Agrilus somnon, Jendek, 2001

Jendek, Eduard, 2001, Revision of the Agrilus plasoni species group (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), Zootaxa 13, pp. 1-11 : 6

Agrilus somnon sp. nov. ( Figs. 4 , 11 )

Type material. Holotype ♂, EJCB: “ LAOS south., Champasak prov., Bolaven Plateau, 10 ­ 18. IV. 1999, Route (No. 23) Pakse ­ Paksong , BAN ITOU env. (km.35), alt. 800m, N 15°10.4', E 106°05.8' (GPS), E. Jendek & O. Šauša leg”.

Description. 7.7 mm long (holotype). Head except of prenotal part azure, pronotum purple; elytra olivaceous­green, ventral side black, silky lustrous. Pronotum flat, prebasal medial impression large, apical impression obsolete, lateral impressions narrow; prehumerus rather long and arcuate, feebly raised, abated on apexes, clearly distant from pronotal margins. Elytral disk with dense, white ornamental pubescence: adsutural strip in basal half, two sublineal spots in middle, two suboval, adsutural spots in apical third and pubescent apex. Mentonniere large, subtruncate, prosternum feebly convex (LV), prosternal process subparallel between coxae, then regularly tapering to tip, without lateral corners. Female unknown.

Etymology. Dedicated to Mr. Somnon , my Laotian friend and guide in South Laos.

Figures

FIGURES 1­6. Aedeagi (dorsal aspect): 1) Agrilus chujoi Kurosawa; 2) A. huashanus sp. nov. (holotype); 3) A. diaolin sp. nov. (holotype); 4) A. somnon sp. nov. (holotype); 5) A. plasoni plasoni Obenberger; 6) A. plasoni dichrosomus Obenberger. Scale = 1 mm.

FIGURES 7­16. Habitus of: 7) Agrilus chujoi Kurosawa; 8) A. huashanus sp. nov. (holotype); 9) A. hasegawai Kurosawa (holotype); 10) A. diaolin sp. nov. (holotype); 11) A. somnon sp. nov. (holotype); 12) A. plasoni plasoni Obenberger; 13) A. plasoni dichrosomus Obenberger; 14) A. pubornatus sp. nov. (holotype); 15) A. baoloc sp. nov. (holotype); 16) A. darjiling sp. nov. (holotype).