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Issue: Vol. 1879 No. 1: 17 Sep. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-09-17
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1879.1.5
Page range: 52–56
Abstract views: 53
PDF downloaded: 22

New Agrilus Curtis species from mistletoe in Mexico (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)

Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Box 951606 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1606
Coleoptera Agrilus Buprestidae México mistletoe new species Phoradendron Viscaceae

Abstract

Agrilus andersoni Hespenheide, new species, from the genus Phoradendron and A. howdenorum Hespenheide, new species, collected on “mistletoe,” are described, illustrated, and compared to the related A. turnbowi Nelson from Texas which is also known to use the genus Phoradendron as a larval host.key words: Agrilus, Buprestidae, México, mistletoe, new species, Phoradendron, Viscaceae

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