New Species and Records of Chrysobothris Eschscholtz (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from Montserrat, Saba, and Anguilla, with a Key to the Chrysobothris thoracica Species-Group in the West Indies
Author
Maier, Crystal A.
Division of Entomology Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology University of Kansas 1501 Crestline Drive, Suite 140 Lawrence, KS 66045, U. S. A
Author
Ivie, Michael A.
Montana Entomology Collection 1601 S. 19 th Ave., Room 50 Marsh Laboratory Montana State University Bozeman, MT 59717 - 3020, U. S. A.
mivie@montana.edu
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The Coleopterists Bulletin
2013
2013-06-01
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81
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10.1649/0010-065X-67.2.81
1938-4394
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Chrysobothris guadeloupensis
Descarpentries, 1981
Chrysobothris thoracica guadeloupensis
Descarpentries, 1981: 181
;
Touroult 2005: 87
;
Bellamy 2008: 1687
,
2011: 1
.
Chrysobothris guadeloupensis
; Woodley and Touroult 2012: 3.
Diagnosis.
This species most closely resembles
C. marskeae
, with a pronotal blue patch immediately anterior to scutellum (Woodley and Touroult 2012: fig. 2). It can be distinguished from
C. marskeae
by its narrow aedeagus, which is at least 3.4 times as long as wide (Woodley and Touroult 2012: figs. 5, 6).
Chrysobothris guadeloupensis
is also the only species in the
C
.
thoracica
speies-group known from the
Guadeloupe
archipelago. For a full description, see Woodley and Touroult (2012).
Length.
4.5– 6.2 mm
(from Woodley and Touroult 2012).
Distribution.
This species is reported from the islands of Grande Terre, Basse Terre, and La Désirade in
Guadeloupe
(Woodley and Touroult 2012).
Type
Locality.
Porte d’ Enfer
, Portland, Grande Terre,
Guadeloupe
(
MNHN
)
.
Material Examined.
None. Key and diagnosis are based on
Descarpentries (1981)
and Woodley and Touroult (2012).
Biology.
Chrysobothris guadeloupensis
has been reared from
Tamarindus indica
L. and
Acacia tortuosa
(L.) Willd. (
Fabaceae
) as well as
Laguncularia racemosa
(L.) C. F. Gaertn. (
Combretaceae
) (white mangrove) (
Touroult 2005
; Woodley and Touroult 2012). It is widespread in
Guadeloupe
, mostly in the dry forest zone.
Figs. 5–7.
Chrysobothris
species
, male genitalia.
5)
C. sabae
;
6)
C. marskeae
;
7)
C. thoracica
.
Fig. 8.
Distribution of species of the
Chrysobothris thoracica
species-group in the West Indies.
Remarks.
Originally described as a subspecies of
C. thoracica
,
C. guadeloupensis
was recently elevated to species rank by Woodley and Touroult (2012).