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<emphasis id="B930EA98DA43FFC0AADC9005FE371F5C" bold="true" box="[176,386,1559,1581]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="112">Hoplopyga antilliana</emphasis>
Ratcliffe
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,
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(
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,
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<emphasis id="B930EA98DA43FFC0AAC3904FFEF31F03" bold="true" box="[175,326,1629,1650]" pageId="1" pageNumber="112">Type Material.</emphasis>
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<typeStatus id="54FF8828DA43FFC0AB38904FFE1F1F03" box="[340,426,1629,1650]" pageId="1" pageNumber="112" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
male, labeled “
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:
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/
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Par.
<collectingMunicipality id="6B9FACF0DA43FFC0ABF59065FE061FFD" box="[409,435,1655,1676]" pageId="1" pageNumber="112">St.</collectingMunicipality>
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Andrews,
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/ Agric. Lab,
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<collectingDate id="EFBEE9A2DA43FFC0AB7F9080FE311FD6" box="[275,388,1682,1703]" pageId="1" pageNumber="112" value="1990-07-23">23.VII.1990</collectingDate>
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/Blacklight,
<collectorName id="26B1535CDA43FFC0A8689080FDC61FD6" box="[516,627,1682,1703]" pageId="1" pageNumber="112">H. Thomas</collectorName>
” and with my red
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label. Four male
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with the same data except dates of
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<date id="FFFA104ADA43FFC0AE4196D0FB2519A6" box="[1069,1168,194,215]" pageId="1" pageNumber="112" value="1990-01-28">28.I.1990</date>
,
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,
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, and
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. Two male
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with same locality data but collector
<collectorName id="26B1535CDA43FFC0A8839700FCD01856" box="[751,869,274,295]" pageId="1" pageNumber="112">J. Telesford</collectorName>
and dates of
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and
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. One male
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labeled “
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:
<collectingCountry id="F353761ADA43FFC0A96F9755FCC1182D" box="[771,884,327,348]" name="Grenada" pageId="1" pageNumber="112">GRENADA</collectingCountry>
/Par. St. Andrew/Pearls Airport/
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<collectingDate id="EFBEE9A2DA43FFC0A8C19773FCA71807" box="[685,786,353,374]" pageId="1" pageNumber="112" value="1990-06-09">9-VI-1990</collectingDate>
</date>
/coll.
<collectorName id="26B1535CDA43FFC0A92B9773FC7A1807" box="[839,975,353,374]" pageId="1" pageNumber="112">M. C. Thomas</collectorName>
”.
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<typeStatus id="54FF8828DA43FFC0AE659773FBD11807" box="[1033,1124,353,374]" pageId="1" pageNumber="112" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
with my yellow
<typeStatus id="54FF8828DA43FFC0A976976EFCD818E0" box="[794,877,380,401]" pageId="1" pageNumber="112" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
label.
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female labeled “SAINT VINCENT AND GRENADINES/Union Island, Chatham Bay,
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/N1236 W6127, dry 2
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growth/coastal woodland,
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14 VIII 08,/
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and
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, 08-90” and with my red
<typeStatus id="54FF8828DA43FFC0A8C19413FD4D1B67" box="[685,760,513,534]" pageId="1" pageNumber="112" type="allotype">allotype</typeStatus>
label.
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<materialsCitation id="3B2C3CD7DA43FFC0A8A99409FC351B17" location="Florida State Collection of Arthropods" pageId="1" pageNumber="112" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="holotype">
<typeStatus id="54FF8828DA43FFC0A8A99409FC911B41" box="[709,804,539,560]" pageId="1" pageNumber="112" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
and
<specimenCount id="9D42FD03DA43FFC0A9329409FC481B41" box="[862,1021,539,560]" pageId="1" pageNumber="112" type="generic" typeStatus="paratypes">three paratypes</specimenCount>
are deposited at the
<location id="8E9B6051DA43FFC0A8999424FB261B3A" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03ED879CDA43FFC5AADC9005FD211B17:8E9B6051DA43FFC0A8999424FB261B3A" box="[757,1171,566,587]" name="Florida State Collection of Arthropods" pageId="1" pageNumber="112">Florida State Collection of Arthropods</location>
(Gainesville, Florida)
</materialsCitation>
.
