Three new synonyms within the flower chafer genus Goliathopsis Janson, 1881 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) from China
Author
Xu, Hao
Author
Qiu, Jian-Yue
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Zootaxa
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2020-06-08
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10.11646/zootaxa.4789.1.3
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Goliathopsis duponti
Antoine, 1991
(
Figs.1–4, 7
,
15
,
26–27
,
44–45
,
58–61
,
91–92
,
122–127
,
164
)
Goliathopsis duponti
Antoine, 1991: 10
(
type
locality: Sila Phet,
Nan
, N.
Thailand
), plate I, fig. 7 (parameres), plate III, fig.
7 ♂
;
Sakai & Ikeda 1996: 43
(N.
Thailand
), fig.
46 ♂
;
Sakai & Nagai 1998: 156
(N.
Thailand
), plate 2, figs. 39-
1 ♂
, 39-
2 ♀
;
Krajčík 1999: 39
;
Li
et al.
2013: 30
(Mount Gaoligongshan, Tengchong,
Yunnan
,
China
), figs. 5-a
♂
, 5-b
♀
;
Krajčík 2012: 116
.
FIGURES 58–61.
Habitus of
Goliathopsis duponti
Antoine, 1991
(dorsal and ventral view). 58–59, male; 60–61, female.
Type material.
The
species was described based on a large series of specimens (
147 males
and
148 females
) collect- ed from
Sila Phet
,
Nan
;
Lampang
;
Mae Tha
,
Lamphun
;
Mae Taeng
,
Chiang Mai
; and Wang Muea. Only five type specimens were examined, others should be preserved in several private collections as stated in the original publication (
Antoine 1991
).
Male
holotype
(
MNHN
,
Figs. 122–125
) is labeled: N.
Thailand
,
Sila Phet
Nan
, 12. VIII. [19]89,
Ferrero
leg. [white label] //
HOLOTYPE
Goliathopsis duponti
♂
, Ph.
ANTOINE det. 1990 [white label] // MUSEUM PARIS, COLL. GÉNÉRALE //
MNHN
,
EC7182
[white label].
The
allotype
(
MNHN
,
Figs. 126–127
) is labeled: N.
Thailand
,
Sila Phet
Nan
, 12. VIII. [19]89,
Ferrero
leg. [white label] //
ALLOTYPE
♀
,
Goliathopsis duponti
, Ph.
ANTOINE det. 1990 [white label].
Other
three
paratypes
in
BMNH
were examined:
1♀
,
Thailand
,
Lamphun
, 26. VI. [19]90 [white label] //
Paratype
,
Goliathopsis duponti
, Ph.
ANTOINE det. 1990 [white label with red border];
1 ♂
,
Thailand
,
Lamphun
, 15. VII. [19]90 [white label] //
Paratype
,
Goliathopsis duponti
, Ph.
ANTOINE det. 1990 [white label];
1 ♂
, Burma,
Mt. Victoria
,
Chinhills
,
1,000 m
, VI. [19]38,
G. Heinrich
leg. [yellow label] //
Brit. Mus.
, 1951-337. //
Goliathopsis
//
Paratype
,
Goliathopsis duponti
, Ph.
ANTOINE det. 1990 [white label]
.
Other material examined
(
32♂♂
,
25♀♀
).
Thailand
:
1♂
,
1♀
(
MYNU
), 2006.IV,
Wiang Pa Pao
,
Chiang Rai
, native leg
.;
1♂
,
1♀
(
MYNU
), 2009.IX,
Chiang Mai
, native leg
.;
16♂♂
,
10♀♀
(
MYNU
), 2016.V,
Chiang Mai
, native leg
.;
1♂
,
1♀
(
BMNH
, Krajčík Coll.), 1985.V,
Doi Pui
,
Chiang Mai
;
1♂
(
KSCJ
),
2013.V.7–9
,
Mea Hong Song
,
Pai
,
Thailand
,
T.Chiku
leg.
;
7♂♂
(
KSCJ
),
1989.VII.27
,
Wang Nuea
,
Lampang Prov.
,
N. Thailand
;
2♂♂
,
1♀
(
KSCJ
), 1993.VI,
Meatha
,
Lampang Prov.
,
N. Thailand
;
3♂♂
,
5♀♀
(
KSCJ
),
1990.VII.9
,
Meatha
,
Lampang Prov.
,
N. Thailand
;
1♀
(
KSCJ
),
2008.V.10–12
,
Phu Chong Na Yoi
,
Thailand
,
S. Ohmomo
leg.
;
2♀♀
(
KSCJ
), 2000.VI,
Phu Phra
,
Bat H.P
near
Ban Phu
,
Thailand
,
N.Nishikawa
leg.
;
3♀♀
(
KSCJ
), 1986.VII,
Chiang Mai
,
N. Thailand
.
Diagnosis.
Body length 11.5–13.0 mm; width 6.0–6.5 mm. Body black. Pronotum with tomentum on lateral portion (
Fig. 58
); disc usually without tomentose midline (few individuals with an indistinct, light yellow midline); the middle of posterior margin usually with a small, light yellow, tomentose spot. Elytron usually with four light yellow, tomentose maculae: a small one on posthumeral area; a small one on the mediodiscal area near sutural costa; a large one on the median portion of lateral declivity; a large one on the postdiscal areas near sutural costa. Few other small tomentose maculae scattered on disc near scutellum and anteapical umbone. Disc of elytron with U shaped, setiferous punctures (
Fig. 7
); setae long. Pygidium with rounded, setiferous punctures (
Figs. 26–27
); longitudinal ridge without tomentum in female (
Fig. 27
). Cephalic horns of male not constricted at base, without tomentum (
Fig. 15
). Male genitalia large (
Figs. 44–45
), proximal and distal parts of parameres distinctly expanded in apical view, medially constricted, apex rounded; parameres slightly curved in lateral view, proximal part of basal piece expanded.
This species is similar to
Goliathopsis gressitti
, but can be distinguished from the latter by punctures on elytral disc glabrous (
Fig. 7
; with tomentum in
G. gressitti
,
Fig. 10
); elytra with less tomentose maculae; cephalic horns shorter, more expanded at apex, and not constricted at base (
Fig. 15
; slender and constricted at base in
G. gressitti
,
Fig. 19
); shape of parameres different.
Distribution.
China
:
Yunnan
?;
Myanmar
,
Thailand
.
Remarks.
Almost all records of
Goliathopsis duponti
are from northern
Thailand
(
Antoine 1991
;
Sakai & Ikeda 1996
;
Sakai & Nagai 1998
), and only one
paratype
is from western
Myanmar
. However, a pair of specimens were presented by
Li
et al.
(2013)
from Mount Gaoligongshan of Yunnan where is far from its known distribution. Thus, this record needs to be confirmed in the furture investigation.