Agrilus biguttatus (Fabricius, 1777)

biguttatus Fabricius, 1777: 237 . ( Buprestis biguttata)

The redescription of the female “metatype” (lectotype?) from the HMUG was published by Staig (1940: 78­84). Furthermore, there are five type specimens (syntypes?, paralectotypes?) of this taxon preserved in ZMUK (Zimsen 1964: 156). Nomenclatural problems pertaining to priority and validity of this name were treated by Silfverberg (1977: 92).

Type locality: “Habitat in Anglia ”.

available synonyms

­ pannonicus Piller & Mitterpacher, 1783 ­ subfasciatus Ménétriés, 1832 ­ morosus Gory & Laporte, 1837

unavailable synonyms

­ aenescens Schilsky, 1888 ­ coerulescens Schilsky, 1888 ­ hiemalis Obenberger, 1917 ­ cepelaki Roubal, 1927

­ violascens Théry, 1928

­ kabylianus Méquignon, 1928 ­ bicolor Fleischer, 1930

­ eumelas Obenberger, 1934