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<typeStatus id="54FF8828DA43FFC0A9E19443FC551B17" box="[909,992,593,614]" pageId="1" pageNumber="112" type="allotype">Allotype</typeStatus>
and
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are in the Stewart Peck collection (Ottawa,
<collectingCountry id="F353761ADA43FFC0AE2B9479FB3B1BF1" box="[1095,1166,619,640]" name="Canada" pageId="1" pageNumber="112">Canada</collectingCountry>
) (to be deposited at the
<location id="8E9B6051DA43FFC0A9109494FB3F1BEA" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03ED879CDA43FFC5AADC9005FD211B17:8E9B6051DA43FFC0A9109494FB3F1BEA" box="[892,1162,646,667]" country="Canada" municipality="University of Nebraska State Museum" name="Canadian Museum of Nature" pageId="1" pageNumber="112">Canadian Museum of Nature</location>
). One
<typeStatus id="54FF8828DA43FFC0A8B094B2FC991BC4" box="[732,812,672,693]" pageId="1" pageNumber="112" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
is at the
<collectingMunicipality id="6B9FACF0DA43FFC0A9E894B2FD4A1BA1" pageId="1" pageNumber="112">University of Nebraska State Museum</collectingMunicipality>
and
<specimenCount id="9D42FD03DA43FFC0A94094A9FC1B1BA1" box="[812,942,699,720]" pageId="1" pageNumber="112" type="generic" typeStatus="paratypes">two paratypes</specimenCount>
are in the
<collectorName id="26B1535CDA43FFC0AE6294A9FB211BA1" box="[1038,1172,699,720]" pageId="1" pageNumber="112">B. C. Ratcliffe</collectorName>
collection (both
<collectorName id="26B1535CDA43FFC0A92B94C7FC271B9B" box="[839,914,725,746]" pageId="1" pageNumber="112">Lincoln</collectorName>
,
<collectorName id="26B1535CDA43FFC0A9F094C7FC4D1B9B" box="[924,1016,725,746]" pageId="1" pageNumber="112">Nebraska</collectorName>
)
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.
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Description.
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.
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Male. Length
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; width across humeri
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.
<emphasis id="B930EA98DA43FFC0A9BF9518FBBE1A6E" bold="true" box="[979,1035,778,799]" pageId="1" pageNumber="112">Form</emphasis>
: Rhomboidal, robust, sides slightly tapering from humeri towards apex of elytra, dorsum nearly flat (
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).
<emphasis id="B930EA98DA43FFC0AE3E9552FB381A24" bold="true" box="[1106,1165,832,853]" pageId="1" pageNumber="112">Color</emphasis>
: Most of head, lateral margins of pronotum, dorsal surface of mesepimeron, flecks on elytra and pygidium, portions of mesometasternal process, femora, and sides of metasternum and sternites yellowish brown, opaque. Remainder of head, pronotum, elytra, and pygidium black, opaque; clypeal apex, punctures, remainder of legs, and venter piceous to reddish brown, shiny. Setae of legs and venter tawny.
<emphasis id="B930EA98DA43FFC0A9FF923DFC7C1D35" bold="true" box="[915,969,1071,1092]" pageId="1" pageNumber="112">Head</emphasis>
: Surface moderately densely punctate; punctures mostly large, becoming small near clypeal apex. Frons with short, sparse, tawny setae. Clypeus subrectangular, apex broadly subtruncate, weakly emarginate at middle, apicolateral angles rounded, reflexed, sides constricted just before eyes. Interocular width equals 3.3 transverse eye diameters. Antenna with 10 segments, club distinctly longer than antennomeres 17 (
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).
