Agrilus tentative

A tentative checklist for mistletoe-associated jewel beetles

This list includes species associated with root parasitic plants that are usually not regarded as mistletoe (aerial parasite) in Santalales . On the other hand, this list excludes records of adults visiting flowers in Australian jewel beetles of the genera Calotemognatha Peterson, 1991 , Castiarina , Diphucrania Dejean, 1833 , Hypocisseis , Melobasis , Neocuris , Stigmodera Eschscholtz, 1829 , and Temognatha Solier, 1833 (see Bellamy et al., 2013 and Williams et al., 2024).

Subfamily Chrysochroinae : tribe Sphenopterini

1. Sphenoptera loranthiphaga Bellamy, 1986 : Host (larva): [ Loranthaceae ] Agelanthus natalitius subsp. zeyheri (Harv.) Polhill & Wiens (= Loranthus zeyheri ) in South Africa ( Bellamy & Scholtz, 1986). Larval feeding mode: Wood-borer and gall-maker ( Bellamy & Scholtz, 1986).

Subfamily Buprestinae : tribe Stigmoderini

2. Castiarina producta (Saunders, 1868) : Host (larva): [ Loranthaceae ] Muellerina eucalyptoides (DC.) Barlow in Australia ( Hawkeswood & Peterson, 1982). Larval feeding mode: Unknown. Note: This record is based on label data of a specimen ( Hawkeswood & Peterson, 1982).

Subfamily Buprestinae : tribe Melobasini

3. Melobasis abnormis Carter, 1923 : Host (larva): [ Santalaceae ] Santalum acuminatum (R.Br.) A.DC. in Australia ( Wilson, 1936; Faithful, 1997; Hawkeswood, 2011). Larval feeding mode: Wood-borer ( Wilson, 1936).

4. Melobasis gloriosa gloriosa (Laporte & Gory, 1837) : Adult collecting: [ Loranthaceae ] Nuytsia sp. in Australia ( Bellamy et al., 2013); and other plants of Casuarinaceae , Fabaceae , Myrtaceae , Proteaceae , and Xanthorrhoeaceae ( Bellamy et al., 2013) .

Subfamily Agrilinae : tribe Agrilini : subtribe Agrilina

5. Agrilus andersoni Hespenheide, 2008 : Host (adult): [ Santalaceae ] Phoradendron nervosum Oliv. in Mexico ( Hespenheide, 2008).

6. Agrilus convexifrons Kiesenwetter, 1857 : Hosts (larva): [ Loranthaceae ] Loranthus europaeus Jacq. without country data ( Curletti, 1994), and other plants of Betulaceae and Fagaceae ( Jendek & Poláková, 2014) . Larval feeding mode: Wood-borer ( Curletti, 1994). Note: The host record of Curletti (1994) is based on a personal communication with S. Bílý. This species is distributed in Austria, Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Italy, Poland, and Romania ( Bellamy, 2008d).

7. Agrilus graecus Obenberger, 1916 (synonym, A. viscivorus Bílý, 1991): Hosts (larva): [ Santalaceae ] Viscum album L. in Austria, Czech Republic, Greece, and Slovakia ( Bílý, 1991) and Viscum album subsp. austriacum (Wiesb.) Vollm. in Czech Republic ( Skorpik et al., 2011), and other plants of Rosaceae ( Jendek & Poláková, 2014) . Larval feeding mode: Wood-borer ( Bílý, 1991). Note: This species is also associated with Rosaceae plants, but the records are suspicious, according to Jendek & Poláková (2014).

8. Agrilus howdenorum Hespenheide, 2008 : Host (adult): [ Santalaceae ] Phoradendron sp. in Mexico ( Hespenheide, 2008).

9. Agrilus jacetanus Sánchez Sobrino & Tolosa Sánchez, 2004 : Host (adult): [ Santalaceae ] Viscum sp. in Spain ( Sánchez Sobrino & Tolosa Sánchez, 2004; Jendek & Poláková, 2014).

10. Agrilus kubani Bílý, 1991 : Host (larva): [ Loranthaceae ] Loranthus europaeus Jacq. in Czech Republic and Romania ( Bílý, 1991; Manci & Curletti, 2025) and Loranthus sp. in Slovakia ( Bílý, 1991). Larval feeding mode: Wood-borer ( Bílý, 1991; Manci & Curletti, 2025).

11. Agrilus kutahyanus Królik, 2002 : Host (larva): [ Santalaceae ] Viscum album ssp. austriacum (Wiesb.) Vollm. in Turkey ( Królik, 2002). Larval feeding mode: Wood-borer ( Królik, 2002).

12. Agrilus roscidus Kiesenwetter, 1857 : Hosts (larva): [ Santalaceae ] Viscum album L without country data ( Bregant, 1977); [ Loranthaceae ] Loranthus europaeus Jacq. without country data ( Bílý, 2003: including A. graecus Obenberger, 1916 as a synonym); and other plants in 22 families ( Jendek & Poláková, 2014). Larval feeding mode: Wood-borer ( Bregant, 1977). Note: The records of the host mistletoes are suspicious, according to Jendek & Poláková (2014). This species is widely distributed in Europe and North Africa ( Bellamy, 2008d).

13. Agrilus turnbowi Nelson, 1990 : Host (larva): [ Santalaceae ] Phoradendron tomentosum (DC.) Engelm. ex A. Gray in Texas, USA ( Nelson, 1990). Larval feeding mode: Wood-borer ( Nelson, 1990).

Subfamily Agrilinae : tribe Coraebini : subtribe Toxoscelina

14. Cupriscobina loranthae Bellamy & Holm, 1985 : Adult collecting: [ Loranthaceae ] Agelanthus natalitius ssp. zeyheri (Harv.) Polhill & Wiens (= Loranthus zeyheri ) in South Africa ( Bellamy & Holm, 1985).

Subfamily Agrilinae : tribe Coraebini : subtribe Cisseina

15. Hypocisseis suturalis (Saunders, 1868) : Host (larva): [ Santalaceae ] Exocarpos cupressiformis Labill. in Australia ( Turner, 2001). Larval feeding mode: Wood-borer ( Turner, 2001). Note: The host plant is a root parasite.

Subfamily Agrilinae : tribe Tracheini : subtribe Tracheina

16. Habroloma ( Parahabroloma) taxillusi Kato & Kawakita, 2023b : Host (larva/adult): [ Loranthaceae ] Taxillus yadoriki (Siebold ex Maxim.) Danser. in Japan ( Kato & Kawakita, 2023a; this study). Larval feeding mode: Leaf-miner ( Kato & Kawakita, 2023a; this study).

17. Habroloma ( Parahabroloma) tsutsumiuchii sp. nov.: Host (larva/adult): [ Loranthaceae ] Taxillus yadoriki (Siebold ex Maxim.) Danser. in Japan (confirmed by this study). Larval feeding mode: Leaf-miner (confirmed by this study).