Agrilus ater (Linné, 1767)

Jendek, Eduard & Nakládal, Oto, 2019, Taxonomic, distributional and biological study of the genus Agrilus (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Part II, Zootaxa 4554 (2), pp. 401-459 : 408

Agrilus ater (Linné, 1767)

Figs 1 A–1C, 15B

Examined specimens. AUSTRIA. Marchegg ; 48°14'33"N, 016°56'46"E; 6-2011; alt. 138 m; 1 (EJCB). BULGARIA. Blagoevgrad. Chotovo [= Hotovo]; 41°29'57"N, 023°20'12"E; 6-1989; 1 ♀ ( EJCB) // Sandanski, Bistrica brook; 41°33'N, 23°17'E; 6-1982; 3 ( EJCB) . CZECH REPUBLIC. Jistebník ; 49°45'13"N, 018°07'50"E; 2013; Larval host: Salix ; 1 ( EJCB) // Praha; 50°04'25"N, 014°26'22"E; 6-1976; 1 ( EJCB) // Strachotín ; 48°54'20"N, 016°39'16"E; 1987; 1 ( EJCB) . FRANCE. Ardeche ; 44°44'45"N, 004°26'10"E; 6-1990; 1 ( EJCB) . SLOVAKIA. Bratislava—Čunovo ; 48°02'13"N, 017°12'07"E; 6-2004; 1 ( EJCB) // Bratislava—Petržalka ; 48°07'07"N, 017°06'26"E; 6-1987; 15 ( EJCB) ; 6-1988; 1 (EJCB) // Kamenica nad Hronom ; 47°49'59"N, 018°43'22"E; 7-1963; 1 ( EJCB) // Nové Mesto nad Váhom ; 48°45'47"N, 017°49'38"E; 5-1967; 1 ( EJCB) // Štúrovo ; 47°47'50"N, 018°43'03"E; 6-1959; 2 ( EJCB) .

Host plant cited. Larval: Salix .

Distribution ( Fig. 15B ). ASIA: GEORGIA; KAZAKHSTAN: Kostanay, North Kazakhstan, West Kazakhstan; TURKEY: Ankara, Bilecik, Bolu, Çankiri, Erzincan, Eskisehir, Kocaeli, Sakarya, Zonguldak. EUROPE: ALBANIA; AUSTRIA; BELARUS; BELGIUM; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; BULGARIA; CROATIA; CZECH REPUBLIC; ESTONIA; FINLAND: Southern Finland, Western Finland; FRANCE, Corse; GERMANY; GREECE: Central Greece, Central Macedonia, East Macedonia and Thrace, Epirus, Peloponnese, Thessaly, West Macedonia, Western Greece; HUNGARY; ITALY; LATVIA; LITHUANIA; MACEDONIA; MOLDOVA; MONTENEGRO; NETHERLANDS; POLAND; ROMANIA; RUSSIA: Adygeya, Belgorod, Kalmykiya, Karachayevo-Cherkesiya, Karelia, Krasnodar, Moskva, Orenburg, Rostov, Samara, Saratov, Udmurt, Ulyanovsk, Vladimir, Voronezh, Yaroslavl; SERBIA; SLOVAKIA; SLOVENIA; SPAIN: Aragón, Cataluna, Madrid; SWITZERLAND; TURKEY: Edirne, Kirklareli; UKRAINE.

Biological remarks. In Slovakia, Agrilus ater ( Figs 1 A–1C) is together with A. suvorovi a serious pest of Populus . Both species are frequently found in urban areas on planted trees. The biology of both species is very similar but A. ater , unlike A. suvorovi , develops in parts with very thick bark (trunk, large diameter branches) because the pupal camber is located in the bark ( Fig. 1C ).

Figures

FIGURES 1A–1C. Agrilus ater (Linné, 1767) on Populus nigra in Bratislava (Slovakia). 1A, infested host plant; 1B, galleries in bark and cambium; 1C, pupal chamber in bark.

FIGURES 15A–15B. Distribution of Agrilus. Dots indicate examined specimens, hatching indicates compiled range. 15A, A. relegatus Curletti, 1990; 15B, A. ater (Linné), 1767.