treatments-xml/data/A6/C9/C7/A6C9C7BB9E6DED6C07DD9913136AEA73.xml

158 lines
19 KiB
XML

<document ID-CLB-Dataset="33275" ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.666.9191" ID-PMC="PMC5534527" ID-Pensoft-Pub="1313-2970-666-1" ID-Pensoft-UUID="C43EEB41A94B930FFE439D1FAD29FF9C" ID-PubMed="28769631" ID-Zenodo-Dep="579453" ID-ZooBank="B3C377E8BBB14F328AECA2C22D1E625A" ModsDocID="1313-2970-666-1" checkinTime="1491551283800" checkinUser="pensoft" docAuthor="Moore, Matthew R., Jameson, Mary L., Garner, Beulah H., Audibert, Cedric, Smith, Andrew B. T. &amp; Seidel, Matthias" docDate="2017" docId="A6C9C7BB9E6DED6C07DD9913136AEA73" docLanguage="en" docName="C43EEB41A94B930FFE439D1FAD29FF9C" docOrigin="ZooKeys 666" docPubDate="2017-04-06" docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.666.9191" docTitle="Epichalcoplethis F. Bates 1904" docType="treatment" docVersion="9" id="C43EEB41A94B930FFE439D1FAD29FF9C" lastPageNumber="1" masterDocId="C43EEB41A94B930FFE439D1FAD29FF9C" masterDocTitle="Synopsis of the pelidnotine scarabs (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Rutelinae, Rutelini) and annotated catalog of the species and subspecies" masterLastPageNumber="349" masterPageNumber="1" pageNumber="1" updateTime="1719493172494" updateUser="carolina">
<mods:mods id="1198A2C52AD20156A0C885E9E4422B31" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3">
<mods:titleInfo id="8AD5B51B92429123B3294DC2BB0189DB">
<mods:title id="BD79C19901B714A8EB167A12ABE11F6F">Synopsis of the pelidnotine scarabs (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Rutelinae, Rutelini) and annotated catalog of the species and subspecies</mods:title>
</mods:titleInfo>
<mods:name id="7179C30E3662B63AC11F1CD83835EA15" type="personal">
<mods:role id="F8EB62A722FAFE817A2A9129990F1064">
<mods:roleTerm id="E8803ED63307B7F707EB10FCF5BE3E05">Author</mods:roleTerm>
</mods:role>
<mods:namePart id="D571247014F68D73DD92B22F3ED8993F">Moore, Matthew R.</mods:namePart>
<mods:affiliation id="728A56D1C8F616A4BB8BAA3509D617C6">Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida Building 1881 Natural Drive Area, Steinmetz Hall, Box 110620, Gainesville, FL 32611 - 0620, USA</mods:affiliation>
</mods:name>
<mods:name id="2A4C131BB0D7C68E3D697B0A6BBD8E9E" type="personal">
<mods:role id="604731C1E37BD966853D97637B60D5F8">
<mods:roleTerm id="D83B2901148AF069B7FB1F42D630BF59">Author</mods:roleTerm>
</mods:role>
<mods:namePart id="5D8FBA0CF78283871EAE91513CAF696C">Jameson, Mary L.</mods:namePart>
<mods:affiliation id="AA3341E42347B1FBA8A6B0B61DF1B257">Department of Biological Sciences, Wichita State University 1845 Fairmount, Box 26, Wichita, KS 67260 - 0026, USA</mods:affiliation>
<mods:nameIdentifier id="B7FFFE3A21D744273AD66A45B3BF2669" type="email">maryliz.jameson@gmail.com</mods:nameIdentifier>
</mods:name>
<mods:name id="1C1C95E285C4E253B107373E2354CE7F" type="personal">
<mods:role id="C819DB96958C9D2EB5AA56FCF0C1AE82">
<mods:roleTerm id="909B111B5B0BE6169D603C45F56599BB">Author</mods:roleTerm>
</mods:role>
<mods:namePart id="25EFE814AB7FFEA04384B61FF41A4005">Garner, Beulah H.</mods:namePart>
<mods:affiliation id="BED31D060AF4B7DB7D4EAF58D7F4FC08">Natural History Museum, Insects Division, Department of Life Sciences, Cromwell Road, London SW 7 5 BD, UK</mods:affiliation>
</mods:name>
<mods:name id="9246D05E2405133E195DDB2BA4BEF7F9" type="personal">
<mods:role id="6135B07FEB44F85689BE48A52287B3A5">
<mods:roleTerm id="BD4A9F1E6BC0BB7E46BEA1C757F3D3B1">Author</mods:roleTerm>
</mods:role>
<mods:namePart id="6E4CBB86A870A35CB11FCE72F9276751">Audibert, Cedric</mods:namePart>
<mods:affiliation id="53B8A276F48AF3D4BA7BCE9D0B737EF6">Musee des Confluences, Centre de Conservation et d'Etude des Collections, 13 A Rue Bancel, F- 69007 Lyon, France</mods:affiliation>