<emphasis id="B930EA98DA43FFC0A8C1930CFCA51C42" bold="true" box="[685,784,1310,1331]" pageId="1" pageNumber="112">Pronotum</emphasis>
: Subtrapezoidal, widest near base, gradually convergent to anterior angles, basomedian lobe strongly produced, lobe covering all but tip of scutellum which is concealed by a cluster of tawny setae. Sides margined, anterior and basal margins lacking bead. Surface with crescent-shaped punctures on lateral margins; punctures moderate in density, large, deep; elsewhere with mostly small, sparse, round punctures. Mesepimeron dorsally with crescent-shaped punctures similar to those on lateral margins of pronotum.
<emphasis id="B930EA98DA43FFC0A9FE9035FC601F4D" bold="true" box="[914,981,1575,1596]" pageId="1" pageNumber="112">Elytra</emphasis>
: Surface punctate; punctures round to mostly crescent-shaped, small to moderate in size, sparse on median half, becoming larger, denser on lateral margins behind middle, and confluent near prominent apical umbone. Apices with short, acute projection (
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).
<emphasis id="B930EA98DA43FFC0AE4690BEFB381FB0" bold="true" box="[1066,1165,1708,1729]" pageId="1" pageNumber="112">Pygidium</emphasis>
: Surface with large, concentric, mostly confluent, vermiform rugae, and sparse, minute, tawny setae. In lateral view, surface nearly flat except near subapex where weakly convex.
<emphasis id="B930EA98DA40FFC3AB8A92A6FD901DB8" bold="true" box="[486,549,1204,1225]" pageId="2" pageNumber="113">Venter</emphasis>
: Prosternal process a short, subacute peg. Mesometasternal process flat on ventral surface, apex broadly rounded, anterior face perpendicular to longitudinal axis of body except for slightly protruding apex. Abdominal sternites each with moderately dense, mostly large punctures, crescent-shaped punctures on lateral fourths, center with small, round punctures.
<emphasis id="B930EA98DA40FFC3A831937CFD391CF2" bold="true" box="[605,652,1390,1411]" pageId="2" pageNumber="113">Legs</emphasis>
: Protibia slender, weakly tridentate, “teeth” subequally spaced; apical tooth large, acute, middle and basal teeth barely developed. Meso- and metatibiae with dense fringe of long, tawny setae on inner, dorsal edges.
<emphasis id="B930EA98DA40FFC3AA8193E0FEE21F76" bold="true" box="[237,343,1522,1543]" pageId="2" pageNumber="113">Parameres</emphasis>
: In dorsal view, shape subparallel with strong emargination at center; apicolateral tooth minute (
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). In ventral view, base of each paramere with elongate, attenuate process (
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). In lateral view, apex broadly rounded (
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).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B930EA98DA40FFC3AAA99213FE961D65" bold="true" box="[197,291,1025,1044]" pageId="2" pageNumber="113">Figs. 12.</emphasis>
Dorsal view of males of
<emphasis id="B930EA98DA40FFC3A8499213FD8D1D65" bold="true" box="[549,568,1025,1044]" pageId="2" pageNumber="113">1)</emphasis>
Holotype of
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<emphasis id="B930EA98DA40FFC3A8D69213FCC21D62" box="[698,887,1025,1043]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="113">Hoplopyga antilliana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<emphasis id="B930EA98DA40FFC3A9C09213FC751D65" bold="true" box="[940,960,1025,1044]" pageId="2" pageNumber="113">2)</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B930EA98DA40FFC3A9A69213FBC01D62" box="[970,1141,1025,1043]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="113">Hoplopyga liturata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFB368ADA40FFC3AAC1920BFDEF1D5D" blockId="2.[173,1193,1025,1068]" box="[173,602,1049,1068]" pageId="2" pageNumber="113">Venezuela. Fig. 2 courtesy of Maurizio Bollino.</paragraph>
</caption>
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<emphasis id="B930EA98DA40FFC3AAA99065FE961FFD" bold="true" box="[197,291,1655,1676]" pageId="2" pageNumber="113">
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.
