Agrilus (Paralophotus) jiloi, Curletti & Sakalian, 2009

Curletti, Gianfranco & Sakalian, Vladimir, 2009, Sixteen new species of Agrilus Curtis, 1825 from East Africa (Coleoptera, Buprestidae), ZooKeys 24 (24), pp. 1-29 : 18-19

Agrilus (Paralophotus) jiloi , sp. n.

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Type specimens. Holotype ♁: “NE Kenya, Lower Tana River, Hewani Village , 20– 23.04.2006, V. Sakalian leg.” . Paratypes: 2 ♀♀ with same locality and date as holotype. Th e holotype is deposited in IZBAS and the paratypes in GCCI and IZBAS.

Description of holotype. Body short, slender, subcylindrical, dark copper, elytra with nearly uniform golden pubescence, denser at middle, posterior third and apical portions.

Head with medial depression on vertex and upper part of frons and two very distinct, sharp carinae, bordering the eyes; width of vertex between eyes 0.12 mm; frons rounded, hemispheric in dorsal view; frons and genae with very dense, white pubescence; clypeus separated from frons by sharp carina, without pubescence; eyes convex very small; antennae very short, barely reaching upper portion of eyes; antennomeres 4–11 wider than long, triangular.

Pronotum widest at anterior third; anterior margin bisinuate, carinate; anterior pronotal lobe distinct; lateral margins subparallel, slightly curved before latero-posterior angles; latero-posterior angles almost rectangular; pronotum with two wider lateral and two weak medial depressions; prehumeral pronotal carinae rib-formed, extending from posterior margin to middle portion of pronotum, not approaching lateral margins; marginal and submarginal carinae coalescent at posterior third of pronotum; discal sculpture consisting of transverse striae and sparse punctation.

Scutellum with anterior margin rounded; transverse carina distinct; hind projection short and acutely pointed.

Figure |9. Agrilus (Paralophotus) jiloi , sp. n. (dorsal view).

Elytra subparallel, widest at posterior third, width at humeri slightly wider than pronotal base; humeral depressions wide, without pubescence; apices narrowly, separately arcuate, distinctly serrulate; disc of elytra with nearly uniform golden pubescence denser at middle, posterior third and apical portions; discal elytral sculpture consisting of polygonal cells and transverse wrinkles.

Underside. Prosternal lobe robust, very distinctly arcuate. Prosternal process slightly narrowed between procoxae; prosternal process pubescent. Ventrites with uniform, sparse, golden pubescence; apex of last ventrite truncate with long pubescence. Aedeagus ( Fig. 20 ).

Description of paratypes. The paratypes differ slightly in size and density of elytral pubescence.

Size. Length 3.25–4.00 mm (holotype 3.50 mm); width 0.95–1.20 mm (holotype 1.00 mm).

Differential diagnosis. See Agrilus (Paralophotus) gordoni , sp. n.

Etymology. Dedicated to Levi Jilo from Hewani Village (Lower Tana River district) for his assistance during the expeditions of the authors in this region of Kenya.

Remarks. Most specimens were collected from yellow sticky traps placed on branches of Acacia sp.

Figures

Figure 20. Aedeagus of Agrilus (Paralophotus) jiloi, sp. n. (dorsal view). Scale: 1 mm.