Agrilus cyaneoniger Saunders, 1873

Jendek, Eduard & Nakládal, Oto, 2019, Taxonomic, distributional and biological study of the genus Agrilus (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Part II, Zootaxa 4554 (2), pp. 401-459 : 415

Agrilus cyaneoniger Saunders, 1873

( Figs 3A, 3 C–3E, 13A)

Examined specimens. CHINA. Hebei. border Hebei—Inner Mongol, road Chengde-Chifeng, pass; 41°36'00"N, 118°12'00"E; 6-2000; alt. 1600 m; 1 ♀ (EJCB). Henan. Funiu Shan, Baotianman; 33°30'N, 111°54'E; 5-2005; 1 ♀ ( EJCB) . Jilin. Dashi, 40 km SE Jilin city; 43°33'46"N, 126°51'E; 6-2017; alt. 350 m; Larval host: Quercus ; 15 ( EJCB) // Erdaobaihe, 200 km SE Jilin city; 42°25'17"N, 128°04'38"E; 6-2017; alt. 700 m; Larval host: Quercus ; 1 ( EJCB) // Jiaohe, Pingdigoucun env.; 43°57'35"N, 127°41'38"E; 6, 7-2015; 15 ( BUJC) . Shaanxi. Quin Ling, Jiuzhongjin, N Lueyang; 33°32'N, 106°11'E; 7-2009; alt. 1370 m; 2 ( EJCB) // S Taibaishan, Tsiling Mts. , Houzhenzi vill.; 33°53'N, 107°49'E; alt. 1600 m; 1 ( EJCB) . Shanxi. Lüliang Shan, road Fangshan-Jiaocheng, Hengjian env.; 37°46'00"N, 111°30'00"E; 6-2000; alt. 1000 m; 13 ( EJCB) . Yunnan. pass 20 km E Yongping ; 25°29'35"N, 099°38'15"E; 5-2013; alt. 2370 m; 1 ♀ ( EJCB) . MYANMAR. Mandalay. Taunggyi; 21°20'N, 095°59'E; 6-1952; 1 ( EJCB) . NORTH KOREA. Hamgen South prov. , Sinpkho [= Sinpo]; 40°02'25"N, 128°11'18"E; 5-1990; 1 ( EJCB) . RUSSIA. Primorye. Kajmanovka; 43°38'N, 132°15'E; 7-1988; 3 ( EJCB) . SOUTH KOREA. Gangwon-do, Hangye-ri; 38°08'50"N, 128°15'59"E; 6-2018; alt. 393 m; 1 ( RAPC) // Gyeongsangbuk-do, Ilgwang-ri; 36°09'31"N, 129°04'42"E; 6-2018; alt. 283 m; 2 ( RAPC) .

Host plant cited. Larval: Quercus .

Distribution ( Fig. 13A ). CHINA: Fujian, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Inner Mongolia, Jiangxi, Jilin, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang; INDIA: Jammu and Kashmir; JAPAN: Hokkaidô, Honshu, Kyushu, Ryukyu Islands, Shikoku, Tsushima Island; MYANMAR: Mandalay; NORTH KOREA; RUSSIA: Amur, Khabarovsk, Primorye; SOUTH KOREA; VIETNAM: Cao Bang.

Biological remarks. In China: Jilin (Erdaobaihe) ( Fig. 3A ), the females were observed ovipositing in trunks of young planted Quercus , together with A. smaragdinus and A. ribbei . In Russia (Primorye) ( Figs 3 C–3E) and China ( Jilin), the maturation feeding of adults was observed on margin of young leaves of Quercus sprouts in the logging area ( Fig. 3D ).

Figures

FIGURES 3A–3E. 3A, Planted Quercus in Erdaobaihe (Jilin, China) attacked by A. smaragdinus smaragdinus Solsky, 1876, A. ribbei Kiesenwetter, 1879 and A. cyaneoniger Saunders, 1873; 3B, adult of A. smaragdinus smaragdinus. 3C–3E, A. cyaneoniger in Anisimovka (Primorye, Russia); 3C, attacked felled Quercus; 3D, maturation feeding of adult on Quercus foliage; 3E, ovipositing female.

FIGURES 13A–13B. Distribution of Agrilus. Dots indicate examined specimens, hatching indicates compiled range. 13A, A. cyaneoniger Saunders, 1873; 13B, A. sinensis Thomson, 1879.