Agrilus darjiling, Jendek, 2001

Jendek, Eduard, 2001, Revision of the Agrilus plasoni species group (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), Zootaxa 13, pp. 1-11 : 9

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.

Figures

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).