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Agrilus braconicoloratus Hespenheide 1989

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Description

Agrilus braconicoloratus Hespenheide, 1989:151

(Figs. 1, 2, 3)

Description. Male: As female but front golden on lower 2/3, anterior portion of abdominal ventrite 1 with small patch of longer, semi-erect setae; 7.00 mm long, 2.10 mm wide; genitalia as in Fig. 3.

Specimen examined. México: Jalisco, 7.6 km N San Mateo, VII-8-2003, A.J. Gilbert (CLBC).

Discussion. This species was originally described from only females, although the species is not strongly sexually dimorphic. This species is very similar to and discussed under the following species.

Notes

Published as part of Hespenheide, Henry A., 2010, New Agrilus Curtis (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from México and Costa Rica mimicking parasitic wasps, pp. 39-46 in Zootaxa 2545 on pages 39-40, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.293373

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Hespenheide
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Buprestidae
Genus
Agrilus
Species
braconicoloratus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Agrilus braconicoloratus Hespenheide, 1989 sec. Hespenheide, 2010

References

  • Hespenheide, H. A. (1989) Buprestidae of the subfamilies Agrilinae and Trachyinae from the Chamela Biological Station, Jalisco, Mexico (Coleoptera). Folia Entomologica Mexicana, 77 (" 1988 "), 141 - 210.