Agrilus purpurifrons Deyrolle 1864
Creators: name: Jendek, Eduard
name: Nakládal, Oto
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Buprestidae
Agrilus
Agrilus purpurifrons

description: Agrilus purpurifrons Deyrolle
(Figs. 1E, 2H)
purpurifrons Deyrolle, 1864
Deyrolle, 1864: 138, 163–164
Gemminger & Harold 1869: 1444 (catalog)
Saunders 1871: 122 (catalog)
Kerremans 1892: 269 (catalog)
Kerremans 1900a: 81 (faunal records; Indonesia: North Sumatra (Nias Island))
Kerremans 1903: 277 (catalog)
Moulton 1911: 175 (faunal records; Borneo: Sarawak)
Obenberger 1924: 560, 577 (characters in key; notes; faunal records; Singapore)
Obenberger 1936a: 1099 (world catalog)
Jendek 1998: 328 (lectotype designation)
Jendek 2001: 173 (synonymy)
Jendek 2007: 92 (synonymy)
Bellamy 2008: 2256 (world catalog)
= viator Kerremans, 1912
Kerremans 1912: 75
Obenberger 1936a: 1107 (world catalog)
Obenberger 1960: 127 (type examination; redescription)
Jendek 2001: 173 (synonym of purpurifrons; lectotype designation)
Bellamy 2008: 2256 (synonym of purpurifrons; world catalog)
= penangensis Obenberger, 1936
Obenberger 1936c: 36–37
Obenberger 1936a: 1097 (world catalog)
Jendek 2007: 92 (synonym of purpurifrons; lectotype designation)
Bellamy 2008: 2256 (synonym of purpurifrons; world catalog)
Type material. Agrilus purpurifrons Deyrolle, 1864. Described from inexplicit number of specimens (ST). Type locality: “Bornéo”. Type specimens: Lectotype designated by Jendek (1998).
Agrilus viator Kerremans, 1912. Described from inexplicit number of specimens (ST). Type locality: “not given [Borneo is cited in the title of the publication]”. Type specimens: Lectotype designated by Jendek (2001).
Agrilus penangensis Obenberger, 1936. Described from inexplicit number of specimens (ST). Type locality: “ Penang ”. Type specimens: Lectotype designated by Jendek (2007).
Examined specimens. INDONESIA. West Sumatra. Harau Valley; 00°06'19”S, 100°39'52”E; 5-2004; alt. 500–800 m; 1 ♀ (EJCB) \\ Harau Valley; 00°04'23”S, 100°41'53”E; 6, 7-2004; alt. 700 m; 2 ♂ (EJCB) \\ Harau Valley; 00°04'23”S, 100°41'55”E; 6, 7-2005; alt. 500–800 m; 4 ♀ (EJCB) \\ Harau Valley, ca 20 km N of Payakumbuh; 00°04'23”S, 100°41'55”E; 8-2006; alt. 500–800 m; 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (EJCB) \\ Harau Valley, ca 20 km N of Payakumbuh; 00°04'23”S, 100°41'55”E; 7-2007; alt. 500–800 m; 6 (EJCB) \\ Harau Valley, ca 20 km N of Payakumbuh; 00°04'23”S, 100°41'55”E; 5, 6-2007; alt. 500–800 m; 9 (EJCB) \\ Harau Valley, ca 20 km N of Payakumbuh; 5-2007; alt. 500–800 m; 19 (EJCB) \\ Harau Valley, ca 20 km N of Payakumbuh; 00°04'23”S, 100°41'55”E; 8-2009; alt. 500–800 m; 10 (EJCB). MALAYSIA. Johor. 20 km NW Kota Tinggi, Muntahak mt.; 01°51'N, 103°47'E; 4-2001; alt. 200 m; 1 ♀ (EJCB). Pahang. Benom Mts, 15 km E Kampong Dong; 03°53'N, 102°01'E; 4-1998; alt. 700 m; 1 ♂ (EJCB) \\ Cameron Highlands; 04°25'33”N, 101°23'09”E; 5-1939; 1 (USNM) (Jendek & Nakládal 2019). Sabah. Panampang Distr., Crocker Range, Moyog, Moyog river; 05°32'02”N, 116°14'48”E; 3-2013; alt. 300 m; 1 ♀ (EJCB) (Jendek & Nakládal 2019). Sarawak. Sarawak; 02°24'N, 113°37'E; 1 ♀ (MNHN). SINGAPORE. Singapore; 01°24'36”N, 103°47'24”E; 8-2011; 1 (ZRC) (Jendek & Nakládal 2019) \\ Rifle Range forest; 01°21'36”N, 103°48'E; 6-2011; 1 (ZRC) (Jendek & Nakládal 2019) \\ Rifle Range forest; 01°21'36”N, 103°48'E; 2-2015; 1 (ZRC) (Jendek & Nakládal 2019) \\ Woodcutter trail; 01°22'48”N, 103°48'E; 2- 2015; 1 (ZRC) (Jendek & Nakládal 2019) \\ Dairy farm; 01°21'36”N, 103°46'48”E; 9-2009; 1 (ZRC) (Jendek & Nakládal 2019) \\ NeeSoon pipeline; 01°23'24”N, 103°48'36”E; 9-2012; 1 (ZRC) (Jendek & Nakládal 2019) \\ Singapore; 01°23'N, 103°47'E; 1 ♀ (USNM).
Distribution. INDONESIA: Sumatra; MALAYSIA: Johor, Pahang, Sabah, Sarawak; SINGAPORE.
description: Published as part of Jendek, Eduard & Nakládal, Oto, 2019, Revision of the Agrilus purpurifrons species-group (Coleoptera, Buprestidae, Agrilinae), pp. 279-292 in Zootaxa 4568 (2) on pages 283-284, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4568.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/2599436