Agrilus draco, 2019
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4564.2.7 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E9A51130-1579-45A7-A1BC-D5B161DA0455 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3716734 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C9368781-FF9F-E373-FF00-FA69E27239D5 |
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Plazi |
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scientific name |
Agrilus draco |
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sp. nov. |
Agrilus draco View in CoL View at ENA sp. nov.
( Fig. 3A View FIGURES 3 )
Description of holotype. Body length: 17.2 mm. BODY. Shape: cuneiform, Build: robust, Color (dorsally): unicolored. HEAD. Medial impression: deep. Vertex. Sculpture elements: rugae, Sculpture aspect: arcuate. Eyes. Size: subequal to half width of vertex (dorsal view), Lower margin: in line or below antennal socket, Median orbit: converging ventrally. Antennae. Length: reach to anterior pronotal angles, Serration: from antennomere 4. PRONOTUM. Shape: visually transverse, Sides: subangulate, Maximal width: at posterior margin, Anterior margin: narrower than posterior. Anterior lobe. Development: absent or vague. Posterior angles. Shape: obtuse, Apex: sharp. Disk. Impressions: medial and lateral, Medial impression: entire, Lateral impressions (width): narrow. Prehumerus. Development: obsolete, Shape: arcuate, Extent: to 1/2 of pronotal length, Anterior end: distant from lateral pronotal carina, Posterior end: distant from posterior pronotal angle or margin, Arc: moderate. Lateral carinae. Convergence: moderate, Junction: present, Narrowest point: at posterior angles. Scutellum. Carina: obsolete or absent. ELYTRA. Color: unicolored, Humeral carina: absent. Apices. Arrangement: separate, Shape: arcuate, Modifications: widely expanded. Pubescence. Extent: distal only, Distal (shape): preapical. STERNUM. Prosternal lobe. Distal margin: arcuate, Emargination (width): wide. Prosternal process. Shape: subparallel, Sides: arcuate, Angles: obtuse, Angles (tips): blunt, Disc: flat, Projection (length): protruding distinctly beyond angles. ABDOMEN. Pygidium. Apical margin: arcuate. Sternal groove. Shape on apex of last ventrite: arcuately sinuate, Sinuosity (depth): very shallow. LEGS. Metatarsus. Length to metatibia: distinctly shorter. Metatarsomere 1. Length to following tarsomeres: subequal or longer than 2–4. GENITALIA. Ovipositor. Shape: square (uritiform).
Variability. The species is known only from the female holotype.
Diagnosis. A. draco sp. nov. has no similar species in the Oriental fauna, but resembles Neotropical A. pyropygus Thomson, 1878 . Among Oriental species, the new species distantly resembles A. bicornis Théry, 1930 by having expanded elytral apices, but can be easily recognized by the much greater size.
Type material. Type locality: Malaysia, Sabah, Crocker Range, Mt. Trus Madi , N 05°33'00”, E 116°31'00”E, altitude 1000 m. Type specimens. Holotype ♀ ( EJCB): “ Malaysia: Sabah, Crocker Range, Mt. Trus Madi , 1000m \ N05°33'00”, E 116°31'00”E, 20.iii.–28.iv.2006, S. Chew coll.” .
Distribution. MALAYSIA: Sabah.
Etymology. The specific name draco (dragon) is the Latin noun in apposition. It refers to the remarkable species appearance more typical for Neotropical Agrilus .
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