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a) “
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,
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,
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al NE de / Acahuizotla, T.L.
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/2008
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”, b) “
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/ (Westwood 1855) / QRL code / 36172 / barcode /
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:
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:
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”, c) “
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García-Morales, Ramírez-Ponce and Curoe
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” (yellow label, typeface)” (
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,
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)
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;
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a) “
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:
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/
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/
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/
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<collectingDate id="4276FC602035FFA848B463A7C6679AB8" box="[166,256,1665,1691]" bridgedPair="/" pageId="1" pageNumber="123" value="2018-10">X/2018</collectingDate>
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<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2035FFA8495363A6C54B9AB9" box="[321,556,1664,1690]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="123">Neoscelis hexakrotes</emphasis>
García-Morales, Ramírez-Ponce and Curoe
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” (yellow label, typeface)” (
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,
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a) “
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/
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/
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/
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,
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/ local collector”, b) “
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<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2035FFA8495263EEC54C9AC1" box="[320,555,1736,1762]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="123">Neoscelis hexakrotes</emphasis>
García-Morales, Ramírez-Ponce and Curoe
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” (yellow label, typeface)” (
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,
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;
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,
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;
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,
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;
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,
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;
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,
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;
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,
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; CPL,
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; DJC,
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;
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,
<specimenCount id="308AE8C12035FFA848EB6237C6799B08" box="[249,286,1809,1835]" pageId="1" pageNumber="123" type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
;
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,
<specimenCount id="308AE8C12035FFA849926237C6C29B08" box="[384,421,1809,1835]" pageId="1" pageNumber="123" type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
;
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,
<specimenCount id="308AE8C12035FFA84A1F6237C5559B08" box="[525,562,1809,1835]" pageId="1" pageNumber="123" type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
); a) “
<collectingRegion id="E448EDAA2035FFA84A7E6236C5AF9B09" box="[620,712,1808,1834]" country="Mexico" name="Mexico" pageId="1" pageNumber="123">México</collectingRegion>
:
<collectingRegion id="E448EDAA2035FFA84AC36237C4519B08" box="[721,822,1809,1835]" country="Mexico" name="Guerrero" pageId="1" pageNumber="123">Guerrero</collectingRegion>
/ San Roque
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<collectingDate id="4276FC602035FFA84BD46237C34D9B08" box="[966,1066,1809,1835]" pageId="1" pageNumber="123" value="2018-10-02">2/x/2018</collectingDate>
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/ Luis Zacarías L.”, b) “
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<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2035FFA84D236236C6779B6D" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="123">Neoscelis hexakrotes</emphasis>
García-Morales, Ramírez-Ponce and Curoe
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” (yellow label, typeface)” (
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,
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;
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,
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)); a) “
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:
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, San Roque, Mochitlán
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</date>
/ Luis Zacarías L.”, b) “
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<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2035FFA84CBC627EC2FB9B51" box="[1198,1436,1880,1906]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="123">Neoscelis hexakrotes</emphasis>
García-Morales, Ramírez-Ponce and Curoe
</taxonomicName>
