Sixteen new species of Agrilus Curtis, 1825 from East Africa (Coleoptera, Buprestidae)

By

Curletti, Gianfranco
Sakalian, Vladimir

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2009

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

24

Pages

1-29

Subjects

Agrilus , Buprestidae , Coleoptera , East Africa , new species

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.24.191

 

Abstract

Sixteen new species of Agrilus Curtis, 1825 from East Africa (Coleoptera: Buprestidae): Agrilus (Agrilus) cteniasformis, sp. n., Agrilus (Agrilus) gueorguievi, sp. n., Agrilus (Agrilus) kinuthiae, sp. n., Agrilus (Agrilus) ljubomirovi, sp. n., Agrilus (Agrilus) njugunae, sp. n., Agrilus (Agrilus) polinae, sp. n., Agrilus (Duttus) delchevi, sp. n., Agrilus (Paralophotus) gordoni, sp. n. Agrilus (Paralophotus) jiloi, sp. n., Agrilus (Paralophotus) pavlinae, sp. n., Agrilus (Paralophotus) penevi, sp. n. Agrilus (Paralophotus) popovi, sp. n., Agrilus (Paralophotus) semerdjievi, sp. n., Agrilus (Paralophotus) tsavoensis, sp. n. from Kenya; Agrilus (Agrilus) novaki, sp. n. from Tanzania; Agrilus (Robertius) mungaii, sp. n. from Uganda are described, illustrated and compared with related species.