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

Vladimir Sakalian; Gianfranco Curletti

doi:10.3897/zookeys.24.191

ZooKeys 24: 1-29, doi: 10.3897/zookeys.24.191

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

Gianfranco Curletti, Vladimir Sakalian

Abstract

Sixteen new species of Agrilus Curtis, 1825 from East Africa (Coleoptera: Buprestidae): Agrilus (Agrilus) cteniasformis, sp. n., Agrilus (Agrilus) gueorguievi, sp. n., Agrilus (Agrilus) kinuthiae, sp. n., Agrilus (Agrilus) ljubomirovi, sp. n., Agrilus (Agrilus) njugunae, sp. n., Agrilus (Agrilus) polinae, sp. n., Agrilus (Duttus) delchevi, sp. n., Agrilus (Paralophotus) gordoni, sp. n. Agrilus (Paralophotus) jiloi, sp. n., Agrilus (Paralophotus) pavlinae, sp. n., Agrilus (Paralophotus) penevi, sp. n. Agrilus (Paralophotus) popovi, sp. n., Agrilus (Paralophotus) semerdjievi, sp. n., Agrilus (Paralophotus) tsavoensis, sp. n. from Kenya; Agrilus (Agrilus) novaki, sp. n. from Tanzania; Agrilus (Robertius) mungaii, sp. n. from Uganda are described, illustrated and compared with related species.