Agrilus richardae Descarpentries & Villiers,

Jendek, Eduard, 2017, Revision of the Agrilus humilis species-group (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilini) with description of thirteen new species from Southeastern Asia, Zootaxa 4363 (2), pp. 249-271: 266-267

Agrilus richardae Descarpentries & Villiers  Edit

( Figs. 4E, 5L)

richardae Descarpentries & Villiers, 1963  Edit

Descarpentries & Villiers, 1963: 104, 108. Bellamy, 2008: 2266 (world catalog).

Type material. Described from holotype. Type locality. “ Tonkin: Hoa –Binh ”. Type specimens. Holotype ♂ ( MNHN): “ Tonkin Hoa – Binh leg. A de cooman [sic!] [p] [orange label] \ Agrilus richardae  Edit n. sp. Holotype ♂ nob. A. Descarpentries et [h] A. Villiers det. 19 [p] 62 [h]”.  Edit

Distribution. Vietnam (Hoa Binh).

Remarks. Agrilus richardae  Edit is known only from the holotype ( Fig. 4E). It belongs to species with metatibiae armed with cluster of long setae ( Tab. 1). The species is similar to much larger A. atratulus  Edit by general habitus and by shape of pronotum which is widest at posterior margin.

Figures

FIGURE 4. Habitus of species of Agrilus humilis species–group. A: A. atratulus Obenberger, lectotype; B: A. humilis Kerremans, lectotype; C: A. microtatus Obenberger, lectotype; D: A. pilosotibialis Descarpentries, holotype; E: A. richardae Descarpentries & Villiers,holotype; F: A.traymanyi Baudon, holotype.

FIGURE5. Aedeagi of primary types of Agrilus humilis species–group.A: A. aruensis sp. nov.; B: A. bicoloripennis sp. nov.; C: A. chloros sp. nov.; D: A. dilatometatibialis Jendek; E: A. duffelsorum sp. nov.; F: A. ecalcaratus sp. nov.; G: A. humilis Kerremans; H: A.incrassatussp. nov.; I: A.korbicolasp. nov.; J: A. oidemasp. nov.; K: A.pilosotibialis Descarpentries; L: A. richardae Descarpentries & Villiers; M: A. sphenopterus sp. nov.; N: A.suturistriatus sp. nov.; O: A. thailandicus sp. nov.; P: A.traymanyi Baudon; Q:A. vogti sp. nov.