Agrilus acacivorus, Jendek & Nakládal, 2019

Jendek, Eduard & Nakládal, Oto, 2019, Revision of the Agrilus vittatus species-group (Coleoptera, Buprestidae, Agrilinae), Zootaxa 4629 (1), pp. 77-95 : 79

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4629.1.6
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scientific name	Agrilus acacivorus
status	sp.nov.

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Agrilus acacivorus sp.nov.

( Figs. 1A, 3A, 5A)

Description of holotype. Size: 4.3 mm. Body dorsally dark bluish-black; eyes slightly smaller than width of vertex (dorsal view); frons brightly greenish-blue; pronotum widest at anterior margin, anterior pronotal lobe absent; each elytron with distinct perisutural, pubescent stripe; prosternal lobe large and strongly arcuate on anterior margin.

Variability. Body length: 4.3–5.1 mm. The paratype is bronze; anterior pronotal lobe weak; elytral perisutural stripes obscure.

Diagnosis. The species can by reliably distinguished only by the form of aedeagus ( Figs. 3A, 5A) which lacks a membranous sensory zone and the apex of medial lobe (penis) is broadly rounded with a hook on each side.

Type material. Type locality: Burma, Shan State [sic!], Taunggyi (crest), N 21°20’ E 95°59’ [refers to Mandalay state]. Type specimens. Holotype ♂, 1 ♂ PT ( EJCB): “ Burma, Shan State, Taunggyi (crest), N 21°20’ E 95°59’ [refers to Mandalay state], XI.1952, G. B. Vogt \ Fabaceae Acacia pennata Wild. , BU-26”.

Distribution. MYANMAR: Mandalay.

Host plant. Larval: Acacia pennata (L.) Willd.

Etymology. The specific name is derived from the host plant of the species Acacia and suffix - vorus (devour).