Two new species of Agrilus Curtis from Arizona with some new distributional and host records of buprestids from the southwest USA (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
Coleoptera
Buprestidae
Norman E. Woodley
8920 S Bryerly Ct. Hereford, AZ 85615, USA
Keywords: Taxonomy, Sapindus, Vachellia, distribution, jewel beetles
Abstract
Two new species of Agrilus Curtis (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), A. botzi Woodley, new species and A. vachellia Woodley new species, both from southeastern Arizona, are described. Agrilus barri Hespenheide and Westcott and Taphrocerus leoni Dugès are recorded from Arizona and represent new U.S. records. Sixteen new state distributional records are presented, along with a few other significant records.
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Publication
1075
Published
2024-10-04
How to cite
Woodley NE. 2024. Two new species of Agrilus Curtis from Arizona with some new distributional and host records of buprestids from the southwest USA (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). Insecta Mundi 1075: 1–11.