<typeStatus id="F9379DEA2035FFA84A9C625BC4459BB4" box="[654,802,1917,1943]" pageId="1" pageNumber="123" type="paratype">PARATYPE</typeStatus>
” (yellow label, typeface)” (
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,
<specimenCount id="308AE8C12035FFA84CAF625AC39F9BB4" box="[1213,1272,1916,1943]" pageId="1" pageNumber="123" type="male">5♂♂</specimenCount>
;
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,
<specimenCount id="308AE8C12035FFA84D4F625BC2FF9BB4" box="[1373,1432,1917,1943]" pageId="1" pageNumber="123" type="male">7♂♂</specimenCount>
,
<specimenCount id="308AE8C12035FFA848856287C7B69B98" box="[151,209,1953,1979]" pageId="1" pageNumber="123" type="female">2♀♀</specimenCount>
;
<collectionCode id="409DBB8D2035FFA848CD6287C6549B98" box="[223,307,1953,1979]" pageId="1" pageNumber="123">CLGM</collectionCode>
,
<specimenCount id="308AE8C12035FFA8492C6287C61E9B98" box="[318,377,1953,1979]" pageId="1" pageNumber="123" type="male">4♂♂</specimenCount>
;
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,
<specimenCount id="308AE8C12035FFA849F46287C56C9B98" box="[486,523,1953,1979]" pageId="1" pageNumber="123" type="male">1♂</specimenCount>
;
<collectionCode id="409DBB8D2035FFA84A0B6287C5079B98" box="[537,608,1953,1979]" pageId="1" pageNumber="123">DJCC</collectionCode>
,
<specimenCount id="308AE8C12035FFA84A7E6286C5C09B98" box="[620,679,1952,1979]" pageId="1" pageNumber="123" type="male">5♂♂</specimenCount>
); a) “
<collectingRegion id="E448EDAA2035FFA84AF66286C4279B99" box="[740,832,1952,1978]" country="Mexico" name="Mexico" pageId="1" pageNumber="123">México</collectingRegion>
:
<collectingRegion id="E448EDAA2035FFA84B596287C4D49B98" box="[843,947,1953,1979]" country="Mexico" name="Guerrero" pageId="1" pageNumber="123">Guerrero</collectingRegion>
, San Roque, Mochitlán
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/ Luis Zacarías L.”, b) “
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<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2036FFAB48D56422C63E9D3C" bold="true" box="[199,345,260,287]" pageId="2" pageNumber="124">Description.</emphasis>
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male (
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A-C, J). Total length
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, length from occiput to base of clypeal horn
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.
<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2036FFAB4A8C640FC5959D60" box="[670,754,297,323]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="124">Colors.</emphasis>
Head (dorsally), pronotum, scutellum shiny metallic green with coppery purple reflections; elytra shiny metallic coppery purple; sternum, abdominal sternites, mesofemora and metafemora (ventrally) dark reddish brown with metallic green and coppery purple reflections; legs otherwise metallic green (
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).
<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2036FFAB49AD64B3C69B9D8C" box="[447,508,405,431]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="124">Head</emphasis>
. Frons weakly convex (
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AC); surface shagreened between punctures; disc densely, setigerously punctate (
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); punctures large, deep; setae short, erect, yellow; frontal sides with a dense cluster of small, deep, setigerous punctures; setae longer than on disc. Preocular carina weakly developed above eye, extending above antennal insertion anterolaterally to dorsoventrally compressed, subtriangular, weakly reflexed tubercle (
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). Clypeus (dorsal view) evenly expanded to short, subtriangular, weakly reflexed tubercle (
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); apical margin narrowing to base of clypeal horn; horn (lateral view) directed anterodorsally, evenly recurved and (frontal view) bisected into 2 long, slender, acute rami (
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BC); clypeus weakly concave on either side of longitudinal ridge; ridge (dorsal view) narrowing anteriorly and (lateral view) with low, rounded swelling; surface setigerously rugopunctate near tubercles, becoming coarser basally and on ridge (
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); setae short, erect, pale yellow. Antennal club nearly 3/5 of interocular width.
<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2036FFAB4AE167FCC4059ED0" box="[755,866,730,755]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="124">Pronotum</emphasis>
. Broadly convex transversely, strongly so laterally, with shallow depression near lateral margin and slightly anterior to greatest width. Lateral margin beaded, subangulate, weakly emarginate basally. Basal margin weakly emarginate anterior to scutellum, and between scutellum and rounded, obtuse lateral angles; surface shagreened between punctures; disc moderately densely, setigerously punctate; punctures small, shallow; setae minute, erect, pale yellow; punctation becoming larger and setae longer near lateral margins, anterior angles and on depressions.
<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2036FFAB4B0466ABC4E39F84" box="[790,900,909,935]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="124">Scutellum</emphasis>
. Surface shagreened and moderately to densely punctate with minutely punctures; disc also with moderately dense, small, setigerous punctures; setae long, recumbent, pale yellow.
<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2036FFAB497E66F0C5649FCC" box="[364,515,982,1007]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="124">Mesepimeron</emphasis>
. Surface densely, setigerously punctate; punctures small; setae long, fine, semierect, white.
