A review of the Cetoniinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from Argentina and adjacent countries: systematics and geographic distributions Author Iorio, Osvaldo Di text Zootaxa 2013 2013-06-05 3668 1 1 87 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3668.1.1 journal article 20102 10.11646/zootaxa.3668.1.1 6d97f474-61dc-481a-8f0b-406163041ae1 1175-5326 5266231 ADFC6617-6B86-420D-A3F5-9977B67F10B6 Gymnetis goryi Janson, 1877 , new status Figs. 65–66 (aspects), 74 (parameres) Gymnetis rufilateris , not Illiger, 1800 : Gory & Percheron 1833: 350 (description; distribution), plate 70, Fig. 3 , fide Janson 1877b: 247 (misidentification). Gymnetis rufilateris , not Illiger, 1800 , in part: Blanchard, 1847: 193 (distribution); Bruch 1911a: 214 (catalog; distribution); Blackwelder 1944: 263 (catalog; distribution). Gymnetis goryi Janson, 1877: 247 (description; distribution); Schoch 1898a: 79 (re-description; distribution); Schenkling 1921: 93 (catalog; distribution; references). Paragymnetis hieroglyphica subsp. goryi Jans. : Schürhoff 1937: 67 (list; distribution); Blackwelder 1944: 263 (catalog; distribution). Gymnetis hieroglyphica ssp. goryi Janson, 1877 : Krajčík 1998: 77 (catalog; distribution). Distribution: BRAZIL ( Gory & Percheron 1833 , Schenkling 1921 ). BOLIVIA : Santa Cruz ; Guarayos (Blanchard 1847); Bolivia ( Janson 1877 ). ARGENTINA : Misiones : in Bruch Collection ( Bruch 1911a ); Chaco : in Bruch Collection ( Bruch 1911a ); ( Blackwelder 1944 ). Material examined: BRAZIL : [ Pará ]: Santarém, Bosq Collection, 3 exx. [MLPA], one labeled “ Gymnetis / rufilateris / Illig.” [handwritten by Viana], other “ Gymnetis / rufilateris / G. & P. / det. B.C. Ratcliffe 2004 ”, Col. Viana, 2 exx. [MLPA], one labeled “ Gymnetosoma / rufilateris / (Illig.) / A. Martínez det. 1950”; BOLIVIA : 1 ex. [HBBA], “ rufilatris / Illig. / Bolivia ” [handwritten by Burmeister]; Beni : Santa Ana de Yacuma, 3–4-II-2012 , A. Borquez leg., 1 ex. [ABJCP], 1 ex. [ODIC], C. Calderon Villavicencio leg., II-2012 , 1 ex. [ABJCP], V-2012 , 8 exx. [ABJCP], 3 exx. [ODIC], X-2012 , 1 ex. [ABJCP], 22-XII-2012 , 1 ex. [ABJCP]; Santa Cruz : “S. Cruz / Boliv.” [handwritten by Burmeister], 1 ex. [HBBA]; “Yungas de La Paz ”, F. Germain leg., 1 ex. [MLPA], “ Gymnetis sp. ”; ARGENTINA : Misiones : [without locality], Richter Collection, 1 ex. [MLPA] (black), “ Gymnetis / rufilateris / Illig.”, “ Gymnetis / goryi / Janson / det. B.C. Ratcliffe 2004 ”; Gob. Misiones, 190_, C. Bruch, 1 female [CBBA], “ Gymnetis / rufilateris / Illg.” [handwritten by Bruch], “ Gymnetis / rufilateris ” [handwritten by Moser, cut] (Fig. XX); Chaco : “Gob. Chaco / 1 1896 / C. Bruch”, 2 exx. [CBBA], one labeled “ Gymnetis / rufilateris / Illig.” [handwritten by Bruch]; Without locality : A. Breyer Collection, 2 females [MACN] (black), one labeled “ Gymnetis / rufilatris Ill. / C.B. det.” [handwritten by Bruch]; 1 male [ODIC], 1 ex. [ODIC]. Male genitalia: parameres ( Fig. 74 ). Note 1 : Janson (1877) described Gymnetis goryi from Bolivia , which corresponds to the illustration of G. rufilateris not Illiger, given by Gory & Percheron (1833) ( Fig. 64 ). As G. rufilateris sensu Gory & Percheron (1833) was recorded from Brazil , the distribution of G. goryi includes Brazil and Bolivia . While discussing G. goryi , Schürhoff (1937) mentioned that “the locality is not Brazil [error for Bolivia ?] but Ecuador , instead, rufilateris G. & P. is from Brazil , and thus probably identical to rufilateris Ill. ” (translated from German). The mention of Ecuador by Schürhoff (1937) , and repeated by Blackwelder (1944) and Krajčík (1998) , may be erroneous and needs corroboration. Blackwelder (1944) also erroneously listed G. rufilateris Illiger from Bolivia and Argentina ( Chaco ). This was based on Bruch (1911a) (= Gymnetis goryi ). Gymnetis rufilateris Illiger urgently needs a redescription based on the type specimens. Note 2 : On page 67, Schürhoff (1937) listed G. goryi as a subspecies of Paragymnetis hieroglyphica ( Vigors, 1824 ) . The general aspect (Figs. 65–66) and the male parameres ( Fig. 74 ) of G. goryi are completely different from those of G. hieroglyphica (Figs. 67–68 and 75 respectively). Therefore, the status of G. goryi as a separate species is re-established here. Note 3 : One black specimen with interrupted, red lateral bands on the elytra in MLPA was identified by B. Ratcliffe as being to G. goryi , and was identical to another specimen in the MACN (Fig. 66). It seems that some specimens tend to be melanic, with the orange and/or red lateral band on the elytra always interrupted by the dark maculation (black background color) ( Fig. 144 ). In contrast, the light specimens, similar to that illustrated by Gory & Percheron (1833) ( Fig. 64 ), may have the red lateral bands on elytra interrupted or not by the dark maculation.