Two New Species of Agrilus Curtis, 1825 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from Mexico, Putatively Camouflaged as Bird Droppings

Henry A. Hespenheide; Richard L. Westcott

doi:10.1649/0010-065X-72.3.417

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Henry A. Hespenheide,¹ Richard L. Westcott²

¹Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of California Los Angeles, CA 90095-1606,
²IPPM Program, Entomology Museum Oregon Department of Agriculture 635 Capitol Street NE Salem, OR 973

Abstract

A variety of arthropods employ camouflage as bird droppings to avoid predation. We briefly review these cases and describe two new species of the buprestid genus Agrilus Curtis, 1825 that we hypothesize to be among them. Agrilus ornithocoprus Hespenheide andWestcott, new species, and Agrilus avifaecus Hespenheide and Westcott, new species, are described from specimens collected in Mexico. Agrilus albicollis (Waterhouse, 1887) from Jamaica also resembles a bird dropping.

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Henry A. Hespenheide and Richard L. Westcott "Two New Species of Agrilus Curtis, 1825 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from Mexico, Putatively Camouflaged as Bird Droppings," The Coleopterists Bulletin 72(3), 417-420, (20 September 2018). https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-72.3.417

Received: 2 February 2018; Accepted: 10 June 2018; Published: 20 September 2018

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