</emphasis>
Length
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; width across humeri
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. This specimen is more worn than the males. As
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except for the following:
<emphasis id="B930EA98DA40FFC3A83890BEFD381FB0" bold="true" box="[596,653,1708,1729]" pageId="2" pageNumber="113">Color</emphasis>
: Pronotum and especially elytra more completely suffused with yellowish brown. Mesometasternal process completely black, shiny.
<emphasis id="B930EA98DA40FFC3AE6C928BFB801DDF" bold="true" box="[1024,1077,1177,1198]" pageId="2" pageNumber="113">Head</emphasis>
: Interocular width equals 2.5 transverse eye diameters.
<emphasis id="B930EA98DA40FFC3AE0F92A6FB171DB8" bold="true" box="[1123,1186,1204,1225]" pageId="2" pageNumber="113">Elytra</emphasis>
: Surface with 8 partially complete rows of moderate to large, crescent-shaped punctures on each elytron.
<emphasis id="B930EA98DA40FFC3A8AF9311FD461C69" bold="true" box="[707,755,1283,1304]" pageId="2" pageNumber="113">Legs</emphasis>
: Protibia weakly bidentate, both worn teeth close to one another near apex.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B930EA98DA40FFC3A8B7932AFC8A1C3C" bold="true" box="[731,831,1336,1357]" pageId="2" pageNumber="113">Variation.</emphasis>
Males (
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). Length
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; width across humeri
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. As
<typeStatus id="54FF8828DA40FFC3A8AF937CFCA31CF2" box="[707,790,1390,1411]" pageId="2" pageNumber="113" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
except in the following respects:
<emphasis id="B930EA98DA40FFC3AE04937CFB171CF2" bold="true" box="[1128,1186,1390,1411]" pageId="2" pageNumber="113">Color</emphasis>
: Elytra in
<specimenCount id="9D42FD03DA40FFC3A94A939AFC161CEC" box="[806,931,1416,1437]" pageId="2" pageNumber="113" type="generic">4 specimens</specimenCount>
nearly completely black,
<specimenCount id="9D42FD03DA40FFC3A8AF93B1FC851CC9" box="[707,816,1443,1464]" pageId="2" pageNumber="113" type="generic">1 specimen</specimenCount>
with more yellowish brown suffusing on pronotum and elytra,
<specimenCount id="9D42FD03DA40FFC3A9D793AFFB9F1CA3" box="[955,1066,1469,1490]" pageId="2" pageNumber="113" type="generic">1 specimen</specimenCount>
mostly light yellowing brown with black to reddish brown punctures, black spot near middle of elytra at side, and with large, black, J-shaped mark behind middle.
<emphasis id="B930EA98DA40FFC3A97B9035FCFB1F4D" bold="true" box="[791,846,1575,1596]" pageId="2" pageNumber="113">Head</emphasis>
: Interocular width equals 3.03.5 transverse eye diameters.
<emphasis id="B930EA98DA40FFC3A9D49050FC4D1F26" bold="true" box="[952,1016,1602,1623]" pageId="2" pageNumber="113">Elytra</emphasis>
: Surface with partial rows of large, crescent-shaped punctures on
<specimenCount id="9D42FD03DA40FFC3A8AF9065FC8A1FFD" box="[707,831,1655,1676]" pageId="2" pageNumber="113" type="generic">5 specimens</specimenCount>
.
<emphasis id="B930EA98DA40FFC3A9269065FC191FFD" bold="true" box="[842,940,1655,1676]" pageId="2" pageNumber="113">Pygidium</emphasis>
: Surface with short setae in all specimens.
<emphasis id="B930EA98DA40FFC3A9019080FC281FD6" bold="true" box="[877,925,1682,1703]" pageId="2" pageNumber="113">Legs</emphasis>
: Protibia slightly more distinctly tridentate.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B930EA98DA41FFC2AAC395C7FEA01A99" bold="true" box="[175,277,980,1000]" pageId="3" pageNumber="114">Figs. 310.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C444D09DA41FFC2AB4795C7FE091A99" box="[299,444,981,1000]" class="Insecta" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Hoplopyga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="114" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="B930EA98DA41FFC2AB4795C7FE391A96" box="[299,396,981,999]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="114">Hoplopyga</emphasis>
spp.
