<documentID-CLB-Dataset="33275"ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.666.9191"ID-PMC="PMC5534527"ID-Pensoft-Pub="1313-2970-666-1"ID-Pensoft-UUID="C43EEB41A94B930FFE439D1FAD29FF9C"ID-PubMed="28769631"ID-Zenodo-Dep="579453"ID-ZooBank="B3C377E8BBB14F328AECA2C22D1E625A"ModsDocID="1313-2970-666-1"checkinTime="1491551283800"checkinUser="pensoft"docAuthor="Moore, Matthew R., Jameson, Mary L., Garner, Beulah H., Audibert, Cedric, Smith, Andrew B. T. & Seidel, Matthias"docDate="2017"docId="D49EE85054745BFEB01DA593EC090961"docLanguage="en"docName="C43EEB41A94B930FFE439D1FAD29FF9C"docOrigin="ZooKeys 666"docPubDate="2017-04-06"docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.666.9191"docTitle="Homothermon Ohaus 1898"docType="treatment"docVersion="9"id="C43EEB41A94B930FFE439D1FAD29FF9C"lastPageNumber="1"masterDocId="C43EEB41A94B930FFE439D1FAD29FF9C"masterDocTitle="Synopsis of the pelidnotine scarabs (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Rutelinae, Rutelini) and annotated catalog of the species and subspecies"masterLastPageNumber="349"masterPageNumber="1"pageNumber="1"updateTime="1719493172494"updateUser="carolina">
<mods:titleid="B0E7852163C31283E4344C749852987A">Synopsis of the pelidnotine scarabs (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Rutelinae, Rutelini) and annotated catalog of the species and subspecies</mods:title>
<mods:namePartid="F34685C5367F404F53FCE72192E9EA59">Moore, Matthew R.</mods:namePart>
<mods:affiliationid="5A8BA8FBB9F9E3174C3279CE5FE74667">Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida Building 1881 Natural Drive Area, Steinmetz Hall, Box 110620, Gainesville, FL 32611 - 0620, USA</mods:affiliation>
<mods:namePartid="19E2FEB2DA70076C5F6109FE6E80E5D5">Garner, Beulah H.</mods:namePart>
<mods:affiliationid="CE856E1D3863C43CC357E4CDE1AA6537">Natural History Museum, Insects Division, Department of Life Sciences, Cromwell Road, London SW 7 5 BD, UK</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="C2227F42B2BC89D197816A150323B576">Musee des Confluences, Centre de Conservation et d'Etude des Collections, 13 A Rue Bancel, F- 69007 Lyon, France</mods:affiliation>
<mods:namePartid="6DFFF00D879E4DC53925EF8A0064F092">Smith, Andrew B. T.</mods:namePart>
<mods:affiliationid="D04CBE696DC35FA49F33ED43689B7A18">Research Division, Canadian Museum of Nature, P. O. Box 3443, Station D, Ottawa, Ontario, K 1 P 6 P 4, Canada</mods:affiliation>
<figureCitationid="7EA1BE40E345D04E6DDC32A9E8D4D30D"captionStart="Figure 34"captionStartId="F34"captionText="Figure 34. Homothermon paulista Ohaus (valid name H. praemorsus Burmeister) type male (see " Type specimens and lectotype designation " in Methods) from ZMHB. A Dorsal habitus B Lateral habitus C Specimens labels, mouthparts, and male genitalia D Male genitalia, lateral view."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.666.9191.figure34"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/130462"pageId="0"pageNumber="1">Figs 34</figureCitation>
<figureCitationid="60EBA99C9501BD2A0464C145B5AECAD8"captionStart="Figure 35"captionStartId="F35"captionText="Figure 35. Homothermon serrano Ohaus paralectotype male from ZMHB. A Dorsal habitus B Lateral habitus C Specimens labels and male genitalia D Male parameres, caudal view."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.666.9191.figure35"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/130463"pageId="0"pageNumber="1">, 35</figureCitation>
includes four uncommon species that are distributed in the Paulista center of endemism in Brazil and Argentina (Rio de Janeiro in the north to Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul, and Misiones in the south) (
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). Species in the genus are characterized by greatly enlarged metatibia in the male, claws on all legs simple (both male and female), male with a medial tubercle on the protarsal claw, pronotal basal bead incomplete anterior to the scutellum, elytral margin without a bead (=rounded), scutellum that is nearly twice as wide as long, clypeus semi-circular or subtrapezoidal, apex of mandibles bidentate, and parameres with a well-developed ventral plate.
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<bibRefCitationid="9D32577F38AC121FE69D3E005168D9B7"author="Soula, M"journalOrPublisher="AECFT, Saintry"pageId="0"pageNumber="1"refId="B359"refString="Soula, M, 2008. Les Coleopteres du Nouveau Monde. Volume 2: Rutelini 2. Revision des Pelidnotina 2. Revision des genres: Parhoplognathus, Chipita n. gen., Heteropelidnota, Homothermon, Hoplopelidnota, Mesomerodon, Mecopelidnota, Patatra n. gen. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Rutelinae, Rutelini). Besoiro: Supplement au Bulletin de liaison de l'Association Entomologique pour la Connaissance de la Faune Tropicale. AECFT, Saintry"title="Les Coleopteres du Nouveau Monde. Volume 2: Rutelini 2. Revision des Pelidnotina 2. Revision des genres: Parhoplognathus, Chipita n. gen., Heteropelidnota, Homothermon, Hoplopelidnota, Mesomerodon, Mecopelidnota, Patatra n. gen. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Rutelinae, Rutelini). Besoiro: Supplement au Bulletin de liaison de l'Association Entomologique pour la Connaissance de la Faune Tropicale."year="2008">Soula (2008)</bibRefCitation>
are apparently sympatric. Based on our examination of specimens (including type specimens), the two species differ only in color but are conspecific in all other respects.
<bibRefCitationid="DD2312CEC0780DA67F2405E82299540D"author="Soula, M"journalOrPublisher="AECFT, Saintry"pageId="0"pageNumber="1"refId="B359"refString="Soula, M, 2008. Les Coleopteres du Nouveau Monde. Volume 2: Rutelini 2. Revision des Pelidnotina 2. Revision des genres: Parhoplognathus, Chipita n. gen., Heteropelidnota, Homothermon, Hoplopelidnota, Mesomerodon, Mecopelidnota, Patatra n. gen. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Rutelinae, Rutelini). Besoiro: Supplement au Bulletin de liaison de l'Association Entomologique pour la Connaissance de la Faune Tropicale. AECFT, Saintry"title="Les Coleopteres du Nouveau Monde. Volume 2: Rutelini 2. Revision des Pelidnotina 2. Revision des genres: Parhoplognathus, Chipita n. gen., Heteropelidnota, Homothermon, Hoplopelidnota, Mesomerodon, Mecopelidnota, Patatra n. gen. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Rutelinae, Rutelini). Besoiro: Supplement au Bulletin de liaison de l'Association Entomologique pour la Connaissance de la Faune Tropicale."year="2008">Soula (2008)</bibRefCitation>
as separate species, and he stated that these are "good examples of two populations where the aedeagus is very similar, however the populations represent two good species that are sympatric" (
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