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

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3637.2.9
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6146026
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scientific name	Agrilozodes pygmaeus
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A. pygmaeus (Kerremans, 1897) View in CoL

( Figs. 6 View FIGURES 1 – 7. 1 – 3 , 10 View FIGURES 8 – 13 )

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).