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 mayita
Orozco
,
new species
(Appendix 4:
Fig. 45
)
Type Material (26).
Holotype
male labeled “
MEX
.
Chiapas
Hwy
/ 195 36Km S
Jct
190/
X-15- 1988
/
J. E. Wappes
” (
TAMU
) and with my red
holotype
label
.
Allotype
female as
holotype
, with my yellow
allotype
label (
TAMU
)
.
Paratypes
(24) with the following
data: As
holotype
(1
CMNC
);
“
MEXICO
:
Chiapas
2-3/ mi. W. of
Rizo de Oro
/ tropical desiduous [
sic
]/ for.
914 m
26 VIII-1974
/
D.E. & J.A.Breedlove
/ Cal.Acad.Sci.Access.” (6
CASC
, 1
JOAC
);
“
MEXICO
:
Chiapas
2-3/ mi. W. of
Rizo de Oro
/ tropical desiduous [
sic
]/ for.
914 m
26 VIII-1974
/
D.E. & J.A.Breedlove
/ Cal.Acad.Sci.Access.//
CAS
// fulveola/ DET./ A.
R
. Hardy 19” (1
JOAC
);
“
MEXICO
:
Chiapas
, Mu-/ nicípio de Cintalapa/ La Mina./
914m
14.IX.1981
/
D.E. & P.M.Breedlove
/ and
C. G. Whitefield
// Collection of the/ CALIFORNIA ACADEMY/
OF
SCIENCES, San/ Francisco, Calif ” (1
CASC
);
“
MEXICO
:
Chiapas
;/ 22
Km. NE Tapanatepec
/
750m
11-X-1997
/ Xoll. A.
R
. Gillogly” (1
TAMU
);
“Cameron [
sic
]
19 mi
SE/
VI-21-1967
Oax/ Mexel ftSLW” (1
BYU
);
“MEX:
33mi
W/ Tehuantepec,/ Oax. VIII-23-65//
Col. Slobodchikoff
/ Collector” (1
EMEC
);
“
MEXICO
:
Chiapas
.
Rio Cintalpa
[
sic
], 20/ km W. of Cintalapa/
914m
alt
5-X-1972
/ D.E/
Breedlove
” (1
JOAC
);
“
MEXICO
Oaxaca
, 14/ mi. NW.
Tehuantepec
/
26 June 1961
700’/ u. kans. Mex. Exped.//
On
flowers of/
Croton
” (1
SEMC
);
“
MEXICO
,
CHIAPAS
/ 9
KM
N ARRIAGA/
OCT 15 1988
/ E.
GIESBERT
,
COLL
.” (5
FSCA
);
“MEX.
Chiapas
Hwy
/ 195
26km
S Jct
190/
X-15-1988
/
J.E. Wappes
//
Euphoria
/
fulveola Bates
/ or nera/ Det. H. F. HOWDEN 90” (1
MJPC
)
,
“
MEX
:
GUERRERO
/
Acahuizotla
800m
/ 27 x 06
Curoe Col
// 8 nigriv.” (1
DJCC
)
;
“
MEXICO
,
CHIAPAS
/ 9
KM N ARRIAGA
/
OCT 15 1998
/ E.
GIESBERT
,
COLL
.//
Euphoria
/ vestita/ G. y P., 1833/ A. C. deloya, det. IX-96” (2
CCDX
). All
paratypes
with my yellow
paratype
label
.
Description.
Holotype
male (
Fig. 45a
). Length
11.8 mm
; width
6.5 mm
.
Color
: Dorsal surface tomentous. Pronotum yellowish brown with 2 longitudinal, black vittae on each side of midline, 1 small, dark, semicircular, anterolateral mark at each side. Elytra yellowish brown, with black, moderately sized, irregular, markings. Ventral surface, including legs, dark brown.
Head
: Frons densely punctate; punctures deep, moderate in length, many confluent, moderately densely setose; setae yellowish, moderate in size. Clypeus subrectangular, laterally expanded anteriorly in dorsal view, lateral margins moderately raised; apex weakly raised, moderately sinuate; punctation as on frons, sparsely setose; setae yellowish, short to moderate. Antennal club longer than stem.
Pronotum
: Surface moderately densely punctate; punctures round to lunulate, small, denser and larger toward apex. Surface moderately densely setose; setae short to moderate, yellowish. Sides moderately angulate. Base in front of scutellum weakly emarginate. Scutellum impunctate, apex sharp.
Elytra
: Surface moderately densely punctate, striae bearing 2, lateral rows of moderately dense punctures, and 1 sparsely punctate medial row, punctures small to moderate, lunulate to irregular, sparsely setose; setae short to moderate, yellowish.
Pygidium
: Surface subconcentrically striate; striae dense, discontinuous, moderately densely setose, setae short to moderate. Apex evenly rounded.
Legs
: Protibiae slender, teeth sharp, equidistant, strongly oblique. Meso and metatibial carinae moderately developed. Metatibiae not strongly expanded apically, metatarsi longer than metatibiae.
Venter
: Mesometasternal process moderately compressed laterally, apex rounded, extended extended to same level as mesocoxae. Mesepimera, metasternum, metepimera, and metacoxae setose; setae as on legs. Metasternum rugose, densely setose laterally, weakly punctate and setose at middle, median sulcus strongly impressed. Abdomen in lateral view flat.
Allotype
.
Female. Similar to
holotype
except in the following: Length 12.0 mm; width 7.0 mm.
Head
: Frons glabrous. Clypeus glabrous, apex vaguely reflexed. Antennal club shorter than stem.
Pygidium
: Apex slightly pointed.
Legs
: Metatibiae moderately expanded apically, metatarsi shorter than metatibiae.Abdomen in lateral view strongly convex.
Variation.
Paratypes
(24) similar to the
holotype
and
allotype
except in the following: Length
9.9–13.1 mm
; width
5.6–7.3 mm
.
Color
: Melanistic forms present.
Head
: Frons weakly to moderately setose.
Pronotum
: Base in front of scutellum weakly to moderately emarginate.
Legs
: Protibiae slender in males, robust in females, apical and medial teeth frequently proximal in males, basal tooth frequently obsolete to subobsolete in males, teeth frequently equidistant and well developed in females. Meso- and metatibial carinae weakly to moderately developed in males, moderately to strongly developed in females.
Male genitalia
: Parameres as in
Fig. 45c
.
Diagnosis.
This species is separated from other species in the group by the following combination of characters: antennal club longer than stem in males; clypeus subrectangular; elytral striae without grooves; protibial teeth strongly oblique; and form of the parameres.
Temporal Distribution.
June (2), August (9), September (3), October (12) (
Fig. 45d
).
Geographic Distribution.
Known from
Guerrero
,
Oaxaca
, and
Chiapas
,
Mexico
(
Fig. 45e
).
Etymology.
The name is derived from the feminine Spanish diminutive form of “Mayan”.