Agrilus plasoni Obenberger 1917
Creators: name: Jendek, Eduard
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2001
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Buprestidae
Agrilus
Agrilus plasoni

description: Key to the species of the <i>Agrilus plasoni</i> species group 1 Pronotal sides distinctly arcuate (Figs. 7­13); pronotal disk feebly convex transversally.................................................................. 2 ­ Pronotal sides almost sublineal (Figs. 14­16); pronotal disk strongly convex transversally........................................................... 8 2 Elytra in adsutural apical third with oval, mazarine spot (PDV) (Figs. 7­8)...... 3 ­ Elytra concolor (PDV) (Figs. 9­13)..................................... 4 3 Body robust, uniformly golden­green; elytral apices with outer marginal spine rather obtuse and feebly protruding; basal half of pronotal disk densely pubescent (ADV); aedeagus (Fig. 1).............................. <i>A. chujoi</i> Kurosawa (Fig. 7) ­ Body slender, bicolor; pronotum golden­orange, golden­yellow, elytra golden­green or golden­blue; elytral apices with outer, marginal spine sharply protruding; basal half of pronotal disk only with adsutural strip and indication of two humeral strips of narrow pubescence (ADV); aedeagus (Fig. 2)..... <i>A</i>. <i>huashanus</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> (Fig. 8) 4 Elytral apices separately, medially, acuminate.... <i>A. hasegawai</i> Kurosawa (Fig. 9) ­ Elytral apices with outer, marginal, sharp cusp or spina (Figs. 10­13)........... 5 5 Body dorsally black, silky lustrous; elytra with O­like ornament of whitish pubescence in apical third; aedeagus (Fig. 3)............. <i>A</i>. <i>diaolin</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> (Fig. 10) ­ Body dorsally brightly bicolor; pronotum from carmine to golden­orange, elytra golden­bluish­green; elytra with two adsutural spots of whitish toment in apical third (Figs. 11­13)................................................... 6 6 Prebasal, pronotal part uniplanar; elytral apices with whitish toment; aedeagus (Fig. 4)............................................ <i>A. somnon</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> (Fig. 11) ­ Lateral, prebasal, pronotal parts distinctly elevated; elytral apices glabrous...... 7 7 Spine on outer margin of elytral apices with long, attenuate tip; aedeagus (Fig. 5).................................... <i>A</i>. <i>plasoni plasoni</i> Obenberger (Fig. 12) ­ Spine on outer margin of elytral apices with short, robust tip; aedeagus (Fig. 6).......................... <i>A</i>. <i>plasoni dichrosomus</i> Obenberger <b>stat. nov.</b> (Fig. 13) 8 Lateral, prebasal, pronotal parts distinctly elevated; lateral pronotal impressions present; prehumerus hair­like, long, arcuate..... <i>A. pubornatus</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> (Fig. 14) ­ Prebasal, pronotal part uniplanar; lateral pronotal impressions missing or very weak and narrow; prehumerus missing or obsolete, short and sublineal............. 9 9 Prehumerus missing; elytra black with intricate ornamental pubescence; apices separately, medially acuminate...................... <i>A. baoloc</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> (Fig. 15) ­ Prehumerus obsolete; elytra golden­green with distinct, adsutural, turquoise strip (PDV), disk with white, tomentose spots and stripes; apices with outer spina................................................. <i>A. darjiling</i> <b>sp. nov.</b> (Fig. 16)
description: Published as part of <i>Jendek, Eduard, 2001, Revision of the Agrilus plasoni species group (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), pp. 1-11 in Zootaxa 13</i> on pages 9-10, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4616401