A review of the natural history of adult Cetoniinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from Argentina and adjacent countries
Author
Iorio, Osvaldo Di
text
Zootaxa
2014
3790
2
281
318
journal article
45960
10.11646/zootaxa.3790.2.3
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Marmarina tigrina
(Gory & Percheron, 1833)
Fig. 20
(predation)
Gymnetis
(
Marmarina
)
tigrina
(Gory & Percheron)
:
Bruch 1919
: 393
–394 (distribution, biology);
Bruch 1929
: 434
(distribution, natural history).
Maculinetis tigrina
(Gory & Percheron)
:
Di
Iorio 2004a
: 184
(catalog, distribution, natural history, references).
Marmarina tigrina
:
Di
Iorio 2003
: 180
(distribution, natural history).
FIGURE 20.
Specimens of
Marmarina tigrina
extracted from regurgitated pellets of
Speotyto cunicularia partridgei
(Aves:
Strigidae
).
Literature food records.
ARGENTINA
: Córdoba: Alta Gracia (
Bruch 1919
), chewing the stem of
Baccharis incisa
“
var.
dentata
” (
Asteraceae
) (
Bruch 1919
;
Di
Iorio 2003
, 2004); Entre Ríos: Liebig,
1–15-III-1997
, 142 exx., on flowers of
Eryngium
sp. (
Apiaceae
) (
Di
Iorio 2003
)
New food records.
ARGENTINA
: Entre Ríos: Federación, G. Zubarán leg.,
13-I-2007
, 2 exx. (GZSM) (one pale orange),
17-I-2005
, 1 ex. (GZSM), on flowers of
Eryngium
sp. (
Apiaceae
).
Bait-traps.
ARGENTINA
: Córdoba: Capilla del Monte, Aguas Azules, A. Fortino leg., 28-I to 14-
II-2012, 5
exx. (AFBA), 1–15-
II-2013, 2
exx. (AFBA),
3-XII-2013
, 1 ex. (AFBA), in banana bait traps; Entre Ríos: Liebig,
II-1997, 1
ex., banana bait-trap (
Di
Iorio 2003
).
Adult predator.
Speotyto cunicularia partridgei
Olrog, 1976
(Aves:
Strigidae
) (
Fig. 20
)
ARGENTINA
: Buenos Aires: Pdo.
Bahía Blanca
,
38° 41' 13.12" S
,
62° 13' 31.82" W
(
S38.68651
,
W62.22535
),
I-2012
, M.S. Rodríguez & N. Lois leg., 1 pronotum (ODIC) in regurgitated pellet from nest # 5079; Pdo.
Bahía Blanca
,
38° 39' 56.63" S
,
62° 15' 15.96" W
(
S38.39854
,
W62.15212
),
I-2012
, M.S. Rodríguez & N. Lois leg., 21 heads, 31 prothoraces, 59 elytra (ODIC) in regurgitated pellets from nest # 5163; Pdo.
Bahía Blanca
,
38° 41' 0.95" S
,
62° 14' 59.97" W
, (
S38.68073
,
W62.24710
),
I-2012
, M.S. Rodríguez & N. Lois leg., 1 ex. (pronotum, 1 elytron, 6 legs) (ODIC), 1 ex. (pronotum, abdomen, pygidium, 2 elytra, 4 legs) (ODIC), 1 ex. (head, prothorax, 2 elytra, 6 legs) (ODIC) in regurgitated pellets from nest # 5021; Pdo.
Bahía Blanca
,
38° 42' 40.55" S
,
62° 13' 1.29" W
(
S38.71049
,
W62.21662
),
I-2012
, M.S. Rodríguez & N. Lois leg., 1 ex. (right elytron) (ODIC), 1 ex. (pronotum) (ODIC), 1 ex. (elytron) (ODIC), 1 ex. (pronotum, abdomen, left elytron, wings) (ODIC), 1 ex. (pronotum, 2 elytra, abdomen, 1 leg) (ODIC), 1 ex. (head, 1 proleg + fragment of prothorax, pronotum) (ODIC) in regurgitated pellets from nest # 5037; Pdo.
Bahía Blanca
,
38° 40' 13.88" S
,
62°19' 46.43" W
(
S38.40202
,
W62.19766
),
I-2012
, M.S. Rodríguez & N. Lois leg., 1 ex. (prothorax, elytron, abdomen, pygidium, 3 legs) (ODIC) in regurgitated pellets from nest # 5150; 1 ex. (pronotum, 2 elytra) (ODIC), 1 ex. (prothorax, elytron, leg) (ODIC), in regurgitated pellets from nest # 5203; Pdo.
Bahía Blanca
,
38° 41' 1.49" S
,
62° 19' 21.59" W
(
S38.68300
,
W62.32243
),
I-2012
, M.S. Rodríguez & N. Lois leg., 1 elytron (ODIC) in regurgitated pellet from nest # 818.