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Issue: Vol. 45 No. 1: 26 Jan. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-01-24
DOI: 10.12976/jib/2024.45.1.2
Page range: 13-17
Abstract views: 87
PDF downloaded: 6

Two new species of genus Agrilus Curtis, 1825 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae) from the Peruvian Amazon Rainforest

Universidad Nacional Pedro Ruiz Gallo, Museo de Historia Natural Víctor Francisco Baca Aguinaga, Lambayeque region, Peru
Piura district, post office 20001, Piura region, Peru
c/o Museo Civico di Storia Naturale via S. Francesco di Sales, 188, 10022 Carmagnola TO, Italy
Neotropical region South America tropical jungle Huanuco and Madre de Dios regions taxonomy

Abstract

Two new species of genus Agrilus Curtis, 1825 are described from Peru: Agrilus (Agrilus) huggerti sp. nov. and Agrilus (Agrilus) satipo sp. nov., based on specimens collected from the Peruvian amazon rainforest, an important ecosystem of the tropical jungle in South America.

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