<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2036FFAB493A66DFC6099830" box="[296,366,1017,1043]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="124">Elytra</emphasis>
. Surface tricostate; sutural costa reaching apex, discal and humeral costae with apices joined at moderately prominent apical umbone; lateral margin beaded. Surface shagreened; disc also moderately to densely punctate with minute punctures, becoming setigerously rugopunctate laterally and strigulose near apex; setae short, erect, pale yellow.
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.
</emphasis>
Broadly, evenly convex (lateral view); surface setigerously, concentrically strigulose around apex; setae short (except tuft of long setae below apex), recumbent toward apex, pale yellow.
<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2036FFAB4D0561ACC2389880" box="[1303,1375,1162,1187]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="124">Venter</emphasis>
. Mesometasternal process subtriangular (lateral view), surpassing level of mesocoxae in ventral view; sides diverging laterally to rounded apex roughly fan shaped (
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). Abdominal sternites with surface shagreened and densely punctate with minute punctures between larger setigerous punctures; setigerous punctures medially moderately dense, small, bearing short, recumbent, white setae, and becoming denser, larger and bearing longer setae laterally; on lateral fifths, surface abruptly transversely rugopunctate, setae long, semierect.
<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2036FFAB4C3F6018C3059974" box="[1069,1122,1342,1367]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="124">Legs</emphasis>
. Protibia evenly curved, 1/3 longer than profemur, with 2 short, acute, apical teeth; protarsus ¼ longer than protibia, densely setose ventrally; setae long, erect, ferruginous.
<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2036FFAB49C060A3C55B99BC" box="[466,572,1413,1439]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="124">Genitalia</emphasis>
. Parameres symmetrical; inner margins weakly emarginate; external margins straight, weakly divergent basally, broadly rounded to apex (
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BC).
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</emphasis>
. Female (
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). Total length
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, maximum width
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, length from occiput to apex of clypeus
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.
<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2036FFAB497E60D7C6DF9A28" box="[364,440,1521,1547]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="124">Colors</emphasis>
. Head mostly shiny coppery with some green reflections near eyes; pronotum, scutellum dark metallic coppery green; elytra weakly metallic bluish green;
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reddish brown, with dull metallic green reflections under magnification; venter mostly shiny metallic coppery with some green reflections; femora, mesotibiae and metatibiae shiny metallic green with coppery reflections; protibiae and tarsi piceous, with weak green reflections under magnification.
<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2036FFAB4A5A63A7C5E29AB8" box="[584,645,1665,1691]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="124">Head</emphasis>
. Frons and clypeus weakly, longitudinally tumescent; surface coarsely, transversely rugopunctate; tumescense glabrous, surface on either side with dense, long, erect rufous setae. Clypeus (dorsal view) subhexagonal; sides weakly expanded; apical angles narrow; apical margin strongly reflexed, weakly bilobed; lateral clypeal margin (left lateral view) cariniform, nearly S-shaped (weakly rounded and declivous just anterior to antennal insertion, becoming abruptly declivous anteriorly before leveling off). Antennal club half as long as interocular distance.
<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2036FFAB49CE6210C52C9B6C" box="[476,587,1846,1871]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="124">Pronotum</emphasis>
. Form broadly convex; surface shagreened and densely, setigerously punctate (except on longitudinal median line), becoming rugopunctate near anterior angles; median line irregular, narrow, becoming wider in basal fifth, minutely punctate, glabrous; punctures on disc (except on median line) moderately large and large punctures; setae long, erect, slightly recumbent, rufous. Lateral margins beaded, anteriorly weakly rounded, subangulate at middle, basally weakly emarginate. Basal margin emarginate anterior to scutellum; basal angles rounded and obtuse.
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Surface shagreened, with punctures on base as on pronotal disc; punctation density decreasing apically; setae long, recumbent, rufous.
<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2037FFAA4B526598C4B09CF4" box="[832,983,190,215]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">Mesepimeron</emphasis>
Surface densely, setigerously punctate; punctures small, setae longer than on pronotum, semierect, rufous.
<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2037FFAA4B8465C7C4BB9CD8" box="[918,988,225,251]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">Elytra</emphasis>
. Surface tricostate. Surface shagreened between punctures; disc densely, setigerously punctate with minute punctures; setae longer than on pronotum. Surface along beaded lateral margin, between humeral constriction and apical area, transversely rugopunctate.
