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Issue: Vol. 2333 No. 1: 12 Jan. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-01-12
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2333.1.4
Page range: 59–68
Abstract views: 45
PDF downloaded: 4

New species of the genus Agrilus Curtis, 1825, from Nicaragua and Panamá (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae)

Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Parco Cascina Vigna, via S. Francesco di Sales 188, 10022 Carmagnola, Italy
Coleoptera Buprestidae Agrilus new species Neotropical region Nicaragua Panamá

Abstract

Nine new species of the genus Agrilus are herein described: A. erici n. sp., A. dauberi n. sp., A. goldsteini n. sp., A. ivetteae n. sp., A. semicinctus n. sp., A. glebae n. sp., A. cerrolatus n. sp., A. disparifrons n. sp. from Nicaragua and A. grandinatus n. sp. from Panamá.

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