Agrilinae

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Agrilinae
Type specimen of Polyonychus tricolor
Agrilus cyanescens located in Northern Spain.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Elateriformia
Family: Buprestidae
Subfamily: Agrilinae
Lacordaire, 1857
Tribes

Agrilinae is a subfamily of Elateriform beetles that belongs to the family Buprestidae (jewel beetles).[1]

Taxonomy

Taxonomic history

The subfamily was established by Jean Théodore Lacordaire, a Belgian entomologist, in 1857. When Agrilinae was established, the definition of it was too general and thus incompatible with the modern definitions meaning the definition of this subfamily has been reduced since its establishment.[2] A study by Evans et al. (2015) performed a large-scale phylogenetic analysis of the family Buprestidae combining nuclear and mitochondrial data from over 100 species. The study strongly supported the monophyletic nature of several subfamilies within the family including Agrilinae.[3][4] Bellamy, C. L. (1992) has reduced Cylindromorphini to a tribe under Agrilinae while the subfamily Trachyinae was deemed not necessary moving the six inclusive tribes to Agrilinae.[5]

Sequencing of the mitochondrial genomes of members of Agrilinae show that it is closely related to Polycestinae, Chrysochroinae and Buprestinae.[4]

Genera

Agrilinae contains many genera that are split into several tribes. Below is a list of genera belonging to this subfamily:[1]

References

  1. Bellamy, C. L. (2013). "Subfamily Agrilinae". A Checklist of World Buprestoidea. Archived from the original on 11 February 2025. Retrieved 7 Sep 2021.
  2. Majer, †karel & Kuban, Vit & Kolibac, Jiri. (2000). Classification of the tribe Coraebini BEDEL, 1921 (Coleoptera, Buprestidae, Agrilinae). 85. 185-287.
  3. Evans, Amanda M.; Mckenna, Duane D.; Bellamy, Charles L.; Farrell, Brian D. (2015). "Large-scale molecular phylogeny of metallic wood-boring beetles (Coleoptera: Buprestoidea) provides new insights into relationships and reveals multiple evolutionary origins of the larval leaf-mining habit". Systematic Entomology. 40 (2): 385–400. Bibcode:2015SysEn..40..385E. doi:10.1111/syen.12108. ISSN 1365-3113.
  4. Wei, Zhonghua (2022-04-06). "The complete mitochondrial genomes of five Agrilinae (Coleoptera, Buprestidae) species and phylogenetic implications". ZooKeys (1092): 195–212. Bibcode:2022ZooK.1092..195W. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1092.80993. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 9007928. PMID 35586288.
  5. Bellamy, Charles L. (1992-05-01). "The Afrotropical cylindromorphines: subfamilial placement, phylogenetic affinities, generic synonymy and species lists (Coleoptera Buprestidae Agrilinae)". Tropical Zoology. 5 (1): 45–54. Bibcode:1992TrZoo...5...45B. doi:10.1080/03946975.1992.10539181. ISSN 0394-6975.
  6. Bellamy, C.L., The Madagascan Coraebini (Coleoptera: Buprestidae: Agrilinae): Part 4, New genera and species. Zootaxa 174(1)
  7. Classification of the tribe Coraebini Bedel, 1921 (Coleoptera, Buprestidae, Agrilinae). Acta Musei Moraviae, Scientiae biologicae (Brno) 85(2000):185-287
  8. "Nomenclator Zoologicus". Archived from the original on 2020-09-28. Retrieved 2018-05-03.
  9. THÉRY, A. 1946c. Buprestides d'Angola. Arquivos do Museo Bocage 17:19
  10. Obenberger, J. 1921. Buprestides nouveaux de Fernando Poo et de la Guinée espagnole. Trabajos del Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid. Serie Zoológia, Number 45, pp. 1-16.