</taxonomicName>
Elytral apices of males of
<emphasis id="B930EA98DA41FFC2A8AF95C7FD621A99" bold="true" box="[707,727,981,1000]" pageId="3" pageNumber="114">3)</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C444D09DA41FFC2A88E95C7FCE21A96" authorityName="Ratcliffe" authorityYear="2012" box="[738,855,981,999]" class="Insecta" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Hoplopyga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="114" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="antilliana">
<emphasis id="B930EA98DA41FFC2A88E95C7FCE21A96" box="[738,855,981,999]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="114">H. antilliana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<emphasis id="B930EA98DA41FFC2A9E095C7FC2A1A99" bold="true" box="[908,927,981,1000]" pageId="3" pageNumber="114">4)</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C444D09DA41FFC2A9C695C7FBB91A96" baseAuthorityName="Olivier" baseAuthorityYear="1789" box="[938,1036,981,999]" class="Insecta" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Hoplopyga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="114" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="liturata">
<emphasis id="B930EA98DA41FFC2A9C695C7FBB91A96" box="[938,1036,981,999]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="114">H. liturata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; Parameres of
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<emphasis id="B930EA98DA41FFC2AAFB95FFFF761D71" bold="true" box="[151,195,1004,1024]" pageId="3" pageNumber="114">57)</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C444D09DA41FFC2AAA295FFFEF61A8E" authorityName="Ratcliffe" authorityYear="2012" box="[206,323,1005,1023]" class="Insecta" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Hoplopyga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="114" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="antilliana">
<emphasis id="B930EA98DA41FFC2AAA295FFFEF61A8E" box="[206,323,1005,1023]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="114">H. antilliana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<emphasis id="B930EA98DA41FFC2AB1595FFFE051D71" bold="true" box="[377,432,1004,1024]" pageId="3" pageNumber="114">810)</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C444D09DA41FFC2ABD795FFFDA81A8E" baseAuthorityName="Olivier" baseAuthorityYear="1789" box="[443,541,1005,1023]" class="Insecta" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Hoplopyga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="114" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="liturata">
<emphasis id="B930EA98DA41FFC2ABD795FFFDA81A8E" box="[443,541,1005,1023]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="114">H. liturata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in dorsal, ventral, and lateral views, respectively.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C35E6501DA41FFC2AAC3923DFDD21DE2" pageId="3" pageNumber="114" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8BFB368ADA41FFC2AAC3923DFDD21DE2" blockId="3.[151,638,1071,1729]" pageId="3" pageNumber="114">
<emphasis id="B930EA98DA41FFC2AAC3923DFE971D35" bold="true" box="[175,290,1071,1092]" pageId="3" pageNumber="114">Etymology.</emphasis>
The specific epithet is the Latinized adjectival form of the word “antilles” that refers, in this case, to the Antilles archipelago in the West Indies without limitation to any particular island.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C35E6501DA41FFC2AAC3928BFDFC1CEC" pageId="3" pageNumber="114" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8BFB368ADA41FFC2AAC3928BFD8B1C42" blockId="3.[151,638,1071,1729]" pageId="3" pageNumber="114">
<emphasis id="B930EA98DA41FFC2AAC3928BFE871DDF" bold="true" box="[175,306,1177,1198]" pageId="3" pageNumber="114">Distribution.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C444D09DA41FFC2AB53928BFDB91DDF" authorityName="Ratcliffe" authorityYear="2012" box="[319,524,1177,1198]" class="Insecta" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Hoplopyga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="114" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="antilliana">
<emphasis id="B930EA98DA41FFC2AB53928BFDB91DDF" box="[319,524,1177,1198]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="114">Hoplopyga antilliana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is currently known from
<collectingCountry id="F353761ADA41FFC2AB6392A6FEEA1DB8" box="[271,351,1204,1225]" name="Grenada" pageId="3" pageNumber="114">Grenada</collectingCountry>
and Union Island in the Lesser Antilles. This is the only species of
<taxonomicName id="4C444D09DA41FFC2A86292DCFDC81D92" authorityName="Thomson" authorityYear="1880" box="[526,637,1230,1251]" class="Insecta" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Hoplopyga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="114" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B930EA98DA41FFC2A86292DCFDC81D92" box="[526,637,1230,1251]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="114">Hoplopyga</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
