Agrilus alesi Obenberger, 1935

Jendek, Eduard, 2013, Revision of the Agrilus occipitalis species-group (Coleoptera, Buprestidae, Agrilini), ZooKeys 256, pp. 35-79 : 37-38

Agrilus alesi Obenberger, 1935 Fig. 11 (habitus); Fig. 31 (aedeagus); Fig. 41 (pygidium)

Agrilus alesi Obenberger, 1935 ( Agrilus ) Obenberger 1935b: 164 (description) - Miwa and Chûjô 1936: 15 (catalog; Japan) - Obenberger 1936a: 940 (world catalog) - Kurosawa 1963: 152 (subspecies of auriventris; characters; Japan) - Chûjô 1970: 20 (subspecies of auriventris; checklist; faunal records; Japan (Loo-Choo Archipelago)) - Kurosawa 1974: 2-3 (characters; notes) - Tôyama 1985a: 24 (iconography; Japan) - Hirashima 1989: 322 (checklist; Japan) - Morimoto and Tadauchi 1995: 231 (checklist; Japan) - Akiyama and Ohmomo 1997: 28-29 (checklist; Japan: Ryukyus (Okinawa)) - Jendek 2006: 396 (Palaearctic catalog) - Bellamy 2008: 1960 (world catalog) - Jendek and Grebennikov 2011: 38-39 (lectotype designation; synonymy; references; faunal records; distributional summary; East Asia). = Agrilus sacchari Obenberger, 1940 ( Agrilus ) Obenberger 1940: 175-176 (description) - Miwa and Chûjô 1940: 74 (cited as sachari; faunal records; Okinawa: Loo-Choo) - Kurosawa 1974: 3 (subspecies of alesi; characters; notes) - Hirashima 1989: 322 (subspecies of alesi; checklist; Japan) - Peng Zhongliang 1994: 19 (faunal records; China) - Morimoto and Tadauchi 1995: 231 (subspecies of alesi; checklist; Japan) - Akiyama and Ohmomo 1997: 29 (subspecies of alesi; checklist; Japan) - Hua Li Zhong 2002: 90 (checklist; China: Sichuan) - Jendek 2006: 396 (subspecies of alesi; Palaearctic catalog) - Bellamy 2008: 1960 (subspecies of alesi; world catalog) - Jendek and Grebennikov 2011: 39 (synonym of alesi; lectotype designation). = Agrilus aritai Tôyama, 1985 ( Agrilus ) Tôyama 1985b: 42-44 (description) - Tôyama 1985a: 25 (iconography; Japan) - Hirashima 1989: 322 (checklist; Japan) - Morimoto and Tadauchi 1995: 231 (checklist; Japan) - Akiyama and Ohmomo 1997: 29 (checklist; Japan: Ryukyus (Ishigaki-jima I.)) - Jendek 2006: 396 (Palaearctic catalog) - Bellamy 2008: 1976 (world catalog) - Jendek and Grebennikov 2011: 39 (synonym of alesi).

Type material.

Agrilus alesi Obenberger, 1935. Type locality. Loo-choo: Okinawa. Lectotype designated by Jendek and Grebennikov (2011).

Agrilus sacchari Obenberger, 1940. Type locality. Insulae Loo-Choo; Okinawa. Lectotype designated by Jendek and Grebennikov (2011).

Agrilus aritai Tôyama, 1985. Type locality. Hirano, Ishigakijima Is. Holotype exa-mined by Jendek and Grebennikov (2011).

Diagnosis.

Size 7.2-8.5 mm. Agrilus alesi can be distinguished from closely related Agrilus auriventris by the smaller size; by the more transverse pronotum with the maximum width in the middle; by the obvious anterior pronotal lobe and by the pygidium with the long spine on apical margin (Fig. 41). See also Appendix.

Additional material.

CHINA: 2 ♂, 1 ♀ (USNM): "CB [citrus borer?] adults, Chengtu, China, v.28.-vi.5. '[19]39, Kovlieu [Note: Chengtu may refer to many po- pulated places in several provinces of China". JAPAN: Kyushu: 23 (USNM): "Kagoshima, Kyushu, 5-v-1940, F. Yano"; 2 ♂, 1 ♀ (USNM): "Kagoshima: Kyushu, Japan, 5-v-1940 (F. Yano)". For further records see Jendek and Grebennikov (2011).

Adult occurrence:

5 –6–7– 9.

Host plant.

Citrus : Akiyama and Ohmomo (1997).

Distribution.

CHINA[provincial level unknown]. JAPAN: Kyushu; Ryukyu islands (Okinawa incl.).