<taxonomicName id="E18C58CB2037FFAA4D67640CC7829D44" family="Trichomycteridae" genus="Pygidium" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="125" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2037FFAA4D67640CC7829D44" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">Pygidium</emphasis>
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. Form (lateral view) convex; surface setigerously, concentrically strigulose around apex; setae dense, long, erect, rufous.
<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2037FFAA49206454C61D9DA8" box="[306,378,370,395]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">Venter</emphasis>
. Mesometasternal process (lateral view) surpassing level of mesocoxae. In ventral view, sides diverging anteriorly to rounded apex. Abdominal sternites with surface shiny, shagreened between punctures, setigerously punctate; punctures moderately dense and moderately large medially, becoming denser, larger, deeper laterally; setae recumbent, medially short becoming abruptly long on lateral fifths.
<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2037FFAA4C2264F8C3029DD4" box="[1072,1125,478,503]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">Legs</emphasis>
. Protibia subequal in length to profemur; inner margin nearly straight; outer margin tridentate; basal tooth dull, medially situated; apical teeth acute. Protarsus ¼ longer than protibia. Protarsomeres with a few erect setae near apex.
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Variation in
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.
</emphasis>
Males. Size ranges between
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in length, and
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in width. All males are dorsally bicolored, without significant variation in colors. Morphological variation among the
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can be observed in the width and development of the clypeus, the apicolateral tubercles and the length of the clypeal horns. The vestiture on the clypeus, frons and ventral surface of the thorax and abdomen varies in density and length. One male (at CNIN) is slightly teratological, with a shortened head and a rounded, subtriangular swelling on the clypeal longitudinal ridge.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="263323482037FFAA48D56606C7879FE8" blockId="3.[151,1437,153,2015]" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">
<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2037FFAA48D56606C6DB9F18" bold="true" box="[199,444,800,827]" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">Taxonomic remarks.</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="421D5EB92037FFAA49D16607C5C69F18" author="Mudge, A. D. &amp; Ratcliffe, B. C. &amp; Westcott, R. L. &amp; Noguera, F. A." box="[451,673,801,827]" pageId="3" pageNumber="125" pagination="143 - 154" refId="ref6178" refString="Mudge, A. D., Ratcliffe, B. C., Westcott, R. L., &amp; Noguera, F. A. (2003) A new species of Neoscelis from Jalisco, Mexico (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae). Folia Heyrovskyana, 11, 143 - 154." type="journal article" year="2003">
Mudge
<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2037FFAA4A0B6604C5379F18" box="[537,592,801,827]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">et al.</emphasis>
(2003)
</bibRefCitation>
provided a key to the males of Neotropical Goliathini species where they include coloration, among other characters, for the identification of species. Nevertheless, we have found that some male
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<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2037FFAA4909664CC6EE9FA0" box="[283,393,873,899]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">N. dohrni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
specimens (mostly from
<collectingRegion id="E448EDAA2037FFAA4ABF664FC4769FA0" box="[685,785,873,899]" country="Mexico" name="Durango" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">Durango</collectingRegion>
) also exhibit the same bicolored dorsum observed in the male
<taxonomicName id="E18C58CB2037FFAA48C466ABC6A69F84" box="[214,449,909,935]" class="Insecta" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Neoscelis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hexacrotes">
<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2037FFAA48C466ABC6A69F84" box="[214,449,909,935]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">Neoscelis hexacrotes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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specimens. Therefore, we focus mainly on head morphology for differential characters.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="6E9670C32037FFAF48D566F2C3C59D4B" lastPageId="6" lastPageNumber="128" pageId="3" pageNumber="125" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="263323482037FFAA48D566F2C5919837" blockId="3.[151,1437,153,2015]" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">
<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2037FFAA48D566F2C65D9FCC" bold="true" box="[199,314,980,1007]" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">Diagnosis</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2037FFAA495866F3C6F59FCC" bold="true" box="[330,402,981,1007]" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">Males</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2037FFAA49B266F3C5EB9FCC" box="[416,652,981,1007]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">Neoscelis hexakrotes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is the only species in the genus whose males possess a convex frons (frons weakly concave in the other