</mods:name>
<mods:name id="649343B8A2FD46B4E2E7E283201D039A" type="personal">
<mods:role id="FB9BE4AFF39623522B348295B2F73BC0">
<mods:roleTerm id="724FC66FB294D7C5734D3C7E6B8B5043">Author</mods:roleTerm>
</mods:role>
<mods:namePart id="29826D1B15A78F995C97458D3A237089">Smith, Andrew B. T.</mods:namePart>
<mods:affiliation id="8264B5A6FFA6850B305276358BE8EAC1">Research Division, Canadian Museum of Nature, P. O. Box 3443, Station D, Ottawa, Ontario, K 1 P 6 P 4, Canada</mods:affiliation>
</mods:name>
<mods:name id="F73CBE2DFA6FF3257A646D8A1BDAAA2F" type="personal">
<mods:role id="773A2486E4C5206E0106CEF0386912C3">
<mods:roleTerm id="651D45C1881972E2823CE753AFEE1E6B">Author</mods:roleTerm>
</mods:role>
<mods:namePart id="1C9DF8AA0897FF6828188AA5F843F5DC">Seidel, Matthias</mods:namePart>
</mods:name>
<mods:typeOfResource id="AEC2B49A67E9701BF52AA583903FFBDE">text</mods:typeOfResource>
<mods:relatedItem id="99A8351821726DF682A3D2250BD96731" type="host">
<mods:titleInfo id="9C5A721A3D0FF3C349FC3B14B63114B1">
<mods:title id="6BB033EF1396116D5C45393C36C83048">ZooKeys</mods:title>
</mods:titleInfo>
<mods:part id="F974A11E6695B005D95366583195B0CA">
<mods:date id="332EE3C25B16D817B1784FCB6BDE67E1">2017</mods:date>
<mods:detail id="9A526B245D70D5323C83916999E8948F" type="pubDate">
<mods:number id="DBBC5DB3F25652A8F92CE2CA9BEE7BEF">2017-04-06</mods:number>
</mods:detail>
<mods:detail id="98BB868FFFBB36FF582E8D0E9AFD8948" type="volume">
<mods:number id="E8056937263B9487CEABD24D288EDB95">666</mods:number>
</mods:detail>
<mods:extent id="B15A2D305A157F188BA80B0D3E0EF40A" unit="page">
<mods:start id="EAC3C29508F7F7EB14B8A16FBBB16E47">1</mods:start>
<mods:end id="EA95F7FAC01C6A08BE1E9CFDD029483E">349</mods:end>
</mods:extent>
</mods:part>
</mods:relatedItem>
<mods:location id="75BE3912747B62CC6B00253D853144F5">
<mods:url id="EDF554ED45144B7142803C81870662B6">http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.666.9191</mods:url>
</mods:location>
<mods:classification id="07D3F9DACD8EE9A80EBEF78A1F2F324C">journal article</mods:classification>
<mods:identifier id="BD058C32E5B1569FCB2EA1FC45401A5D" type="DOI">http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.666.9191</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="C2F79C97F883ED1A7FB192BF9A64370E" type="Pensoft-Pub">1313-2970-666-1</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="AAC38972F3FD6865E66EEEBA1EF39371" type="ZooBank">B3C377E8BBB14F328AECA2C22D1E625A</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="F344C6BC309F0F4A824F3B9C734CEF78" type="Pensoft-UUID">C43EEB41A94B930FFE439D1FAD29FF9C</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="C287DE57966F4F5ABC9F6F8A7FBD225C" type="Zenodo-Dep">579453</mods:identifier>
</mods:mods>
<treatment id="A6C9C7BB9E6DED6C07DD9913136AEA73" ID-GBIF-Taxon="128344769" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:A6C9C7BB9E6DED6C07DD9913136AEA73" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/A6C9C7BB9E6DED6C07DD9913136AEA73" lastPageNumber="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<subSubSection id="B1C5879141CF2D1CE9C5D520DD6F0CEF" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="nomenclature">
<paragraph id="CBE4EFF0B892466C2D9816C0B1DBED38" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="9CCF0AD8328B8977E1FC473898CEE333" ID-CoL="4CY7" LSID="A6C9C7BB-9E6D-ED6C-07DD-9913136AEA73" authority="F. Bates 1904" authorityName="F. Bates" authorityYear="1904" class="Insecta" family="Scarabaeidae" genus="Epichalcoplethis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Epichalcoplethis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Epichalcoplethis F. Bates 1904</taxonomicName>
