Agrilaxia (Agrilaxia) claudei ( Cobos, 1972 )

Bílý, Svatopluk & Brûlé, Stéphane, 2013, A study on the genus Agrilaxia of French Guiana (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Anthaxiini), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 53 (2), pp. 657-686 : 669-670

Agrilaxia (Agrilaxia) claudei ( Cobos, 1972)

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Anthaxia (Agrilaxia) claudei Cobos, 1972: 180 .

Anthaxia (Agrilaxia) claudei: BÍLÝ (1997: 17 , 59; catalogue).

Agrilaxia claudei: BELLAMY (2008: 1501 ; catalogue).

Type specimen studied. HOLOTYPE ( MNHN, ♀): “[ French Guiana] Cayenne ”.

Further specimens studied. BRASIL: MATTO GROSSO: Corumba (1 ♀, NMPC) . FRENCH GUIANA: SAÜL: Montagne Pelée , Point de vue du Belvédere, 3°37′N 53°12′W, 6.x.2010, PIV, Brûlé, Dalens & Fernandez leg. (1 ♀, NMPC) ; 3°37′N 53°12′W, ex larva, P.-H. Dalens leg. (1 ♀, NMPC). COMMUNE DE MANA: Laussat , Parcelle 3 sur Sable Blanc, 5°28′31.6′′N 53°35′07′′ W, 30.ix.2010, PIV, G. Lamarre leg. (1 ♀, NMPC). ROUTE DE RÉGINA: Piste Kapiri, PK 125+6, 6.xi.2010, PIV, J.-L. Giuglaris leg. (1 ♀, NMPC) ; RN2 PK125 , PIV, J.-L. Giuglaris leg.

(1 ♀, NMPC). COMMUNE DE ROURA: Le Galion, RN 2 PK21, x.2008, PIV, J.-L. Giuglaris leg. (1 ♀, NMPC). LA MIRANDE: 31.vii.2006, Eclos // Ex coll. P.-H. Dalens, coll. Brûlé, No GF 0064 (1 ♀, NMPC). PISTE DE BÉLIZON: 24.ix.2006, ex larva, J.-L. Giuglaris leg. // Ex coll. J.-L. Giuglaris, coll. Brûlé, No GF 0436 (1 ♀, NMPC). ROUTE DE KAW: 28.iv.2007, J.-L. Giuglaris leg. // Ex coll. P.-H. Dalens, coll. Brûlé, No GF 0435 (1♀, NMPC). PK29 , 25.vi.2009, ex larva, P.-H. Dalens leg (1 ♀, NMPC) ; PK30 , 1.iv.2004, Eclos, // Ex coll. P.-H. Dalens, coll. Brûlé, No GF 0182 (1 ♀, NMPC) ; the same but: 1.ii.2005 (2 ♀♀, NMPC), 16.iii.2005 (1 ♀, NMPC), 29.xii.2005 (1 ♀, NMPC) ;

Note. The other species already known from French Guiana, Agrilaxia claudei , was described from two females, and we also failed to find any male among the studied specimens. It is similar to A. bahiana and A. cacao sp. nov. (compare Figs 1 and 3 ) differing from them by the characters given in Table 1.

Length: 6.3–8.8 mm.

Distribution. Brasil (Espíritu Santo); French Guiana.

Figures

Figs 1–8. Agrilaxia, dorsal aspect. 1 – Agrilaxia cacao sp. nov., holo- type ♀, 7.2 mm; 2 – A. bongrandi Cobos, 1972, J (Route de Cacao), 6.0 mm; 3 – A.claudei Cobos, 1972, ♀ (Bélizon), 8.0 mm; 4 – A. tristis Cobos, 1972, ♀ (Saul), 7.2 mm; 5 – A. elegans sp. nov., holotype J, 7.8 mm; 6 – A. cordicollis sp. nov., holotype J, 6.5 mm; 7 – A. glabra sp. nov., holotype ♀, 6.0 mm; 8 – A. sulcifrons sp. nov., holotype J, 6.1 mm.