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

description: Agrilus trito Deyrolle
(Figs. 2C, 2K)
trito Deyrolle, 1864
Deyrolle, 1864: 138, 162
Gemminger & Harold 1869: 1446 (catalog)
Saunders 1871: 122 (catalog)
Kerremans 1892: 276 (catalog)
Kerremans 1903: 292 (catalog)
Obenberger 1936a: 1106 (world catalog)
Jendek 1998: 331 (lectotype designation)
Bellamy 2008: 2335 (world catalog)
= albopunctatus Deyrolle, 1864 syn. nov.
Deyrolle 1864: 139, 166
Gemminger & Harold 1869: 1436 (catalog)
Saunders 1871: 123 (catalog)
Kerremans 1892: 245 (catalog)
Kerremans 1903: 281 (catalog)
Obenberger 1936a: 1072 (world catalog)
Jendek 1998: 317 (lectotype designation)
Jendek 2001: 172 (synonymy)
Jendek 2005: 4 (synonymy)
Bellamy 2008: 1959 (world catalog)
= nepos Kerremans, 1900
Kerremans 1900b: 337–338
Kerremans 1903: 278 (catalog)
Obenberger 1936a: 1093 (world catalog)
Jendek 2005: 4 (synonym of albopunctatus; lectotype designation)
Bellamy 2008: 1959 (synonym of albopunctatus; world catalog)
= obenbergeri Gebhardt, 1925
Gebhardt 1925: 95–96
Obenberger 1936a: 1094 (world catalog)
Jendek 2001: 172 (synonym of albopunctatus; lectotype designation)
Bellamy 2008: 1959 (synonym of albopunctatus; world catalog)
Type material. Agrilus trito Deyrolle, 1864. Described from inexplicit number of specimens (ST). Type locality: “Singapoor”. Type specimens: Lectotype designated by Jendek (1998).
Agrilus albopunctatus Deyrolle, 1864. Described from inexplicit number of specimens (ST). Type locality: “Singapoor”. Type specimens: Lectotype designated by Jendek (1998).
Agrilus nepos Kerremans, 1900. Described from inexplicit number of specimens (ST). Type locality: “Bornéo”. Type specimens: Lectotype designated by Jendek (2005).
Agrilus obenbergeri Gebhardt, 1925. Described from inexplicit number of specimens (ST). Type locality: “Borneo. Matang”. Type specimens: Lectotype designated by Jendek (2001).
Examined specimens. MALAYSIA. Pahang. Cameron's Highlands, No 4, camp.; 04°25'33”N, 101°23'09”E; 6-1923; alt. 1460 m; 1 (USNM) (Jendek & Nakládal 2019 as albopunctatus Deyrolle, 1864). Sarawak. Kuching; 01°34'N, 110°18'E; 1 ♂ (EJCB).
Distribution. MALAYSIA: Pahang, Sarawak; SINGAPORE.
Remarks. The lectotypes of A. trito (♂) and A. albopunctatus (♀) beside sexual differences (more robust body in female), differ only in the extent of tomentose elytral spots. While A. albopunctatus has distinct apical pair and vaguely also medial one, A. trito has spotless elytra. The poor state of the type of A. trito suggests that tomentose spots are likely smeared secondarily which is common in improperly killed or kept specimens. Both taxa were described in the same publication but the name priority was given to the name trito due to the male type and page precedence.
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 288-289, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4568.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/2599436