<figureCitation id="3856BC6ACC360B144DF30E85E578A874" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Characters of the mesofemora and metatibiae in pelidnotine genera. A Epichalcoplethis aciculata (F. Bates), metatibia somewhat flattened (dorsal view) B Pelidnota virescens, metatibia not flattened (dorsal view) C Mecopelidnota sp., metatibia at base with a semicircular notch D Pseudogeniates cordobaensis Moore et al., metatibia simple at base E Mesomerodon gilletti Soula male, acute production of posterior margin of mesotibia (ventral view)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.666.9191.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/130430" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Figs 2A</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="2DD0424BBBD968E4210B182FD9F9378C" captionStart="Figure 15" captionStartId="F15" captionText="Figure 15. Epichalcoplethis aciculata (F. Bates), male specimen. A Dorsal habitus B Lateral habitus C Male genitalia, lateral view D Male genitalia, dorsal view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.666.9191.figure15" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/130443" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 15</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="35C5351FBB53A71363FDDA2E09A09E0A" captionStart="Figure 16" captionStartId="F16" captionText="Figure 16. Epichalcoplethis gilletti Soula holotype male from BMNH. A Dorsal habitus B Lateral habitus C Specimen labels." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.666.9191.figure16" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/130444" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 16</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="9A09F56BC1F53000CFEC8DA4DF030F04" captionStart="Figure 17" captionStartId="F17" captionText="Figure 17. Epichalcoplethis santistebani Bouchard and Soula holotype male from CCECL. A Dorsal habitus B Male genitalia, dorsal view C Specimen labels." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.666.9191.figure17" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/130445" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 17</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="CAF521208C7C13B3D3B4EBE96A63BF73" captionStart="Figure 18" captionStartId="F18" captionText="Figure 18. Pelidnota sanctijacobi Ohaus (valid name Epichalcoplethis sanctijacobi [Ohaus]) type male from ZMHB. A Dorsal habitus B Lateral habitus C Specimen labels, mouthparts, and male genitalia D Male genitalia, lateral view E Male parameres, dorsal view." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.666.9191.figure18" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/130446" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 18</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="2BD5DC4F244BB6CE77EAA6D75A4F35C2" captionStart="Figure 19" captionStartId="F19" captionText="Figure 19. Epichalcoplethis velutipes romeroi Soula holotype male and allotype female from CCECL. A Dorsal habitus, holotype B Specimens labels, holotype C Specimen labels, allotype D Male genitalia dorsal view, holotype E Dorsal habitus, allotype." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.666.9191.figure19" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/130447" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">, 19</figureCitation>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="BEE245AD3644B715C621C547D18A0F10" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="type species">
<paragraph id="E2589073F50E431C4A0E2BE69009776E" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Type species.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="4C45246538B57C0FC363B5D5FF303F8B" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
