Agrilus (Agrilus) yanzatzanus, Curletti, Gianfranco, 2015

Curletti, Gianfranco, 2015, Four new species of the genus Agrilus Curtis, 1825 from Ecuador (Coleoptera, Buprestidae), Zootaxa 3985 (4), pp. 575-582 : 577-578

Agrilus (Agrilus) yanzatzanus n. sp.

( Fig. 2 a, 2b, 2c)

Material examined. Holotype ♂: Ecuador, Zamora CH., Yanzatza, 1000 m SNM, 2001.04.0 5, Marin leg. ( PUCE).

Holotype description. Length 5.7 mm. Frons, vertex, and abdomen copper-bronze, pronotum with violet reflections, elytra green. Head with frons smooth, with thin white pubescence at the base. Clypeus with transverse carina. Antennae serrate from fifth article. Pronotum widest at middle, with posterior angles obtuse. Sculpture composed of transverse striae. Premarginal carinula entire. Marginal carinae separate at base. Anterior margin of mentonniere rounded and entire. Prosternal plate parallel. Scutellum transversely carinate. Elytra apparently glabrous, but with indistinct white setae evenly dispersed. Apex strongly toothed (fig. 2a). Abdomen with small white spots of pubescence at the sides of ventrites 2, 3 and 4, the last barely visible. Legs bronze, with all claws simply toothed. Metatarsus long as the metatibia; basal metatarsomere as long as the sum of the following three (1=2+3+4). Aedeagus slender, median lobe with acute apex (fig. 2c).

Etymology. This species is named for the type locality.

Comments. Based on the form of the elytral apex, A. yanzatzanus will be placed in the group 0 2 ( Curletti & Brûlé, 2011). In this group only A. yanzatzanus has the pronotum copper-bronze with violet reflections and elytra green.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Agrilus yanzatzanus n. sp.: a) back, b) profile, c) aedeagus 1.4 mm.