known from the West Indies. Given the strong flight capability of most cetoniines, we may yet see this species on neighboring islands in the future.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BFB368ADA41FFC2AAC3932AFDFC1CEC" blockId="3.[151,638,1071,1729]" pageId="3" pageNumber="114">
<emphasis id="B930EA98DA41FFC2AAC3932AFE2C1C3C" bold="true" box="[175,409,1336,1357]" pageId="3" pageNumber="114">Temporal Distribution.</emphasis>
January (1), June (4), July (1), August (1), September (1), October (1). This temporal distribution should be considered tentative since so few specimens are known.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C35E6501DA41FFC5AAC393B1FE6A1856" lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="115" pageId="3" pageNumber="114" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="8BFB368ADA41FFC2AAC393B1FDCD1F4C" blockId="3.[151,638,1071,1729]" pageId="3" pageNumber="114">
<emphasis id="B930EA98DA41FFC2AAC393B1FEAD1CC9" bold="true" box="[175,280,1443,1464]" pageId="3" pageNumber="114">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
This new species most closely resembles
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<emphasis id="B930EA98DA41FFC2AAAB93AFFE851CA3" box="[199,304,1469,1490]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="114">H. liturata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which is the most abundant and broadly distributed species in the genus.
<taxonomicName id="4C444D09DA41FFC2A87A93CAFF551F79" baseAuthorityName="Olivier" baseAuthorityYear="1789" class="Insecta" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Hoplopyga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="114" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="liturata">
<emphasis id="B930EA98DA41FFC2A87A93CAFF551F79" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="114">Hoplopyga liturata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
occurs from
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to
<collectingCountry id="F353761ADA41FFC2ABB793E0FD891F76" box="[475,572,1522,1543]" name="Argentina" pageId="3" pageNumber="114">Argentina</collectingCountry>
(
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), while
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<emphasis id="B930EA98DA41FFC2AB73901FFE2A1F53" box="[287,415,1549,1570]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="114">H. antilliana</emphasis>
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is the first species of
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<emphasis id="B930EA98DA41FFC2AAFB903AFEB61F4C" box="[151,259,1576,1597]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="114">Hoplopyga</emphasis>
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to be recorded from the West Indies.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B930EA98DA41FFC2AAC39050FEC51F26" box="[175,368,1602,1623]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="114">Hoplopyga antilliana</emphasis>
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vaguely resembles
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<emphasis id="B930EA98DA41FFC2A8739050FDC81F26" box="[543,637,1602,1623]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="114">H. liturata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(compare
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), but can be distinguished by a body form that is generally larger, more robust, and darker (best seen by comparisons with a series of
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<emphasis id="B930EA98DA41FFC2AAFB90BEFF491FB0" box="[151,252,1708,1729]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="114">H. liturata</emphasis>
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), distinctly longer antennal club, elytral apices at the suture in males generally less spinose than those of
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<emphasis id="B930EA98DA41FFC2A90B9258FC791D2E" box="[871,972,1098,1119]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="114">H. liturata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="137F2A0FDA41FFC2A9B7925BFBA01D2F" box="[987,1045,1097,1118]" captionStart="Figs" captionStartId="3.[175,215,981,1000]" captionTargetBox="[151,1173,194,953]" captionTargetId="figure-415@3.[151,1173,194,957]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="Figs. 310. Hoplopyga spp. Elytral apices of males of 3) H. antilliana and 4) H. liturata; Parameres of" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10108013" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10108013/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="114">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
compared to
