Agrilus wittemani, Jendek, 1994

Jendek, Eduard & Nakládal, Oto, 2017, Revision of the Agrilus wittemani species - group (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilini) with description of three new species from India and Myanmar, Zootaxa 4365 (4), pp. 480-486 : 481

Agrilus wittemani species–group

The group includes small to medium sized species (4.1–6.1 mm) known from South ( India) and Southeast Asia ( Myanmar, Thailand, Sumatra) and having body robust, strongly convex and cuneiform; pronotum is obviously transverse with rounded sides and striking anterior lobe often projecting beyond anterior pronotal angles, disk is distinctly convex and submarginal lateral carina is often obliterated; prehumerus varies from carinal, long and bisinuate to fully obliterated; elytral pubescence consists of 1–3 pairs of spots and transverse band in apical third; elytral apices are separately arcuate or subtruncate; tarsi are short; mesotarsus and metatarsus are subequal in length; metatarsus is distinctly shorter than metatibia; ventral side has tomentose patches in episternal and pleural region and sternal groove on apex of last ventrite is obviously arcuately sinuate.

Sexual dimorphism is not apparent; male without sexual modifications of antennae or ventral side.

Species of Agrilus wittemani species–group are homomorphic with species near Agrilus ctesias Kerremans, 1913 in having similar habitus; shape of pronotum and by absence of sexual dimorphism.