Agrilus mallotiellus Kurosawa

Agrilus mallotiellus Kurosawa Figs. 9, 41, 63 mallotiellus Kurosawa, 1985: 162 [replacement name for malloti Kurosawa, 1957 not Théry, 1930]. Tôyama, 1985: 20. Hirashima, 1989: 323. Morimoto & Tadauchi, 1995: 231. Akiyama & Ohmomo, 1997: 35. Alexeev, 1998: 374 [subgenus Austragrilus; cited as malotiellus]. Jendek, 2006: 390 [subgenus Austragrilus]. = malloti Kurosawa, 1957: 189 –190. [preoccupied]. Kurosawa, 1963 b: 154. Kurosawa, 1974 b: 2. Akiyama, 1975: 4. Kurosawa, 1985: 162 [synonym of mallotiellus]. Akiyama & Ohmomo, 1997: 35 [synonym of mallotiellus]. Jendek, 2006: 390 [synonym of malotiellus]. Diagnosis. This species is similar to A. aurarius, A. madanensis and A. haucki in the arrangement of the elytral pubescence (Figs. 8, 10, 11). It differs from the similar A. aurarius by the characters given in the key. Length. 3.9–4.7 mm. Type series. Agrilus malloti Kurosawa, 1957. Holotype: 3, NSMT: “(Yakushima) Onoaida [p] 23. [h] VII, 1952 Y. Kurosawa [p] \ HOLOTYPE [p] Agrilus malloti Y. Kurosawa, 1957 [h] [red label]”. Described from eight males and seven females. Type locality. Japan, S. Kyûshû, Yakushima, Onoaida. Specimens examined. 1 3 (EJCB): “Yakushima Is. 6.vii. 1989 H. Akiyama \ Funayuki”. Distribution. JAPAN (Kyushu, Shikoku, Honshu, Ryukyu island (Yaku-shima Island, Amami-oshima Island, Tokuno-oshima Island, Tokaranakanoshima Island) (Akiyama & Ohmomo 1997)).Published as part of Jendek, Eduard & Grebennikov, Vasily V., 2009, Revision of the Agrilus muscarius species-group (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) with description of thirteen new species from Palaearctic and Oriental regions, pp. 1-33 in Zootaxa 2168 on page 11, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.27507