Two New Species of Agrilus Curtis, 1825 (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from Mexico, Putatively Camouflaged as Bird Droppings
| Autor: | Henry A. Hespenheide, Richard L. Westcott |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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0106 biological sciences
Agrilus Insecta biology Arthropoda 05 social sciences Bird droppings Zoology Biodiversity Papilio biology.organism_classification 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Predation Lepidoptera genitalia Coleoptera Geography Insect Science Animalia 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Taxonomy (biology) 050102 behavioral science & comparative psychology Buprestidae Taxonomy |
| Popis: | 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. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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