<taxonomicName id="E18C58CB2037FFAA4A3066DFC5EA9830" authorityName="Schoch" authorityYear="1897" box="[546,653,1017,1043]" class="Insecta" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Neoscelis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2037FFAA4A3066DFC5EA9830" box="[546,653,1017,1043]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">Neoscelis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="263323482037FFAA48D5613BC5889910" blockId="3.[151,1437,153,2015]" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">
<taxonomicName id="E18C58CB2037FFAA48D5613BC6D59814" box="[199,434,1053,1079]" class="Insecta" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Neoscelis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hexakrotes">
<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2037FFAA48D5613BC6D59814" box="[199,434,1053,1079]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">Neoscelis hexakrotes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
shares with
<taxonomicName id="E18C58CB2037FFAA4A506138C5C89814" baseAuthorityName="Westwood" baseAuthorityYear="1855" box="[578,687,1053,1079]" class="Insecta" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Neoscelis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dohrni">
<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2037FFAA4A506138C5C89814" box="[578,687,1053,1079]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">N. dohrni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
elongate prothoracic legs, the mesometasternal process with sides diverging to rounded apex (
<figureCitation id="BEB73FCD2037FFAA49C66167C57F9878" box="[468,536,1089,1115]" captionStart="FIGURES 2" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1929,1954]" captionTargetBox="[182,1401,207,1836]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[156,1432,181,1904]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 2. Morphological characters of the head and sternum of Neoscelis species. AC, Head of N. hexacrotes; DF, head of N. dohrni; GI, head of N. coracina; J, sternum of N. hexacrotes; K) sternum of N. dohrni; L) sternum of N. coracina." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3531246" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3531246/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
JK), and both species possess metallic green coloration dorsally and similarly shaped clypeal horns (although
<taxonomicName id="E18C58CB2037FFAA49E96140C5F4985C" box="[507,659,1125,1151]" class="Insecta" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Neoscelis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hexakrotes">
<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2037FFAA49E96140C5F4985C" box="[507,659,1125,1151]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">N. hexakrotes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
males lack preapical tubercles on rami). Apart from the clypeal horn, their head morphology is different:
<taxonomicName id="E18C58CB2037FFAA4A3D61ACC5FA9880" baseAuthorityName="Westwood" baseAuthorityYear="1855" box="[559,669,1161,1187]" class="Insecta" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Neoscelis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dohrni">
<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2037FFAA4A3D61ACC5FA9880" box="[559,669,1161,1187]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">N. dohrni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has the frontal surface clearly concave and prolonging declivously to clypeal sides, lacks tubercles near antennal insertions and possesses long and strongly reflexed clypeal lateral tubercles (
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DF) (In
<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2037FFAA49AA61F4C53098C8" box="[440,599,1233,1259]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">
<taxonomicName id="E18C58CB2037FFAA49AA61F4C53498C8" box="[440,595,1233,1259]" class="Insecta" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Neoscelis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hexakrotes">N. hexakrotes</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
the frons is convex and the anterior edge of the frons is abruptly separated from the clypeal sides. Prominent subtriangular tubercles are present near the antennal insertion and the clypeal tubercles are short and weakly reflexed) (
<figureCitation id="BEB73FCD2037FFAA4A75603FC5859910" box="[615,738,1305,1331]" captionStart="FIGURES 2" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1929,1954]" captionTargetBox="[182,1401,207,1836]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[156,1432,181,1904]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 2. Morphological characters of the head and sternum of Neoscelis species. AC, Head of N. hexacrotes; DF, head of N. dohrni; GI, head of N. coracina; J, sternum of N. hexacrotes; K) sternum of N. dohrni; L) sternum of N. coracina." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3531246" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3531246/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">Fig. 2A, C</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="263323482037FFAA48D5601BC6379AB8" blockId="3.[151,1437,153,2015]" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">
With
<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2037FFAA49156018C55E9974" box="[263,569,1341,1367]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">
<taxonomicName id="E18C58CB2037FFAA49156018C6F79974" box="[263,400,1342,1367]" class="Insecta" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Neoscelis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="coracina">N. coracina</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="E18C58CB2037FFAA498C6018C55E9974" box="[414,569,1341,1367]" class="Insecta" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Neoscelis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hexakrotes">N. hexakrotes</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
