Agrilus morio Kerremans 1895
Creators: name: Jendek, Eduard
name: Nakládal, Oto
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Buprestidae
Agrilus
Agrilus morio

description: Agrilus morio Kerremans
(Figs. 1C, 2G)
morio Kerremans, 1895
Kerremans, 1895: 220
Kerremans 1903: 287 (catalog)
Jakobson 1913: 798 (catalog; Russia and Europe)
Obenberger 1936a: 1092 (world catalog)
Jendek 2006: 400 (Palaearctic catalog)
Bellamy 2008: 2193 (world catalog)
Jendek 2016a: 537 (Palaearctic catalog)
Jendek 2016b: 33 (lectotype designation; faunal records; Laos: Houaphan)
= lacroixi Obenberger, 1936 syn. nov.
Obenberger 1936b: 117
Obenberger 1936a: 1089 (world catalog)
Jendek 2005: 12 (lectotype designation)
Bellamy 2008: 2155 (world catalog)
Jendek 2012: 10 (synonymy)
Kelnarová et al. 2018: 7 (molecular phylogeny)
= chapaensis Descarpentries & Villiers, 1967 syn. nov.
Descarpentries & Villiers 1967: 144
Bellamy 2008: 2023 (world catalog)
Type material. Agrilus morio Kerremans, 1895. Described from inexplicit number of specimens (ST). Type locality: “Kurseong”. Type specimens: Lectotype designated by Jendek (2016b).
Agrilus lacroixi Obenberger, 1936. Described from inexplicit number of specimens (ST). Type locality: “ Assam ”. Type specimens: Lectotype designated by Jendek (2005).
Agrilus chapaensis Descarpentries & Villiers, 1967. Described from 1 specimen (Holotype). Type locality: “ Tonkin: Chapa”. Type specimens: Holotype ♂ (MNHN): “Chapa Tonkin H. Perrot [p] \ Agrilus chapaensis n. sp. nob.
Examined specimens. BHUTAN. Wangdi Phodr [= Wangdue Phodrang]; 27°29'N, 089°54'E; 1972; alt. 1700– 2000 m; 1 ♀ (NHMB). INDIA. Meghalaya. Nokrek Nat. Park, West Garo Hills; 25°29'36”N, 090°19'30”E; 5- 1996; alt. 950–1250 m; 2 ♀ (EJCB) \\ 3 km E of Tura; 25°30'N, 90°14'E; 4-1999; alt. 500–1150 m; 1 (EJCB) \\ SW of Cherrapunjee; 25°13'30”N, 091°40'E; 4, 5-2005; alt. 500–950 m; 1 ♀ (EJCB). LAOS. Houaphan. Ban Saleuy, Phou Pan-Gnai [or Phou Pane Mt]; 20°15'N, 104°02'E; 4, 5-2001; alt. 1500–2000 m; 1 ♂ (EJCB); 20°13'N, 103°59'E; 4-2004; alt. 1300–2000 m; 1 ♀ (EJCB); 20°12'N, 104°01'E; 5, 6-2007; alt. 1500–1900 m; 1 ♀ (EJCB); 20°12'N, 104°01'E; 4, 5-2010; alt. 1300–1900 m; 5 (USNM) (Jendek 2016b); 20°12'N, 104°01'E; 4, 5-2010; alt. 1300–1900 m; 7 (EJCB); 20°12'N, 104°01'E; 5-2011; alt. 1300–1900 m; 5 (EJCB) (Jendek 2016b); 20°12'N, 104°01'E; 5-2011; alt. 1300–1900 m; 9 (USNM) (Jendek 2016b); 20°12'30”N, 104°00'E; 6-2011; alt. 1340–1870 m; 2 ♂, 2 ♀ (EJCB); 20°12'30”N, 104°00'E; 4-2012; alt. 1340–1870 m; 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (EJCB); 20°12'N, 103°59'E; 4- 2017; alt. 1200–1900 m; 1 (EJCB) (Jendek & Nakládal 2019). THAILAND. Chiang Mai. Doi Sang; 19°31'50”N, 099°10'E; 5-1990; 1 (EJCB). VIETNAM. Lao Cai. Trạm Tôn, Hoang Lien National Park; 22°21'12”N, 103°46'31”E; 5-2015; alt. 1800–2050 m; 1 ♀ (MNCA) (Jendek & Nakládal 2019). Vinh Phuc. Tam Dao; 21°28'N, 105°38'E; 6-1990; 1 ♀ (EJCB) \\ Tam Dao, 55 km NNW Hanoi; 21°27'N, 105°39'E; 8-1998; alt. 800–900 m; 1 ♀ (EJCB) \\ 70 km NW of Hanoi, Tam Dao; 21°27'N, 105°39'E; 6-1996; alt. 900–1200 m; 2 ♀ (EJCB) \\ Tam-Dao National Park, Tam-Dao env.; 21°27'38”N, 105°38'28”E; 5-2012; alt. 900–1200 m; 2 ♂, 1 ♀ (EJCB).
Distribution. BHUTAN; INDIA: Assam, Meghalaya, West Bengal; LAOS: Houaphan; THAILAND: Chiang Mai; VIETNAM: Lao Cai, Vinh Phuc.
Remarks. The type examination revealed conspecificity of A. morio, A. lacroixi and A. chapaensis. Agrilus morio and A. rousselatae are homomorphic species dorsally differing only by presence/absence of pubescent topmost part of elytral apices (see key to species). From ventral view, the male of A. rousselatae differs in having small cluster of setae on inner margin of metacoxal plates.
The record of A. morio under synonymic name A. lacroixi from Vietnam (Bac Giang province) published by Jendek & Nakládal 2019 is a misidentification of A. rousselatae Baudon, 1968. Therefore Bac Giang is removed from the range of A. morio.
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 page 282, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4568.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/2599436