<taxonomicName id="3CCF706FDDE9B14621AD92E721CAB410" authorityName="Arrow" authorityYear="1900" class="Insecta" family="Scarabaeidae" genus="Pelidnota" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pelidnota velutipes" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="velutipes">
<emphasis id="B70DB40E0C01B999676883AED3B78F8F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Pelidnota velutipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Arrow, 1900.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="8FD1D0D27F2AF330671A6BD99945D931" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" type="species">
<paragraph id="50B9A23D9AD4B70F9CE61C67274FA4E7" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Species.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="95BF5881AABB69BEB772C852BB4C64A5" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">16 species and subspecies; length 15-19 mm.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="945AB575DA59E8A6BC506C7EEAA64650" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
Previously considered a subgenus of
<taxonomicName id="AEA931AD4168150ECA109119CB945975" authorityName="MacLeay" authorityYear="1819" class="Insecta" family="Scarabaeidae" genus="Pelidnota" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pelidnota" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="E76203867B7C5CD8DDD9FB30344483A4" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Pelidnota</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="8C1EA40004BAEE869F0FB42AFEDE3F9B" authorityName="F. Bates" authorityYear="1904" class="Insecta" family="Scarabaeidae" genus="Epichalcoplethis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Epichalcoplethis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="214E9D8A2F3AE243BD7A04A5B57C24CC" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Epichalcoplethis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was circumscribed by
<bibRefCitation id="C8E8389999B10F54F7375EFE9C399E39" author="Soula, M" journalOrPublisher="AECFT, Saintry" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" refId="B358" refString="Soula, M, 2006. Les Coleopteres du Nouveau Monde. Volume 1: Rutelini 1. Revision des Pelidnotina 1 et des Lasiocalina. Une revision des genres Strigidia, Chalcoplethis, Epichalcoplethis, Sorocha, Lasiocala, Minilasiocala, Pseudochlorota, Homeochlorota, Pachacama (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Rutelini: Pelidnotina et Lasiocalina). Besoiro: Supplement au Bulletin de liaison de l'Association Entomologique pour la Connaissance de la Faune Tropicale. AECFT, Saintry" title="Les Coleopteres du Nouveau Monde. Volume 1: Rutelini 1. Revision des Pelidnotina 1 et des Lasiocalina. Une revision des genres Strigidia, Chalcoplethis, Epichalcoplethis, Sorocha, Lasiocala, Minilasiocala, Pseudochlorota, Homeochlorota, Pachacama (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Rutelini: Pelidnotina et Lasiocalina). Besoiro: Supplement au Bulletin de liaison de l'Association Entomologique pour la Connaissance de la Faune Tropicale." year="2006">Soula (2006)</bibRefCitation>
as distinct from the monotypic genus
<taxonomicName id="16AFBB48A234DB3B791044C5B7BF657B" authorityName="Burmeister" authorityYear="1844" class="Insecta" family="Scarabaeidae" genus="Chalcoplethis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Chalcoplethis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="CA3731D914827796638C367DB256CC72" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Chalcoplethis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and composed of 16 species and subspecies.
