. (A.) michaeli sp. nov., holotype, 4.4 mm; 8 — A. (A.) stephani sp. nov., holotype, 4.5 mm; 9 — A. (A.) venezuelana sp. nov., holotype, 7.3 mm.