shares elongate prothoracic legs and a reflexed, flattened, subtriangular tubercle just anterolateral to each antennal insertion (
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AC, GI). In
<taxonomicName id="E18C58CB2037FFAA4BDF6044C3019958" box="[973,1126,1377,1403]" class="Insecta" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Neoscelis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hexakrotes">
<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2037FFAA4BDF6044C3019958" box="[973,1126,1377,1403]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">N. hexakrotes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, however, the tubercles are weakly reflexed; in lateral view, the tubercles do not protrude above the clypeal longitudinal ridge (
<figureCitation id="BEB73FCD2037FFAA4D0860A3C20799BC" box="[1306,1376,1413,1439]" captionStart="FIGURES 2" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1929,1954]" captionTargetBox="[182,1401,207,1836]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[156,1432,181,1904]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 2. Morphological characters of the head and sternum of Neoscelis species. AC, Head of N. hexacrotes; DF, head of N. dohrni; GI, head of N. coracina; J, sternum of N. hexacrotes; K) sternum of N. dohrni; L) sternum of N. coracina." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3531246" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3531246/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
BC) (apex of tubercles protruding above clypeal ridge in
<taxonomicName id="E18C58CB2037FFAA4AE5608CC41999E0" box="[759,894,1450,1475]" class="Insecta" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Neoscelis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="coracina">
<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2037FFAA4AE5608CC41999E0" box="[759,894,1450,1475]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">N. coracina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) (
<figureCitation id="BEB73FCD2037FFAA4B8B608FC36A99E0" box="[921,1037,1449,1475]" captionStart="FIGURES 2" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1929,1954]" captionTargetBox="[182,1401,207,1836]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[156,1432,181,1904]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 2. Morphological characters of the head and sternum of Neoscelis species. AC, Head of N. hexacrotes; DF, head of N. dohrni; GI, head of N. coracina; J, sternum of N. hexacrotes; K) sternum of N. dohrni; L) sternum of N. coracina." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3531246" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3531246/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">Fig. 2G, I</figureCitation>
). The rami of the clypeal horn are long and slender in
<taxonomicName id="E18C58CB2037FFAA496760E8C56999C4" box="[373,526,1485,1511]" class="Insecta" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Neoscelis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hexakrotes">
<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2037FFAA496760E8C56999C4" box="[373,526,1485,1511]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">N. hexakrotes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="BEB73FCD2037FFAA4A0C60EBC51399C4" box="[542,628,1485,1511]" captionStart="FIGURES 2" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1929,1954]" captionTargetBox="[182,1401,207,1836]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[156,1432,181,1904]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 2. Morphological characters of the head and sternum of Neoscelis species. AC, Head of N. hexacrotes; DF, head of N. dohrni; GI, head of N. coracina; J, sternum of N. hexacrotes; K) sternum of N. dohrni; L) sternum of N. coracina." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3531246" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3531246/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">Fig. 2B</figureCitation>
) and basally broad in
<taxonomicName id="E18C58CB2037FFAA4B7D60E8C49399C4" box="[879,1012,1486,1511]" class="Insecta" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Neoscelis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="coracina">
<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2037FFAA4B7D60E8C49399C4" box="[879,1012,1486,1511]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">N. coracina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="BEB73FCD2037FFAA4C1160EBC33A99C4" box="[1027,1117,1485,1511]" captionStart="FIGURES 2" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1929,1954]" captionTargetBox="[182,1401,207,1836]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[156,1432,181,1904]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 2. Morphological characters of the head and sternum of Neoscelis species. AC, Head of N. hexacrotes; DF, head of N. dohrni; GI, head of N. coracina; J, sternum of N. hexacrotes; K) sternum of N. dohrni; L) sternum of N. coracina." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3531246" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3531246/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">Fig. 2H</figureCitation>
); in frontal view, the margin between the rami appears V-shaped to deeply U-shaped in
<taxonomicName id="E18C58CB2037FFAA4B2760D4C4A89A28" box="[821,975,1521,1547]" class="Insecta" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Neoscelis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hexakrotes">
<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2037FFAA4B2760D4C4A89A28" box="[821,975,1521,1547]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">N. hexakrotes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and shallowly U-shaped in