<taxonomicName id="6F6ED1965AE175D88354A985441B9919" baseAuthorityName="Gray" baseAuthorityYear="1832" class="Insecta" family="Scarabaeidae" genus="Chalcoplethis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Chalcoplethis kirbii" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kirbii">
<emphasis id="E5574ECF002BE78C0D5DC27D32AA6CA3" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Chalcoplethis kirbii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
shares many characters with species of
<taxonomicName id="2E17DA7147E1776FD77F99263CB32D47" authorityName="F. Bates" authorityYear="1904" class="Insecta" family="Scarabaeidae" genus="Epichalcoplethis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Epichalcoplethis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="23C0B6E5C7F2D7F631E1DD976608E636" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Epichalcoplethis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
including form of the male genitalia, pronotal bead which is obsolete apicomedially, lack of spinules at apex of metatibia, well-developed prosternal process, and mesometasternal keel surpassing the mesocoxae. Sister-group relationships require examination.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="64BDFA0C683A918DB71B23E32263277F" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
Species in the genus
<taxonomicName id="C417A2A50826D60F71A7255AF16D2BE7" authorityName="F. Bates" authorityYear="1904" class="Insecta" family="Scarabaeidae" genus="Epichalcoplethis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Epichalcoplethis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="3DDD18394A612A0A7F8AF7ECAB308548" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Epichalcoplethis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can be diagnosed, in part, based on the following characters: metatibia weakly compressed (strongly compressed in
<taxonomicName id="D5C211C54E861EE59C07EE37E1197726" lsidName="C. kirbii" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="kirbii">
<emphasis id="2CEE0A9E47AEE05A51A1FC6053952D16" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">C. kirbii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and apex lacking spinules; meso- and metatarsomere 5 lacking internomedial tooth; punctate-striate elytra; elytral epipleuron shelf-like (not rounded); pronotum with bead incomplete apically (complete laterally and basally); mandibles that are bidentate externally; prosternal process well-developed; and, mesometasternal keel surpassing the mesocoxae.
<taxonomicName id="57923EE28F26CA27C2B979BAF4EE0A96" baseAuthorityName="Herbst" baseAuthorityYear="1789" class="Insecta" family="Scarabaeidae" genus="Epichalcoplethis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Epichalcoplethis chamaeleon" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chamaeleon">
<emphasis id="228AF8D073C77E30057C4850BB59909B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Epichalcoplethis chamaeleon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Herbst) differs from other species in the genus based on the form of the male parameres, form of the metatibia in the male (not compressed laterally and apex with a well-developed corbel). For many years, this large and conspicuous species was misidentified as
<taxonomicName id="9C34691469BD61CAA08F74A33F37E34C" authorityName="Burmeister" authorityYear="1844" class="Insecta" family="Scarabaeidae" genus="Pelidnota" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Pelidnota rostrata" order="Coleoptera" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="rostrata">
<emphasis id="C229F66CF8DF2EFF6CDEE1584BB6685F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">Pelidnota rostrata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Burmeister.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3ACDEF46E12FF2BF9684FC61D6527885" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">
Species in the genus are distributed from Guatemala and Belize, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, and south to Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay. In Grenada,
<taxonomicName id="0673EA2551F1F5D7A9025CF3680FDC5B" lsidName="E. velutipes" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" rank="species" species="velutipes">
<emphasis id="CCFC66D5368382FB80CF9B7A19FA7269" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="1">E. velutipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is common in the temperate zone from April to May (
<bibRefCitation id="08692760C96BEBF84AF04B8A2FDA33EE" author="Chalumeau, F" journalOrPublisher="Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="231 - 260" refId="B37" refString="Chalumeau, F, 1985. Les Rutelinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) des Antilles. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 58: 231 - 260" title="Les Rutelinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) des Antilles." volume="58" year="1985">Chalumeau 1985</bibRefCitation>
). Although the larvae are not described for this species,
<bibRefCitation id="FDE0BBC094F3178014E36C6920AC083B" author="Chalumeau, F" journalOrPublisher="Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft" pageId="0" pageNumber="1" pagination="231 - 260" refId="B37" refString="Chalumeau, F, 1985. Les Rutelinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) des Antilles. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 58: 231 - 260" title="Les Rutelinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) des Antilles." volume="58" year="1985">Chalumeau (1985)</bibRefCitation>
noted that he obtained larvae from the decaying trunks of mango trees.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
</document>