Agrilus rifkindi subsp. pueblae Hespenheide & Bellamy 2009, New Subspecies
Creators: name: Hespenheide, Henry A.
name: Bellamy, Charles L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Buprestidae
Agrilus
Agrilus rifkindi
Agrilus rifkindi pueblae hespenheide

description: Agrilus rifkindi pueblae Hespenheide, New Subspecies
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Diagnosis. Holotype male: As Agrilus rifkindi, but 6.60 mm long, 1.90 mm wide; setae shorter and sparser throughout, except on pronotum and on prosternum and along midline of metasternum and abdominal ventrites 1–2; each elytron glabrous on raised area between basal depression and costa and in costa for 1/4 of length at middle and in apical 1/4, creating thee vague spots; setae dense and augmented by white efflorescence on dorsal 1/2 of posterior coxae, on epimeron and sides of metasternum, and on dorsal portions of ventrites 1–2; dorsal portion of abdominal ventrite 1 arcuately rounded on lower margin, broader than ventrite 2, ventrite 2 broader than ventrites 3–5.
Type material. Holotype: México: Puebla, 2.5 km SW Zapotitlan Salinas, 1515m, N18.18 W97.31, 8.07.1992, C.L. Bellamy (UNAM). Paratypes: México: Puebla, 10 km S Teontepec, 2000 m, 18˚28’ N, 97˚36’ W, 18.07.1996, R.L. Westcott (1F, RLWE), 6 km S Teontepec, 1890 m, 18. 28.34N, 97. 34.30W, 25.06.1997, R.L. Westcott (1M, 2F, RLWE), 2.5 km SW Zapotitlán, 1510 m, ∼ 18˚18’, 97˚31’, 15.07.1996, 24.06.1997, R.L. Westcott, arroyo (3F, RLWE), Carr. 125, km 30, 2 km SW Zapotitlán, 1510 m, 18˚18’, 97˚31’, 3.10.2003, R.L. Westcott, arroyo (1F, RLWE), 12.5 km SW Zapotitlán Salinas, 1680 m, 18˚15’, 97˚33’, 8.07.1992, R.L. Westcott (1M, 1F, RLWE), 13 km SW Zapotitlán Salinas, 1770 m, 24.06.1997, R.L. Westcott (1F, RLWE), 7 km SSE Acatlan, 1280m, 5.07.1992, C.L. Bellamy (1M, 1F, CLBC), (Hwy 125) 2.5 km SW Zapotitlan Salinas, 1515 m, N 18˚19’26” W 97˚29’55”, 29.07.2005, C.L. Bellamy, CLB924 (1M, CLBC), 2.5 km SW Zapotitlan Salinas, 1515m, N18.18 W97.31, 8.07.1992, C.L. Bellamy (1M, CLBC), 2.5 km SW Zapotitlan Salinas, 5100ft, 18.20 N - 97.30 W, 4.07.1996, C.L. Bellamy CLB:570 (5M, 4F, CLBC), 2.5 km SW Zapotitlan Salinas, 5000ft, 18.21 N - 97.30 W, 15.07.1996, C.L. Bellamy CLB:584 (1M, CLBC), 2.7 km NW Petlalcingo, N18.04 W97.58, 7.07.1992, C.L. Bellamy (1M, CLBC), 6 km SW Acatepec, 1994m, 18.13 N - 97.38 W, 17.07.1996, C.L. Bellamy CLB:590 (2F, CLBC), 6 km SW Acatepec (Hwy 125), 1950m, 18.13 N 97.37 W, 13.07.1999, C.L. Bellamy (CLB:708) (1M, 1F, CLBC), 2.7 km NW Petlalcingo, Hwy 190, 4860 ft gps N 18˚05’52” W 97˚56’45”, 16.10.2006, C.L. Bellamy, CLB979, 20.10.2006, C.L. Bellamy, CLB985, beating misc. Acacia spp. (6F, CLBC), 2.7 km N Petlalcingo, Hwy 190 @ km 174, 4824’, 18˚05’54” N 97˚56’46” W, 20.10.2006, T.C. MacRae, beating Acacia cochliacantha Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. (1M, 1F, TCMC), 2.7 km NW Petlalcingo, 1540 msnm, 18. 0 5.49 N 97. 