Acmaeoderella (Euacmaeoderella) villosula (Steven, 1830)

Kirçakci, Ali Kemal & Kabalak, Mahmut, 2020, Contributions to the systematics of the family Buprestidae (Coleoptera) by the first description of male external genital organ and illustrations of six species from Ankara province, Turkish Journal of Zoology 44 (6), pp. 531-537 : 533

Acmaeoderella (Euacmaeoderella) villosula (Steven, 1830) ( Figure 4 .)

Material examined: Ankara (Çubuk), 40°18ʹ13.67ʹʹ N, 32°55ʹ39.64ʹʹ E, 1163 m, 2♂♂, 11.6.2018.

Aedeagus ( Figure 5. A–D ): In the dorsal view, phallobase hyaline, lateral margins narrowed posteriorly, triangle-like, posterior margin slightly rounded; parameres hyaline in posterior half, sclerotized in the anterior half, lateral margins slightly widened from the posterior to the anterior, gradually narrowed towards apex in apical part, the inner margins slightly bowed towards the apex in the apical part, parameres covered with campaniform sensillae, with narrowly rounded apex; median lobe hyaline, its tip more hyaline, with rounded apex. In lateral view, phallobase slightly sclerotized, posterior margin raised upwards; parameres dorsally convex in posterior third, the rest gradually narrowed towards the end, ventral part of parameres arcuate in posterior third, medial third almost straight, narrowed gradually towards tip in anterior third, apex rounded.

Figures

Figures 2–7. Habitus and aedeagi. 2-3. Acmaeodera (s.str.) flavolIneata, 4–5. Acmaeoderella (Euacmaeoderella) vIllosula, 6–7. A. (E.) gIbbulosa. A–B) Dorsal photograph and drawing of aedeagus. C–D) Lateral photograph and drawing of aedeagus.