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.