Agrilus pseudolubopetri Jendek & Chamorro

Jendek, Eduard & Chamorro, Maria Lourdes, 2012, Six new species of Agrilus Curtis, 1825 (Coleoptera, Buprestidae, Agrilinae) from the Oriental Region related to the emerald ash borer, A. planipennis Fairmaire, 1888 and synonymy of Sarawakita Obenberger, 1924, ZooKeys 239, pp. 71-94 : 75-78

Agrilus pseudolubopetri Jendek & Chamorro sp. n. Figs 2439

Diagnosis.

The male resembles Agrilus lubopetri Jendek, 2000 in color, shape and size; however, the following characters distinguish the males of the two species: Agrilus pseudolubopetri sp. n. does not have expanded elytral apices and lacks white pubescence; the interspace between marginal and submarginal pronotal carinae is broader anteriorly in Agrilus pseudolubopetri ; and the aedeagus is broader subapically. Female can be distinguished from females of Agrilus lubopetri by larger, more robust size, purple color (sometimes green to copper), and by unexpanded elytral apices. The orange pubescence on the pronotal sides of Agrilus pseudolubopetri is markedly less extensive than that in Agrilus lubopetri .

Description.

BODY: Size: 14-18 mm (Holotype 17 mm); Shape: cuneiform; Build: slender.

HEAD: Shape: obviously flat; Medial impression: deep; Extent: frons; Epistoma: with raised upper margin; Frons: Shape: flat; Outline: not protruding from head outline; Vertex:Outline: not protruding from head outline; Sculpture:punctures; Density: sparse; Intensity: superficial; Eyes: Size: large; Shape: not protruding from head outline; lower margin below antennal socket; Antennae: Length: long (males), medium (females), Shape: slender.

PRONOTUM: Shape: transverse; Sides: markedly arcuate; Maximal width: at middle; Anterior margin: wider than posterior; Anterior lobe: vague; Shape: arcuate; Position: at level with anterior pronotal angles; Posterior angles: Apex: sharp, Shape: acute; Disk: Convexity: flat; Disk impressions: Presence: medial and lateral, medial impression (shape): entire; lateral impressions: shallow and wide; Prehumerus: absent; Marginal and submarginal carinae: Interspace: narrow; Convergence: strongly convergent; Junction: present; Scutellum: Size: rudimentary, Disk: not impressed, Scutellar carina: obsolete or present.

ELYTRA: Color: unicolored; Humeral carina absent; Apices: Arrangement: separate; Shape: subangulate, Modifications: margin denticulate; Elytral pubescence: distal only; Distal: apical. STERNUM: Sexual modification in male: with longer white pubescence; Prosternal lobe:Size: moderate; Anterior margin: arcuately emarginate; Emargination: Depth: moderately deep; Width: wide; Prosternal process: Size: moderate; Shape: narrowed; Angles: absent; Disk: flat; Metasternalprojection: flat.

ABDOMEN: Sternal groove:Shape on apex of last ventrite: arcuate, Depth: shallow; Width: narrow; Pygidium (apical margin): arcuate; Last ventrite (apical margin): subtruncate.

LEGS: Metatarsus: distinctly longer than mesotarsus; Metatarsomere 1: longer than 2-4 combined.

GENITALIA: Aedeagus: Symmetry: symmetrical; Ovipositor: elongate.

Type locality.

Northeastern Laos, Hua Phan Province, ~ 20°12'N, 104°01'E, Phu Phan Mt.

Type specimens.

Holotype, ♂, (EJCB): "LAOS-NE, Hua Phan prov. ~ 20°12'N, 104°01'E, PHU PHAN Mt., 1500-1900m, 17 v.-3.vi.2007, Vit. Kuba ́ň leg.". Paratypes: 2 ♂, 1 ♀, (EJCB): "LAOS-NE, Houa Phan prov., 20°12'N, 104°01'E, 20°13.5'N, 103°59'.5E, Ban Saluei → Phou Pane Mt., 1340-1870m, 15.iv.-15.v.2008, Lao collectors leg."; 50 ♂, 45 ♀ (USNM); 25 ♂, 38 ♀ (ECJB): "LAOS-NE, Hua Phan Province, Ban Saleui, Phou Pan (Mt), 20°12'N, 104°01'E, 7. iv– 25.v.2010, 1300-1900m, leg. C. Holzschuh". 42 ♂, 53 ♀ (USNM): "LAOS-NE, Hua Phan Province, Ban Saleui, Phou Pan (Mt), 20°12'N, 104°01'E, 1-31.v.2011, 1300-1900m, leg. C. Holzschuh".

Distribution.

Laos: Hua Phan Province.

Etymology.

The specific epithet is a combination of the Greek adjective pseudos (false, lie) and -lubopetri. Name indicates relation to Agrilus lubopetri .