<figureCitation id="137F2A0FDA41FFC2A8C19276FD5C1D08" box="[685,745,1124,1145]" captionStart="Figs" captionStartId="3.[175,215,981,1000]" captionTargetBox="[151,1173,194,953]" captionTargetId="figure-415@3.[151,1173,194,957]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="Figs. 310. Hoplopyga spp. Elytral apices of males of 3) H. antilliana and 4) H. liturata; Parameres of" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10108013" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10108013/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="114">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
), and form of the parameres which, in both dorsal and lateral views (
<figureCitation id="137F2A0FDA41FFC2A9F6926CFBAD1DE2" box="[922,1048,1150,1171]" captionStart="Figs" captionStartId="3.[175,215,981,1000]" captionTargetBox="[151,1173,194,953]" captionTargetId="figure-415@3.[151,1173,194,957]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="Figs. 310. Hoplopyga spp. Elytral apices of males of 3) H. antilliana and 4) H. liturata; Parameres of" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10108013" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10108013/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="114">Figs. 5 and 7</figureCitation>
compared to
<figureCitation id="137F2A0FDA41FFC2A8C1928BFC8E1DDF" box="[685,827,1177,1198]" captionStart="Figs" captionStartId="3.[175,215,981,1000]" captionTargetBox="[151,1173,194,953]" captionTargetId="figure-415@3.[151,1173,194,957]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="Figs. 310. Hoplopyga spp. Elytral apices of males of 3) H. antilliana and 4) H. liturata; Parameres of" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10108013" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10108013/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="114">Figs. 8 and 10</figureCitation>
), are more rounded at the apex and with a smaller apicolateral tooth; in ventral view, the parameres have a more narrowly elongated basal process (
<figureCitation id="137F2A0FDA41FFC2A96D92FBFC8F1D8F" box="[769,826,1257,1278]" captionStart="Figs" captionStartId="3.[175,215,981,1000]" captionTargetBox="[151,1173,194,953]" captionTargetId="figure-415@3.[151,1173,194,957]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="Figs. 310. Hoplopyga spp. Elytral apices of males of 3) H. antilliana and 4) H. liturata; Parameres of" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10108013" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10108013/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="114">Fig. 6</figureCitation>
compared to
<figureCitation id="137F2A0FDA41FFC2A9D392FBFC4C1D8F" box="[959,1017,1257,1278]" captionStart="Figs" captionStartId="3.[175,215,981,1000]" captionTargetBox="[151,1173,194,953]" captionTargetId="figure-415@3.[151,1173,194,957]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="Figs. 310. Hoplopyga spp. Elytral apices of males of 3) H. antilliana and 4) H. liturata; Parameres of" figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10108013" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/10108013/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="114">Fig. 9</figureCitation>
). Some of these character states slightly vary intraspecifically in each of the two species, thus making identification tentative. However, the eyes in
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<emphasis id="B930EA98DA41FFC2A982932BFBD81C3F" box="[1006,1133,1337,1358]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="114">H. antilliana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are noticeably larger than those of
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<emphasis id="B930EA98DA41FFC2A99E9341FBE81C19" box="[1010,1117,1363,1384]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="114">H. liturata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The width of the frons (measured between the eyes) is 2.53.7 transverse eye diameters in
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<emphasis id="B930EA98DA41FFC2AE77939AFB211CEC" box="[1051,1172,1416,1437]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="114">H. antilliana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<emphasis id="B930EA98DA41FFC2A8D993B1FD741CC9" box="[693,705,1443,1464]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="114">n</emphasis>
= 9) and 4.05.0 transverse eye diameters in
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<emphasis id="B930EA98DA41FFC2A8C193AFFCA61CA3" box="[685,787,1469,1490]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="114">H. liturata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<emphasis id="B930EA98DA41FFC2A94F93AFFC9A1CA3" box="[803,815,1469,1490]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="114">n</emphasis>
= 85). These size differences are so significant that they are easily seen using low magnification power of a microscope. The combination of larger eyes, longer antennal club, larger and more robust body, darker color, and a Lesser Antilles distribution should serve to distinguish
