Agrilus suvorovi Obenberger, 1935

Jendek, Eduard & Nakládal, Oto, 2019, Taxonomic, distributional and biological study of the genus Agrilus (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Part II, Zootaxa 4554 (2), pp. 401-459 : 447

Agrilus suvorovi Obenberger, 1935

( Figs 8 A–8F)

Examined specimens. IRAN. Mazandaran. Sari—Pahneh Kola ; 36°27'14"N, 053°03'06"E; 6-2011; alt. 218 m; 1 ♂ (EJCB). RUSSIA. Primorye. 30–35km SE Ussurysk, Kaymanovka vill.; 43°37'53"N, 132°13'42"E; 6-2008; 1 ( EJCB) . Rostov. Razdorskaya ; 47°32'25"N, 040°38'48"E; 6, 7-2008; 1 ( MKCY) // Rostov on Don ; 47°14'21"N, 039°41'08"E; 6-2008; 1 ( MKCY) . SLOVAKIA. Bratislava-Kadnárova ; 48°11'57"N, 017°08'25"E; 6-2018; Larval host: Populus alba var. pyramidalis Bunge ; 10 ( EJCB) // Bratislava-Lieskova cesta; 48°06'44"N, 017°12'08"E; 6- 2018; Larval host: Populus nigra L.; 10 ( EJCB) .

Host plant cited. Larval: Populus alba var. pyramidalis ; Populus nigra .

Biological remarks. The larva develops together with A. ater in Populus and Salix . Generally, Agrilus suvorovi prefers parts with a thinner bark (branches) because the pupal chamber is located in the wood ( Fig. 8D ) and therefore exit wholes are visible even when the bark is removed, unlike A. ater which pupal chamber is in the thick 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 8A–8F. Agrilus suvorovi Obenberger, 1935 in Bratislava (Slovakia) on Populus alba var. pyramidalis (8A, 8C–8F) and on Populus nigra (8B). 8A–8B, infested tree; 8C, exit holes; 8D, torso of adult in pupal chamber; 8E–8F, galleries in cambium.