Agrilus mirei Descarpentries & Villiers

Jendek, Eduard & Grebennikov, Vasily V., 2009, Revision of the Agrilus muscarius species-group (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) with description of thirteen new species from Palaearctic and Oriental regions, Zootaxa 2168, pp. 1-33 : 30-32

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6219864
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scientific name	Agrilus mirei Descarpentries & Villiers
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Agrilus mirei Descarpentries & Villiers View in CoL

Figs. 33 View FIGURES 31 – 33 , 57 View FIGURES 50 – 57 , 76 View FIGURES 58 – 76

mirei Descarpentries & Villiers, 1963: 108 View in CoL , 117.

Diagnosis. This species ( Fig. 33 View FIGURES 31 – 33 ) is distinctive by the flatter pronotum, which is widest in the middle and with sides markedly arcuate. Elytra uniformly black; prosternal lobe deeply incised ( Fig. 57 View FIGURES 50 – 57 ); prosternal process expanded, sides rectilinear ( Fig. 57 View FIGURES 50 – 57 ); basal abdominal ventrite with tubercles in male and apex of last abdominal ventrite subtruncate or faintly emarginate. Aedeagus ( Fig. 76 View FIGURES 58 – 76 ).

Length. 4.5–5.0 mm.

Type series. Agrilus mirei Descarpentries & Villiers, 1963 . Holotype: 3, MNHN: “ TONKIN [p] VII [h] Hoa-Binh leg. A de Cooman [p][orange label] \ Agrilus mirei n. sp. Holotype 3 nob[is]. A. Descarpentries et [h] A. Villiers det. 19 [p] 62 [h] \ Muséum Paris Coll. générale [p] [yellow label]”. The exact number of paratypes was not specified. Type locality. Tonkin: Hoa Binh.

Specimens examined. VIETNAM: Hoa Binh: 1 ex ( EJCB): “ Tonkin, Région de Hoa Binh”; Ninh Binh: 1 Ƥ ( EJCB): “ Vietnam N, Tonkin, Cuc-Phuong nat.park, 2–12.V.1991, E. Jendek leg.”; 2 3 ( EJCB): “N Vietnam, 20°15N, 105°42E, 75 km SW of Hanoi, 21–22.v.1996, Cuc Phuong, Dembický & Pacholátko leg.”.

Distribution. northern Vietnam: Hoa Binh, Ninh Binh.

Synoptic catalog of the Agrilus muscarius –species group

acastus Kerremans, 1913 View in CoL

= horni ( Kerremans, 1914) View in CoL = ohbayashii Tôyama, 1987 View in CoL apicaureus Jendek View in CoL , sp. nov.

aurarius ( Kerremans, 1892) View in CoL comb. nov. = bocae Descarpentries & Villiers, 1963 View in CoL syn. nov. aurosus Descarpentries & Villiers, 1963 View in CoL carinelytratus Jendek View in CoL , sp. nov. coraeboides Kerremans, 1900 View in CoL cuneatus Jendek View in CoL , sp. nov.