Agrilus pubornatus, Jendek, 2001

Jendek, Eduard, 2001, Revision of the Agrilus plasoni species group (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), Zootaxa 13, pp. 1-11 : 8

Agrilus pubornatus sp. nov. ( Fig. 14 )

Type material. Holotype ♀, EJCB: “N Viet Nam (Tonkin) pr. Houang Lien Son, SA PA [22°21'N, 103°52'E] 11 ­ 15. V. 1990, Vít Kubán leg.”.

Description. 7.9 mm long (holotype). Head and pronotum carmine, elytra bluishgreen, ventral side black. Pronotum strongly convex, sides almost subparallel; medial impressions deep, lateral impressions very narrow; pronotal disk with lateral, prebasal parts raised, similarly as those at A. plasoni plasoni Obenberger ; prehumerus long and strongly arcuate, but not reaching pronotal margins. Elytral disk densely, ornamentally, white pubescent; apices sharply projecting as those at A. plasoni plasoni Obenberger. Mentonniere robust, deeply arcuately emarginate; prosternum feeble convex (LV); prosternal process flat, rather wide, subparallel between coxae, moderately narrowing to tip. Male unknown.

This species is at first glance most similar to A. plasoni plasoni Obenberger , but differs from it by subparallel pronotal sides; strongly convex pronotal disk; longer and arcuate prehumerus and more intricate elytral pubescence.

Etymology. Named for the ornamental pubescence of the elytra.

Figures

FIGURES 7­16. Habitus of: 7) Agrilus chujoi Kurosawa; 8) A. huashanus sp. nov. (holotype); 9) A. hasegawai Kurosawa (holotype); 10) A. diaolin sp. nov. (holotype); 11) A. somnon sp. nov. (holotype); 12) A. plasoni plasoni Obenberger; 13) A. plasoni dichrosomus Obenberger; 14) A. pubornatus sp. nov. (holotype); 15) A. baoloc sp. nov. (holotype); 16) A. darjiling sp. nov. (holotype).