Agrilus acutus
Creators: name: Jendek, Eduard
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2004
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Buprestidae
Agrilus
Agrilus acutus

description: Key to the Agrilus acutus and A. paradiseus species­groups
1 Tarsal claws bifid, cleft nearly to base, teeth subeaqual in form and legth, outer tooth straight, inner one curved inside forming with inner tooth of opposite claw pincettelike configuration; last tergite acuminate on apex; ovipositor short, subquadrate; pronotal sides subarcuate; elytra glabrous or with white ornamental pubescence; acutus ­group ....................................................................................................................... 2
­ Tarsal claws cleft near middle, inner tooth shorter and broader; last tergite spinate on apex; ovipositor very long; pronotal sides straight converging anteriorly; elytra with
golden adsutural toment in apical third; paradiseus ­group........................................... 6 2 Prosternal lobe deeply arcuately emarginate; elytra brightly bicolor, basal X­like mark and apex golden­green and white pubescent, remains deep­blue and glabrous; 9.5– 10.6 mm ................................................. A. cyaneofasciatus revalidated name, Fig. 6
­ Prosternal lobe subtruncate; elytra concolor in various hues of blue or green, rarely black ....................................................................................................................................... 3
3 Pronotal mediobasal impression missing or obsolete; elytra and episternites glabrous; laterosternites with white tomentose patches; males blue or green; females brightly bicolor, pronotum golden­orange, elytra blue or green; elytral apices with short outer spine; 6–8.6 mm .......................................................................... A. coelestis, Figs. 3, 4
­ Pronotal mediobasal impression deep; elytra with white ornamental pubescence; laterosternites and episternites with white tomentose patches; sexual dichroism not apparent; elytral apices with small or long outer spine................................................. 4
4 Elytra with postmedial and preapical strips of white hairs ........................................... 5
­ Only apex of elytra with white hairs; 5.9–7 mm ............................................................. .................................................................... A. acanthopterus revalidated name, Fig. 5
5 Pronotum wider (wide / length = 1.6–1.7); elytral apices with long outer spine (Figs. 9–11); elytral pubescence less marked or faint; 5.5–8.9 mm ................ A. acutus, Fig. 1
­ Pronotum longer (wide / length = 1.4–1.55); elytral apices with small outer spine (Figs. 12–15); elytral pubescence well marked; 6.6–10.2 mm ....................................... ......................................................................................... A. dianthus new status, Fig. 2
6 Prehumerus straight; pronotal disk with large medial, longitudinal impression; elytra with obvious adsutural impression; golden adsutural elytral toment extends to elytral apices; 10.9 mm .................................................. A. mikusiakorum new species, Fig. 8
­ Prehumerus strongly arcuate; pronotal disk with large mediobasal impression; elytra without adsutural impression; golden adsutural elytral toment not extending to apices; 9.2 mm .......................................................................................... A. paradiseus, Fig. 7
description: Published as part of Jendek, Eduard, 2004, Revision of Agrilus acutus (Thunberg, 1787) and related species (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), pp. 1-19 in Zootaxa 507 on pages 15-16, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.157803