First record of Plectris fassli Moser, 1919 and Pseudothyridium solisi Soula, 2002 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) for Panama
Author
Barria, Manuel D.
Author
Quirós, Dora Isabel
Author
Emmen, Daniel A.
text
Revista Chilena de Entomología
2022
Rev. Chil. Entomol.
2022-10-28
48
4
707
710
http://dx.doi.org/10.35249/rche.48.4.22.02
journal article
10.35249/rche.48.4.22.02
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Pseudothyridium solisi
Soula, 2002
(
Figs. 2
a-c)
Material examined.
1 male
from:
PANAMÁ
, Prov.
Panamá
Oeste
,
Sorá
,
Altos del MarÍa
,
Santiago Apóstol
,
914 m
,
31 VIII 2021
,
M. D. Barria
&
D. C. Robacker
col.
Hg-UV light trap
.
Adult
as
Fig. 2a
.
Length
:
36 mm
; humeral width:
16 mm
.
Male
genitalia as in
Figs. 2b, c
.
Figure 2
.
Pseudothyridium solisi
Soula, 2002
.
a.
Male, dorsal view.
b.
Male genitalia, dorsal and lateral views. Scale bar: 10 mm. /
a.
Macho, vista dorsal.
b.
Edeago del macho, vistas dorsal y lateral. Escala: 10 mm.
Figure 3.
Distribution of
Plectris fassli
Moser, 1919
and
Pseudothyridium solisi
Soula, 2002
in Central and South America. *Species information based on records published by
Soula (2002)
, Pardo-Locarno
etal
. (2005),
Pardo-Locarno & Yepes (2018)
and this paper. /Distribución de
Plectris fassli
Moser, 1919
y
Pseudothyridium solisi
Soula, 2002
en centro y Sudamérica. *Información de especies basada en los registros publicados por
Soula (2002)
,
Pardo-Locarno
et al
. (2005)
,
Pardo-Locarno y Yepes (2018)
y
en este trabajo.
Remarks.
The
holotype
of
Pseudothyridium solisi
is dark violet, with dark reddish tinge on the upper edge of the elytra; however, most specimens are dark olive green, with dark reddish tinge on the upper edge of the elytra. For its part
Pseudothyridium semicinctum
is a much lighter green color and the tinge on the upper edge of the elytra is yellowish.
Distribution.
Costa Rica
and
Panama
(
Fig. 3
).
All specimens are deposited in the collection of the first author housed at the Laboratorio de Estudios Biológicos de Artrópodos de la Universidad de
Panamá
(LEBA-UP),
Panamá
.