56.49 W, 0 6.07.2001, J. Romero Nápoles, (1F, CEAM), 5.0 km NW Petlalcingo, Hwy 190, 4570’, 18˚06’29” N 97˚57’35” W, 17.10.2006, T.C. MacRae, beating live branch Acacia cochliacantha Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. (1M, 1F, TCMC), 10.1 km N Tehuacan, 1798m, 21.07.1987, R.S. Anderson 87–35, Acacia scrub (1M, RLWE), 6 mi SW Tehacan [sic], 8.07.1973, Schaffner & Mastro (2F, TAMU), 1.6 mi SW Zapotitlan, 16.07.1971, Clark, Hart, Murray, Schaffner (1F, SGWC), 5.1 mi SW Tehuacan, 27.07.1974, Clark, Murray, Ashe, Schaffner (1F, TAMU), 14.5 mi SE Acatlan, 21.07.1981, Bogar, Schaffner, Friedlander (1M, TAMU), 20 km E Acatlan, 0 5.07.1992, Volkovitsch (1F,?), Hwy 150, 4 mi SE Tlacotepec, 6000’, 13.08.1982, C.W. &L. O’Brien & G. Wibmer (1M, RLWE), Puerto del Gato, 11.5 km NW Tehuitzingo, 1220m, 13.10.1989, R.L. Westcott, collected from Acacia sp. (1M, RLWE); Morelos, 4 km NW Tepexco, 1250 m, 18.39 N 98.42 W, 10.07.1999, C.L. Bellamy (CLB:700) (1M, CLBC), Cuernavaca, 8.IX.39, D.M. Delong (1M, OSU), Cautcla, 28.07.38, L.J. Lipovsky (1M, 1F, SEMC), 8 km SE Tepoztlán, 1435 m, 18˚56’34” 99˚03’22”, 12.07.2001, Equihua & Westcott (1F, RLWE), vic. Jonacatepec, 1295 m, 18˚39’06” 98˚49’22”, 11.07.2001, Equihua & Westcott (1M, 2F, RLWE), Cañon de Lobos, Km 19 E Cuernavaca, 1220–1395 m, 3.07.1992, R.L. Westcott (1M, RLWE); Oaxaca, 3 km NNE Huajuapan deLeón, 1860m, 7.07.1992, C.L. Bellamy (1M, CLBC), 1815m, 7.07.1992, R.L. Westcott (1M, 1F, RLWE), 10 km NNE Huajuapan deLeon, 1720m, 6.07.1992, C.L. Bellamy (1F, CLBC), 5.2 km S S. Fco. Huapanapan, 1830m, 18˚06’N 97˚40’W, 29.10.1990, R.L. Westcott (1F, RLWE), Hwy 125, 43 km N jct with Hwy 190, 19.07.1992, D.S. Verity, on Acacia (2?, DSVC), Hwy 125, 44.5 km N jct with Hwy 190, 19.07.1992, D.S. Verity, on Acacia (1?, DSVC), 1.8 km NE Tezoatlán, 1525m, 17˚40’N 97˚48’W, 6.07.1992, R.L. Westcott (1F, RLWE). Paratypes to be deposited also in BMNH, CHAH.
Other specimen examined. México: Oaxaca, 18.5 km NW Huajuapan deLeon, 1752/9750, 1800m, 12/ 13.07.1981, E.L. & K.W. Sleeper (1, CLBC).
Hosts. Adults have been collected on Acacia spp., including Acacia cochliacantha Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.
Etymology. Named for the Mexican state in which the holotype was collected.
Discussion. As noted above under the nominate form of A. rifkindi, the subspecies pueblae is distinguished by having the dorsal portions of the first two abdominal ventrites densely and conspicuously setose, with the dorsal portion of the first segment distinctly wider than that of the second. Males measure 5.95–7.90 mm long (mean = 6.83 mm for 23 specimens), and females measure 5.50–9.20 mm long (mean = 7.27 mm for 46 specimens).
description: Published as part of Hespenheide, Henry A. & Bellamy, Charles L., 2009, New species, taxonomic notes, and records for Agrilus Curtis (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) of México and the United States, pp. 50-68 in Zootaxa 2084 on pages 53-54, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.274805