Monographic Revision of the American Genus Euphoria Burmeister, 1842 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae)
Author
Orozco, Jesús
Molecular Ecology and Systematics Group Department of Botany and Department of Zoology and Entomology Rhodes University Grahamstown, SOUTH AFRICA 6140
text
The Coleopterists Bulletin
2012
mo 11
2012-12-20
66
1
182
journal article
10.1649/0010-066X-66.mo4.1
1938-4394
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Euphoria biguttata
Species-Group
(Appendix 3:
Plate 1a–e
)
Species in the
biguttata
species-group
are distinguished by having the clypeal apex and sides not raised, clypeal sides moderately to strongly convergent anteriorly, antennal club subequal in length in both sexes, scutellum impunctate, abdomen subequal in shape in both sexes, and form of the parameres.
Composition.
Three species are included in this group:
E
.
biguttata
(Gory and Percheron)
,
E
.
canescens
(Gory and Percheron)
, and
E
.
dimidiata
(Gory and Percheron)
.
Natural History.
All species in the group are known to use
Atta
sp.
(
Hymenoptera
:
Formicidae
) debris piles in the larval stage.
KEY TO THE
SPECIES
OF THE
BIGUTTATA
SPECIES- GROUP
1. Clypeus strongly attenuate (
Fig. 3b
) .............. .....
E
.
canescens
(Gory and Percheron)
(p. 19)
1′. Clypeus weakly to moderately attenuate (
Figs. 2b
,
4b
)................................................2
2. Base of pronotum in front of scutellum strongly emarginate. Mesometasternal process extending anteriorly well beyond mesocoxae. Cretaceous markings on elytra generally large (
Fig. 2a, d
) ...
E
.
biguttata
(Gory and Percheron
)
(p. 17)
2′. Base of pronotum in front of scutellum weakly to moderately emarginate. Mesometasternal process extending anteriorly to same level as mesocoxae or only slightly beyond. Cretaceous markings on elytra absent or small (
Fig. 4a, d
) .....
E
.
dimidiata
(Gory and Percheron)
(p. 20)
C LAVE
PARA
LAS
E SPECIES
DEL
G RUPO
BIGUTTATA
1. Clípeo fuertemente atenuado (
Fig. 3b
) ......... ....
E
.
canescens
(Gory y Percheron)
(p. 19)
1′. Clípeo ligera a moderadamente atenuado (
Figs. 2b
,
4b
)..............................................2
2. Base del pronoto en frente del escutelo fuertemente emarginada. Proceso mesometasternal extendiéndose anteriormente mucho más allá de las mesocoxas. Máculas cretáceas elitrales generalmente grandes (
Fig. 2a, d
) ................................................... ....
E
.
biguttata
(Gory y Percheron
)
(p. 17)
2′. Base del pronoto en frente del escutelo ligera a moderadamente emarginada. Proceso mesometasternal extendiéndose anteriormente al mismo nivel de las mesocoxas o ligeramente más allá. Máculas cretáceas elitrales pequeñas o ausentes (
Fig. 4a, d
) .................................... ......
E
.
dimidiata
(Gory y Percheron)
(p. 20)