Agrilus auroapicalis ishigakianus Toyama , 1985

Jendek, Eduard, 2013, Revision of the Agrilus occipitalis species-group (Coleoptera, Buprestidae, Agrilini), ZooKeys 256, pp. 35-79 : 41

Agrilus auroapicalis ishigakianus Toyama, 1985 Fig. 6 (habitus); Fig. 27 (aedeagus)

Agrilus ishigakianus Tôyama, 1985 ( Agrilus ; subspecies of auroapicalis) Tôyama 1985a: 33-34 (description) - Hirashima 1989: 322 (subspecies of auroapicalis; checklist; Japan) - Morimoto and Tadauchi 1995: 231 (subspecies of auroapicalis; checklist; Japan) - Akiyama and Ohmomo 1997: 30 (subspecies of auroapicalis; checklist; Japan: Ryukyus (Ishigaki-jima I.)) - Jendek 2006: 396 (subspecies of auroapicalis; Palaearctic catalog) - Bellamy 2008: 1985 (subspecies of auroapicalis; world catalog) - Fukutomi and Kurihara 2011: 27 (subspecies of auroapicalis; faunal record; biology; Ryukyu islands).

Type material.

Agrilus auroapicalis ishigakianus Tôyama, 1985. Type locality. Mt. Omotodake, Ishigaki-jima Isl. Types not examined. See Remarks. Described from 3 specimens (holotype, alotype, paratype).

Diagnosis.

Size 6.1 mm; it can be distinguished from Agrilus auroapicalis auroapicalis by having the body smaller, less produced apically; by the golden-brown dorsal color; by the ornamental elytral pubescence more extensive mostly along the suture and by having the color of elytral apices less contrasting to that of the nominal subspecies. See also Appendix.

Additional material.

JAPAN: Ryukyu islands: 1 ♂ (EJCB): "1996.4.19, Ishigaki Is., Okinawa, Ryukyu, K. Takahashi leg.".

Host plant.

Euodia meliifolia : Fukutomi and Kurihara (2011).

Distribution.

JAPAN: Ryukyu islands (Okinawa incl.).

Remarks.

The type specimens of this taxon were not studied; they should be preserved in NSMT as stated by Tôyama (1985a). The taxonomic concept was judged from the specimen determined by S. Ohmomo.