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University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Center for Systematic Entomology, Gainesville, Insecta Mundi Florida 5-28-2021 New adult host records for three Buprestidae (Coleoptera) rarely encountered in the United States and significant extension of the known geographic range of Agrilus pilosicollis Fisher Jason A. Hansen Christine A. Nalepa Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi Part of the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Commons, and the Entomology Commons This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Center for Systematic Entomology, Gainesville, Florida at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Insecta Mundi by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. A journal of world insect systematics INSECTA MUNDI 0869 New adult host records for three Buprestidae (Coleoptera) Page Count: 6 rarely encountered in the United States and significant extension of the known geographic range Hansen et al. of Agrilus pilosicollis Fisher Jason A. Hansen USDA-APHIS-PPQ 100 Los Indios Blvd. Los Indios, TX 78550 Joshua P. Basham USDA-APHIS-PPQ 1410 Kensington Square Ct. Suite 101 Murfreesboro, TN 37130 Christine A. Nalepa NCDA&CS 1060 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699 Date of issue: May 28, 2021 Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc., Gainesville, FL Hansen JA, Basham JP, Nalepa CA. 2021. New adult host records for three Buprestidae (Coleoptera) rarely encountered in the United States and significant extension of the known geographic range of Agrilus pilosicollis Fisher. Insecta Mundi 0869: 1–6. Published on May 28, 2021 by Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc. P.O. 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This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons, Attribution Non-Commer- cial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ 0869: 1–6 INSECTA MUNDI 2021 New adult host records for three Buprestidae (Coleoptera) rarely encountered in the United States and significant extension of the known geographic range of Agrilus pilosicollis Fisher Jason A. Hansen USDA-APHIS-PPQ 100 Los Indios Blvd. Los Indios, TX 78550 [email protected] Joshua P. Basham USDA-APHIS-PPQ 1410 Kensington Square Ct. Suite 101 Murfreesboro, TN 37130 [email protected] Christine A. Nalepa NCDA&CS 1060 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699 [email protected] Abstract. New adult host records of Agrilus langei Obenberger, A. pilosicollis Fisher, and Dicerca mutica LeConte (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) are reported. The known geographic range ofA . pilosicollis is expanded from the type location in Kansas south to Texas and east to North Carolina. Images with key characters of each of the three species are included. Key words. Agrilinae, Chrysochroinae, Nearctic. ZooBank registration. urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:92F2547B-C2CB-4991-8539-E8473BE4B52B Introduction Among the nearly 800 species of buprestids in North America (north of Mexico) are those known from very few specimens. Distribution and plant host information for such species is understandably limited and, in many cases, completely unknown (Nelson et al. 2008). A knowledge of host utilization is often the first step in under- standing the life history of such buprestid species. Adult host records of rarely encountered buprestids can be useful starting points to determine larval hosts, as adults of non-anthrophilous genera are frequently found feed- ing on larval plant hosts. Herein we report distribution and adult plant host records that may prove useful in future study of Agrilus langei Obenberger, A. pilosicollis Fisher and Dicerca mutica LeConte. Materials and Methods The following are collection abbreviations used for depositories of specimens herein: EDNC North Carolina Department of Agriculture, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA TAMU Texas A & M University College Station, Texas, USA JAHC Jason A. Hansen Collection, Harlingen, Texas, USA JPBC Joshua P. Basham Collection, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA 2 · May 28, 2021 Hansen et al. Unidentified specimens collected by Jeff A. Back (Hewitt, Texas), specimens collected by the first author, and material from emerald ash borer monitoring efforts in North Carolina were determined to species using available literature (Fisher 1928; Nelson 1975; Westcott and Noguera 1995). Among the specimens examined, three species stood out: Agrilus langei, A. pilosicollis and Dicerca mutica. Detailed images of the A. pilosicol- lis specimen from Texas were sent for comparison to the U.S. National Museum of Natural History (USNM; Washington, D.C.), where the unique holotype is housed. The North Carolina specimens were determined to be A. pilosicollis by comparison to the published species description and the Texas specimen. Two specimens of A. langei, one of each sex, were deposited at Texas A & M University (TAMU; College Station, Texas) along with single Texas specimens of A. pilosicollis and D. mutica. An additional three specimens of A. langei remain in the collection of the first author (JAHC). The 2015 specimen of A. pilosicollis from North Carolina is deposited in the collection of the second author (JPBC) and the 2018 specimen in the collection at North Carolina State University (EDNC; Raleigh, North Carolina). Results and Discussion Agrilus langei Obenberger, 1935 TEXAS: Cameron Co., nr. Sabal Palm Sanctuary, 25.859757, −97.424329, 4–5.xi.2018 (2), 14.x.2019 (3) on Abu- tilon trisulcatum, coll. J.A. Hansen. New adult host record. Though not uncommon in the more tropical habitat of Mexico,A . langei is rarely encountered in the United States. A single male specimen in the TAMU collection labeled from “Tex” was found by Westcott and Noguera (1995) to be incorrectly identified as A. cavifrons Waterhouse. Still, no mention of its occurrence in the U.S. is seen in current catalogs (Nelson et al. 2008; Bellamy 2008). The vague label data and lack of any additional speci- mens are likely reasons for its exclusion from the published North American buprestid fauna. A chance image of A. langei from Hidalgo Co., Texas was submitted to the popular website bugguide.net, which appeared to confirm its presence in the U.S. (Zurovec 2012). Though the specimen was not collected or vouchered, the images were of sufficient quality for Richard L. Westcott to confirm the identity of the beetle. The specimens reported here were collected by hand or with sweep net over a two-year period just north of Sabal Palm Sanctuary along the border wall in Cameron Co., Texas. All specimens were collected while resting on leaves of Abutilon trisulcatum (Jacq.) Urb. The first specimen collected was a female resting on the leaf of an iso- lated, knee-high Abutilon plant. The following day a large patch of mature A. trisulcatum was found not far from where the original specimen was collected in a vacant lot between the border wall and an adjacent neighborhood. Upon further investigation,