Agrilus draco Jendek & Grebennikov, 2019, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Jendek, Eduard
name: Grebennikov, Vasily V.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Buprestidae
Agrilus

description: Agrilus draco sp. nov.
(Fig. 3A)
Description of holotype. Body length: 17.2 mm. BODY. Shape: cuneiform, Build: robust, Color (dorsally): unicolored. HEAD. Medial impression: deep. Vertex. Sculpture elements: rugae, Sculpture aspect: arcuate. Eyes. Size: subequal to half width of vertex (dorsal view), Lower margin: in line or below antennal socket, Median orbit: converging ventrally. Antennae. Length: reach to anterior pronotal angles, Serration: from antennomere 4. PRONOTUM. Shape: visually transverse, Sides: subangulate, Maximal width: at posterior margin, Anterior margin: narrower than posterior. Anterior lobe. Development: absent or vague. Posterior angles. Shape: obtuse, Apex: sharp. Disk. Impressions: medial and lateral, Medial impression: entire, Lateral impressions (width): narrow. Prehumerus. Development: obsolete, Shape: arcuate, Extent: to 1/2 of pronotal length, Anterior end: distant from lateral pronotal carina, Posterior end: distant from posterior pronotal angle or margin, Arc: moderate. Lateral carinae. Convergence: moderate, Junction: present, Narrowest point: at posterior angles. Scutellum. Carina: obsolete or absent. ELYTRA. Color: unicolored, Humeral carina: absent. Apices. Arrangement: separate, Shape: arcuate, Modifications: widely expanded. Pubescence. Extent: distal only, Distal (shape): preapical. STERNUM. Prosternal lobe. Distal margin: arcuate, Emargination (width): wide. Prosternal process. Shape: subparallel, Sides: arcuate, Angles: obtuse, Angles (tips): blunt, Disc: flat, Projection (length): protruding distinctly beyond angles. ABDOMEN. Pygidium. Apical margin: arcuate. Sternal groove. Shape on apex of last ventrite: arcuately sinuate, Sinuosity (depth): very shallow. LEGS. Metatarsus. Length to metatibia: distinctly shorter. Metatarsomere 1. Length to following tarsomeres: subequal or longer than 2–4. GENITALIA. Ovipositor. Shape: square (uritiform).
Variability. The species is known only from the female holotype.
Diagnosis. A. draco sp. nov. has no similar species in the Oriental fauna, but resembles Neotropical A. pyropygus Thomson, 1878. Among Oriental species, the new species distantly resembles A. bicornis Théry, 1930 by having expanded elytral apices, but can be easily recognized by the much greater size.
Type material. Type locality: Malaysia, Sabah, Crocker Range, Mt. Trus Madi, N 05°33'00”, E 116°31'00”E, altitude 1000 m. Type specimens. Holotype ♀ (EJCB): “ Malaysia: Sabah, Crocker Range, Mt. Trus Madi, 1000m \ N05°33'00”, E 116°31'00”E, 20.iii.–28.iv.2006, S. Chew coll.”.
Distribution. MALAYSIA: Sabah.
Etymology. The specific name draco (dragon) is the Latin noun in apposition. It refers to the remarkable species appearance more typical for Neotropical Agrilus.
description: Published as part of Jendek, Eduard & Grebennikov, Vasily V., 2019, Twenty more new species of Agrilus (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae) from the Oriental region, pp. 449-469 in Zootaxa 4564 (2) on pages 450-451, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4564.2.7, http://zenodo.org/record/3713725