Agrilus horniellus Obenberger, 1935

Jendek, Eduard, 2013, Revision of the Agrilus occipitalis species-group (Coleoptera, Buprestidae, Agrilini), ZooKeys 256, pp. 35-79 : 42

Agrilus horniellus Obenberger, 1935 Fig. 16 (habitus); Fig. 35 (aedeagus)

Agrilus horniellus Obenberger, 1935 ( Agrilus ; replacement name for horni Théry not Kerremans) Obenberger 1935a: 121 (replacement name proposal) - Obenberger 1936b: 92 (erronoeusly cited as new replacement name) - Obenberger 1936a: 1085 (world catalog) - Bellamy 2008: 2127 (world catalog) - Jendek 2012: 9 (synonymy). = horni Théry, 1904 ( Agrilus ; [preoccupied]) Théry 1904: 161-162 (description) - Obenberger 1935a: 121 (synonym of horniellus) - Obenberger 1936b: 92 (synonym of horniellus) - Obenberger 1936a: 1085 (synonym of horniellus) - Bellamy 2008: 2127 (synonym of horniellus; world catalog) - Jendek 2012: 9 (synonym of horniellus; lectotype designation).

Type material.

Agrilus horniellus Obenberger, 1935. Type locality. See: Agrilus horni Théry, 1904. See: Agrilus horni Théry, 1904.

Agrilus horni Théry, 1904. Type locality. Nalanda. Lectotype designated by Jendek (2012).

Diagnosis.

Size: 6.5-7.3 mm. Agrilus horniellus differs from the very similar Agrilus occipitalis by having the apex of pygidium arcuate and the apex of elytra concolor with the elytral disk. See also Appendix.

Additional material.

SRILANKA:1 ♂ (EJCB): "Sri Lanka: Anu Distr., 6 miles south of Tantirimalai, 2000ft, 31 Oct 1976"; 1 ♀ (EJCB): "Ceylon, E. Prov., Pottuvil, 1-12/vii.-1983 Ole Mehl. leg."; 1 ♀ (EJCB): "Ceylon, N. C. Prov., Anuradhapura, 22-26/vi.-1985, Ole Mehl. leg.".

Adult occurrence:

6 –7– 10. Altitude range: 610 m.

Host plant.

Unknown.

Distribution.

SRILANKA.

Remarks.

Agrilus horniellus may be conspecific with Agrilus occipitalis , but its original taxonomic concept was tentatively retained due to limited specimens available for examination.