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<emphasis id="B930EA98DA41FFC2AE7B9050FB211F26" box="[1047,1172,1602,1623]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="114">H. antilliana</emphasis>
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from
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<emphasis id="B930EA98DA41FFC2A88D904FFCF11F03" box="[737,836,1629,1650]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="114">H. liturata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="4C444D09DA41FFC2A8A99065FCCC1FFD" baseAuthorityName="Olivier" baseAuthorityYear="1789" box="[709,889,1655,1676]" class="Insecta" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Hoplopyga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="114" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="liturata">
<emphasis id="B930EA98DA41FFC2A8A99065FCCC1FFD" box="[709,889,1655,1676]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="114">Hoplopyga liturata</emphasis>
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occurs commonly in northern South America, including
<collectingCountry id="F353761ADA41FFC2A9C89080FC401FD6" box="[932,1013,1682,1703]" name="Trinidad and Tobago" pageId="3" pageNumber="114">Trinidad</collectingCountry>
, and it is reasonable to assume, based upon similar morphology and relatively close distribution, that
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<emphasis id="B930EA98DA46FFC5AB9696D0FDCD19A6" box="[506,632,194,215]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="115">H. antilliana</emphasis>
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is closely related to that species.
<bibRefCitation id="EFD54B7BDA46FFC5ABB696CFFDD61983" author="Olivier" box="[474,611,221,242]" pageId="4" pageNumber="115" refId="ref3497" refString="Olivier, A. G. 1808. Entomologie, ou Histoire Naturelle des Insectes, avec leurs Caracteres Generiques et Specifiques, leur Description, leur Synonymie, et leur Figure Enluminee. Coleopteres, Volume 7 (Plates). Paris, France." type="book" year="1808">Olivier (1808)</bibRefCitation>
provided a clear, color image of
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<emphasis id="B930EA98DA46FFC5ABB196E5FDF2187D" box="[477,583,247,268]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="115">H. liturata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
for his 1789 description of the species.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="C35E6501DA46FFC5AAA9973EFD211B17" pageId="4" pageNumber="115" type="biology_ecology">
<paragraph id="8BFB368ADA46FFC5AAA9973EFD211B17" blockId="4.[173,660,194,614]" pageId="4" pageNumber="115">
<emphasis id="B930EA98DA46FFC5AAA9973EFEA31830" bold="true" box="[197,278,300,321]" pageId="4" pageNumber="115">Biology.</emphasis>
Nothing is known of the biology of this species, although the adults of species of
<taxonomicName id="4C444D09DA46FFC5AAC19770FEA21806" authorityName="Thomson" authorityYear="1880" box="[173,279,354,375]" class="Insecta" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Hoplopyga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" pageNumber="115" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B930EA98DA46FFC5AAC19770FEA21806" box="[173,279,354,375]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="115">Hoplopyga</emphasis>
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are known to be attracted to decaying fruits and sap (personal observation). Nearly all cetoniines are diurnal, and so it is interesting to note that many specimens in the
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series of
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<emphasis id="B930EA98DA46FFC5AAC197DEFE921890" box="[173,295,460,481]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="115">H. antilliana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
were attracted to blacklights at night.
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<emphasis id="B930EA98DA46FFC5AAC197F4FE9B188A" box="[173,302,486,507]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="115">Cotinis nitida</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(L.),
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<emphasis id="B930EA98DA46FFC5AB0F97F4FDBA188A" box="[355,527,486,507]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="115">Amithao cavifrons</emphasis>
(Burmeister)
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B930EA98DA46FFC5AAC19413FE2E1B67" box="[173,411,513,534]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="115">Amithao decemguttatum</emphasis>
Waterhouse
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, and several other cetoniines are also occasionally attracted to lights at night (personal observation), but this is generally an uncommon occurrence for cetoniines.
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</treatment>
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