Species Agrilus neoprosopidus

Syn: neoprosopidis - spelling

Agrilus neoprosopidus Knull 1938

in the female, the front of the head is bronze (1)

Det. E. G. Riley 2009

Very similar to Agrilus pectoralis and A. prosopidis. It can be separated from both those species by the marginal and submarginal carina being joined near the base or at best very narrowly separated at base (A. prosopidis and A. pectoralis both have the marginal carinae clearly separated for the entire length. Other characters that distinguish A. prosopidus from the other two are: vertical portions of abdomen all equally setose and male genitalia. Agrilus neoprosopidus male genitalia with median lobe 4 times as wide as paramere. The drawing of the male genitalia in Knull 1944b was found to be similar to but inaccurate when compared to an image of the holotype at the Chicago field museum. -Jason Hansen

s. TX (Hidalgo, Cameron, and Nueces Cos.) / Mex. - Map (Vogt 1949)(2)(3)

Feb-April in south Texas (Vogt 1949)

Frequent on fresh cut branches and foliage of Tepeguaje - Leucaena pulverulenta (Fabaceae). Reared from same. (Vogt 1949)

Type Locality: Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas (2)

Knull, J.N. 1938. Five new species of Coleoptera (Corynetidae, Elateridae and Buprestidae). Ohio Journal of Science 38: 97-100. (4)

Knull, J.N. 1944. Notes on Agrilus with descriptions of two new species (Buprestidae: Coleoptera). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 37: 75-83. (1)

Vogt, G.H. 1949. A biologically annotated list of the Buprestidae of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 42: 192-202.