Agrilus pubescens Fisher, 1928

Barr, William F., 2008, Two new species of Agrilus Curtis 1825 from Arizona and Texas, with a new synonymy in Agrilus (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae), Zootaxa 1681, pp. 31-36 : 35-36

Agrilus pubescens Fisher, 1928

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Agrilus pubescens Fisher 1928:315 .

Agrilus parapubescens Knull 1934:68 ; 1944:79, plate II, fig. 11. Syn. nov.

Fisher's original description of this species was based on four specimens reared from Acacia greggii with a "Tanke Verde" Arizona locality label. One of these was designated as " Type ", Cat. No. 41015, U.S. N.M., one as the allotype and the other two as paratypes and all reared from catclaw, Acacia greggii Gray. He also designated in his original description, 11 other paratype specimens from several localities in western Texas. Unfortunately, he did not illustrate the male genitalia of A. pubescens . Thus, it appears that Knull, before describing A. parapubescens , had not examined the holotype of Fisher's A. pubescens , but based his concept of A. parapubescens from some of Fisher's Texas paratype material. This is borne out from several Texas collected specimens I have examined, that bear Knull's personal collection and/or identification labels. Thus, when Knull obtained a different appearing specimen from Wilcox, Arizona, he erroneously concluded that it represented a new species of Agrilus , which, in 1934, he described and named A. parapubescens . Then later, in 1944, he illustrated its male genitalia, which appear to closely match those of A. pubescens . This name is now recognized as a new synonym of that species.

New Arizona collection records for A. pubescens include the following: Gila Co., Sixshooter Canyon, near Globe, 18-VI-59, R. L. Westcott; Clear Cr. Cmpgnd., near Camp Verde, Yavapai Co., 3200'. ARIZ VI- 20-85 //beating Acacia greggii //W. F. Barr & R. L. Westcott Collectors; 3 mi. NE Oracle, ARIZ Pinal Co.// Acacia greggii , 4100', 24-VI-85, W. F. Barr and R. L. Westcott Collectors; Florida Wash below Madera Canyon, Santa Rita Mts. Vi-25-85 // Acacia greggii //W.F. Barr & R. L. Westcott Collectors; AZ Pima Co. Sabino Canyon, 27-VI-85, R. L. Westcott Collector; Pima Co. Florida Wash below Madera Can. 25-VI-1985 // Prosopis //W. F. Barr Collector; no. Tucson V-28-1987 // Acacia greggii //W.F. Barr Collector; Tanque Verde & Houghton Rds Jct. Tucson, ARIZ V-11-1993 //W.F. Barr Collector. beating Acacia greggii ; Baboquivari Cyn. Baboquivari Mts. ARIZ Viii-16-89 // on Acacia greggii // W. F. Barr Collector; Jerome, Yavapai Co., 22-VI-71, on Acacia greggii and Prosopis, G. Bohart and P. Torchio Collectors ; 1 mi. SE Yarnell, 28-VI-66, R. L. Westcott Collector; AZ: Cochise County, San Simon Road, 5 mi NNW Portal, 4600' 31Ε59'N 109Ε10W// 29-V- 1981 H.A.Hespenheide// Acacia greggii .

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 5. Agrilus spp. Figs. 1 – 3, dorsal habitus (scale bar = 1.0 mm). Figs. 4 – 5, dorsal aspect of aedeagus. Figs. 1, 4, Agrilus montosae, n. sp. Figs. 2, 5, A. bespencus, n. sp. Figs. 3, A. pubescens Fisher, 1928.