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Sixteen new species of Agrilus Curtis, 1825 from East Africa (Coleoptera, Buprestidae)

Vladimir Sakalian, Gianfranco Curletti

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Sixteen new species of Agrilus Curtis, 1825 from East Africa (Coleoptera: Buprestidae): Agrilus (Agrilus) cteniasformis, sp. n., Agrilus (Agrilus) gueorguievi, sp. n., Agrilus (Agrilus) kinuthiae, sp. n., Agrilus (Agrilus) ljubomirovi, sp. n., Agrilus (Agrilus) njugunae, sp. n., Agrilus (Agrilus) polinae, sp. n., Agrilus (Duttus) delchevi, sp. n., Agrilus (Paralophotus) gordoni, sp. n. Agrilus (Paralophotus) jiloi, sp. n., Agrilus (Paralophotus) pavlinae, sp. n., Agrilus (Paralophotus) penevi, sp. n. Agrilus (Paralophotus) popovi, sp. n., Agrilus (Paralophotus) semerdjievi, sp. n., Agrilus (Paralophotus) tsavoensis, sp. n. from Kenya; Agrilus (Agrilus) novaki, sp. n. from Tanzania; Agrilus (Robertius) mungaii, sp. n. from Uganda are described, illustrated and compared with related species.

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Key concepts: Agrilus, Buprestidae, Emerald ash borer, Zoology, Biology, Ecology, Fraxinus