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

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scientific name	Agrilus richardae Descarpentries & Villiers
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( Figs. 4EView FIGURE 4, 5LView FIGURE5)

richardae Descarpentries & Villiers, 1963

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 n. sp. Holotype ♂ nob. A. Descarpentries et [h] A. Villiers det. 19 [p] 62 [h]”.

Distribution. Vietnam (Hoa Binh).

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