G. it. Ent., 15 (64): 413-426
March 2019
The Agrilini of the
Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA),
Manaus, Brazil,
with faunistic considerations on the Brazilian Mata Amazônica
(Coleoptera, Buprestidae)
by
GIANFRANCO CURLETTI
Abstrract - A list of the Buprestidae Agrilini in the collections of the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Manaus, Brazil, is provided. Five new species are described: Agrilus (Agrilus) rafaeli n. sp., Agrilus (Agrilus) chiarae n. sp., Agrilus (Agrilus) duckei n. sp., Agrilus (Agrilus) aurofissum n. sp., Agrilus (Agrilus) tubulinus n. sp. Considerations are made concerning the Agrilofauna of the Mata Amazônica, focalizing its affinity with that of French Guiana, and its substantial difference from the fauna of the Mata Atlântica. Finally, the scarcity of research in the Amazon basin is highlighted.
