Two new species ofAgrilus Curtis, 1825 from Kenya (Coleoptera, Buprestidae)

Abstract

Two new species of Agrilus Curtis, 1825 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae): Agrilus (Duttus) marietae sp. n. and Agrilus (Agrilus) naivashensis sp. n. are described from Kenya (East Africa).

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

“…Diff erential diagnosis. Th is new species was found at the same locality as Agrilus (Duttus) marietae Curletti & Sakalian, 2007. It is similar to A. marietae but diff ers by its larger size; narrower vertex, red pubescence of frons, clypeus and pronotum, sides of pronotum sinuate before posterior angles, lack of bidentate ventral apical portion and aedeagus thinner and more elongate. Description of holotype.…”

“…Th is paper is a second joint contribution on the Agrilus fauna of East Africa following Curletti and Sakalian (2007). Th e majority of the new species were collected in 2005 and 2006 during implementation of a project by "International Center of Insect Physiology and Ecology" (Nairobi, Kenya) titled "Promotion of natural-based, sustain-Underside.…”

Host Plants of World Agrilus (Coleoptera, Buprestidae)

“…The information is scattered in older works of THÉRY ( , 1937 and DESCARPENTRIES (1959DESCARPENTRIES ( , 1963 as well as in recent publications of CURLETTI (1994aCURLETTI ( , 1997CURLETTI ( , 1998b; CURLETTI & BELLAMY (2005); CURLETTI & CRISTANO (2013); CURLETTI & DUTTO (1999a, b); CURLETTI & SAKALIAN (2007 and CURLETTI & VAYSSIÈRES (2007).…”