Agrilus viridifrons Kerremans

(Figs. 2F, 4B, 5I)

viridifrons Kerremans, 1893

Kerremans, 1893: 346–347

Kerremans 1903: 277 (catalog)

Obenberger 1936a: 1108 (world catalog)

Beeson 1941: 114 (biology)

Jendek 2007: 93 (synonymy)

Bellamy 2008: 2352 (world catalog)

Jendek & Poláková 2014: 378 (critical host plant review)

Jendek & Nakládal 2019: 458 (faunal records; India: Tamil Nadu)

= verecundus Kerremans, 1893

Kerremans 1893: 347–348

Kerremans 1903: 278 (catalog)

Obenberger 1936a: 1107 (world catalog)

Jendek 2007: 93 (synonym of viridifrons)

Bellamy 2008: 2352 (synonym of viridifrons; world catalog).

Type material. Agrilus viridifrons Kerremans, 1893 . Described from 1 specimen (holotype by monotypy). Type locality: “Belgaum”. Type specimens: Holotype ♂ (BMNH): “Type [p] [round label with red border] \ Belgaum Andrewes [h] \ viridifrons Kerr. Type [h] \ A. viridifrons Kerrem. Inde [h] \ Kerremans 1903 -59 [p]”.

Agrilus verecundus Kerremans, 1893 . Described from 1 specimen (holotype by monotypy). Type locality: “Kanara”. Type specimens: Holotype ♀ (BMNH): “Type [p] [round label with red border] \ Kanara Andrewes [h] \ verecundus Kerr. Type [h] \ A. verecundus Kerrem. Inde [h] \ Kerremans 1903 -59 [p]”.

Examined specimens. INDIA. Karnataka. Ammathi; 12°14’30”N, 075°52’E; 2-1952; alt. 945 m; 10 (EJCB) .

Kerala. Thekkady Periyar Lake; 09°34’N, 077°10’E; 4-1997; alt. 900-1000 m; 1 ♂ (EJCB). Tamil Nadu. Aureoville, 10 km N Pondicherry; 12°00’02”N, 079°48’32”E; 2-2007; 1 ♀ (MNCA) (Jendek & Nakládal 2019) \\ Nilgiri Hills, 11 km SE Kotagiri, Kunchappanai; 11°24’N, 076°56’E; 5-2002; alt. 1000-1200 m; 2 ♂, 2 ♀ (EJCB) \\ Nilgiri Hills, 15 km SE Kotagiri, Kunchappanai; 11°24’N, 076°56’E; 11-1993; alt. 900 m; 25 (EJCB) \\ Nilgiri hills, 15km SE of Kotagiri, Kunjappanai env.; 11°22’N, 076°56’E; 6-1999; alt. 900 m; 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (EJCB) \\ Nilgiris, 15 km SE Kotagiri, Kunchappanai; 11°22’N, 076°56’E; 5-2000; alt. 900 m; 280 (EJCB) . SRI LANKA. Dambulla; 07°51’N, 080°39’E; 4, 5-1991; alt. 300 m; 1 ♂ (EJCB) \\ Kandy; 07°17’42”N, 080°37’47”E; 7-1985; 1 ♀ (EJCB) .

Distribution. INDIA: Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu; SRI LANKA.

Host plant. Larval: Grewia tiliifolia Vahl, Malvaceae (cited by Beeson 1941).

Remarks. Agrilus viridifrons occurs in South India and Sri Lanka. The reliable identification is based only on characters of aedeagus with membranous sensory zones subangulate apically (Fig. 5I).