Agrilozodes pygmaeus, Kerremans, 1897

Portela, Clayton & Mermudes, José Ricardo M., 2013, A new species of Agrilozodes Théry, 1927, new record for A. pygmaeus (Kerremans, 1897) and a key for the genus (Coleoptera, Buprestidae), Zootaxa 3637 (2), pp. 183-189 : 187

A. pygmaeus (Kerremans, 1897)

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Hyperantha pygmaea Kerremans, 1897: 45 ; 1903: 217; Bruch, 1911: 236; Théry, 1927: 131. Agrilozodes pygmaeus ; Théry, 1927: 131; Hoschek & Théry, 1928: 129; Obenberger, 1934: 776; Blackwelder, 1944: 322; Moore, 1927: 60.

Blackwelder ( 1944) and Bellamy ( 2008) cited A. pygmaeus from Buenos Aires, Argentina. The other specimen studied is the first record from Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro State), Brazil.

Material examined. Brazil. Rio de Janeiro: Rio de Janeiro, 0 9.1961, Alvarenga e Seabra cols. (MNRJ).

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 7. 1 – 3. Agrilozodes bellamyi Portela & Mermudes sp. nov., holotype male: 1, dorsal view (scale bar: 1 mm); 2, frontal view of head (scale bar: 0,5 mm); 3, ventral view of antennae (scale bar: 0,25 mm). 4 – 7. Pronotum: 4, Agrilozodes bellamyi Portela & Mermudes sp. nov., holotype male; 5, A. ocularis (Kerremans, 1903); 6, A. pygmaeus (Kerremans, 1897); 7, A. suarezi (Cobos, 1962). Scale bar: 2 mm.

FIGURES 8 – 13. Habitus: 8, Agrilozodes bellamyi Portela & Mermudes sp. nov., holotype male; 9, A. ocularis (Kerremans, 1903); 10, A. pygmaeus (Kerremans, 1897); 11, A. suarezi (Cobos, 1962); 12, A. valverdei (Cobos, 1962); 13, A. praeclarus (Perroud, 1853). Scale bar: 2 mm. (Photo 12, by Mercedes P. García, MNCN).