Obenberger, 1922 : 178
Blackwelder, 1944 : 314
Cobos, 1972 : 111
Bílý, 1997 : 19
Bellamy, 2008 : 1501
A study on the genus Agrilaxia Kerremans, 1903 from Venezuela (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Buprestinae: Anthaxiini)
Bílý, Svatopluk
Zootaxa
2015
4039
1
173
182
65SC2
Obenberger, 1922
Obenberger
1922
[151,797,1530,1557]
Insecta
Buprestidae
Agrilaxia
Animalia
Coleoptera
1
174
Arthropoda
species
costaricensis
Agrilaxia
Agrilaxia costaricensis Obenberger, 1922: 178. Agrilaxia costaricensis: Blackwelder, 1944: 314(catalogue); Anthaxia( Agrilaxia) costaricensis: Cobos, 1972: 111; Bílý, 1997: 19, 61 (catalogue). Agrilaxia costaricensis: Bellamy, 2008: 1501(catalogue).
Typespecimen studied. Holotypeby monotypy (female, NMPC): “ Costa Rica[h, no precise data] // Typus[p, red] // Agrilaxia costaricensism. Type[h] Det. D r. Obenberger [p]”. Additional specimens studied. COSTA RICA: La Caja, 21.v.1933// C. R. 1207 // En Polygonumsp. // Colleccion C. H. Ballou ( 1 female, MIZA); Punta Province, 6 kmSE Santa Elena, 9.–12.vi.1986, F. T. Hovore coll. ( 1 male, HCLA); Punta Province, 6 kmSE Santa Elena, 7.–8.vi.1987, F. T. Hovore coll., on Crotonblossoms ( 1 male, 1 female, NMPC). ECUADOR: [no precise data], ( 1 female, NMPC). VENEZUELA: Aragua, El Limon, 450 m, 4.v.1976// Luz de Mercurio // F. Fernandez Y. coll. (1 female—Fig. 2, MIZA); Estacion Experimental San Nicolas, 56 kmde Guanare, 180 m, 13.iv.1972// J. & B. Bechyně leg. ( 1female, NMPC). PANAMA: PanamaProvince, 7.5–13 kmN of El Llano, 24.–26.v.1994, F. T. Hovore coll. ( 1 female, HCLA); Llano-Carti road km 8, 350 m, 28.v.1994, Stockwell leg. ( 2 females, HCLA). Note.Some specimens (male and female in USNM[ Cobos, 1972] and a female mentioned here (La Caja) were collected on Polygonumsp. ( Polygonaceae) but this plant is unlikely to be a host plant.
Distribution. Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama(new country record), Venezuela.