Agrilus darjiling sp. nov. (Fig. 16)

Type material. Holotype ♀, EJCB: “ India, West Bengal, Darjiling [27°02'N, 88°16'E], 1998, local collector” . Paratype: 1♀, EJCB, labeled as holotype .

Description. 9.6­10.2 mm long (holotype 10.2 mm). Body robust, vaulted; head and pronotum golden­orange; elytra golden­green with distinct, adsutural, turquoise strip (PDV). Pronotum strongly convex with very obsolete medial and lateral impressions; sides very weakly arcuate, almost subparallel; prehumerus obsolete, very short, only indicated in pronotal structure. Elytral disk with white ornamental pubescence, apices as those at A. plasoni plasoni OBENBERGER; mentonniere very robust, outstanding and distinctly arcuately emarginate; prosternal process robust, subparallel between coxae, apex decreased, broad, without prominent lateral corners; last ventrite narrowly arcuate. Male unknown.

Somewhat similar to A. plasoni plasoni Obenberger, from which it differs mainly by the larger and robust body; strongly convex pronotum with subparallel sides and by the adsutural, turquoise strip on elytra (PDV).

Etymology. Named for the type locality.