<taxonomicName id="E18C58CB2037FFAA4D0260D4C2F19A28" box="[1296,1430,1522,1547]" class="Insecta" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Neoscelis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="coracina">
<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2037FFAA4D0260D4C2F19A28" box="[1296,1430,1522,1547]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">N. coracina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The mesometasternal process in
<taxonomicName id="E18C58CB2037FFAA4A1E6330C5C09A0C" box="[524,679,1557,1583]" class="Insecta" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Neoscelis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hexakrotes">
<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2037FFAA4A1E6330C5C09A0C" box="[524,679,1557,1583]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">N. hexakrotes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has sides divergent to rounded apex (
<figureCitation id="BEB73FCD2037FFAA4C496333C3CB9A0C" box="[1115,1196,1557,1583]" captionStart="FIGURES 2" captionStartId="5.[151,264,1929,1954]" captionTargetBox="[182,1401,207,1836]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[156,1432,181,1904]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 2. Morphological characters of the head and sternum of Neoscelis species. AC, Head of N. hexacrotes; DF, head of N. dohrni; GI, head of N. coracina; J, sternum of N. hexacrotes; K) sternum of N. dohrni; L) sternum of N. coracina." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3531246" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3531246/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">Fig. 2J</figureCitation>
), in
<taxonomicName id="E18C58CB2037FFAA4CF06330C20E9A0C" box="[1250,1385,1558,1583]" class="Insecta" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Neoscelis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="coracina">
<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2037FFAA4CF06330C20E9A0C" box="[1250,1385,1558,1583]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">N. coracina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
it is rounded at sides and apex (
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). Additionally,
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<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2037FFAA4ADD631CC4339A70" box="[719,852,1594,1619]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">N. coracina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is shiny black (occasionally with blue-green reflections) whereas
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<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2037FFAA49526378C6BF9A54" box="[320,472,1629,1655]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">N. hexakrotes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is dorsally bicolored: shiny metallic green on head, pronotum, and scutellum; coppery purple on elytra.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="263323482037FFAA48D56383C53C9BB4" blockId="3.[151,1437,153,2015]" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">
<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2037FFAA48D56383C6579A9C" bold="true" box="[199,304,1701,1727]" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">Females.</emphasis>
Females of
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<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2037FFAA49D06380C5399A9C" box="[450,606,1701,1727]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">N. hexakrotes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2037FFAA4A886380C46F9A9C" box="[666,776,1701,1727]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">N. dohrni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are very similar, sharing densely setose, weakly metallic green bodies. In
<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2037FFAA495D63ECC6A79AC0" box="[335,448,1737,1763]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">
<taxonomicName id="E18C58CB2037FFAA495D63ECC6DB9AC0" baseAuthorityName="Westwood" baseAuthorityYear="1855" box="[335,444,1737,1763]" class="Insecta" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Neoscelis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dohrni">N. dohrni</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
the body is green and partly obscured by dense, tawny setae. In
<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2037FFAA4C9A63ECC2409AC0" box="[1160,1319,1737,1763]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">
<taxonomicName id="E18C58CB2037FFAA4C9A63ECC2449AC0" box="[1160,1315,1737,1763]" class="Insecta" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Neoscelis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hexakrotes">N. hexakrotes</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
it is larger and more obscured by dense, rufous setae; the pronotum is duller, dark coppery green and the elytra slightly bluish green. Both species have a subhexagonal clypeus, but in
<taxonomicName id="E18C58CB2037FFAA4B526234C4CB9B08" baseAuthorityName="Westwood" baseAuthorityYear="1855" box="[832,940,1809,1835]" class="Insecta" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Neoscelis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dohrni">
<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2037FFAA4B526234C4CB9B08" box="[832,940,1809,1835]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">N. dohrni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
the apical angles are rounded whereas in
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<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2037FFAA4D916234C6689B6C" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">N. hexakrotes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
they are narrow. In lateral view, the cariniform lateral clypeal margins differ: In
<taxonomicName id="E18C58CB2037FFAA4CB86210C2709B6C" baseAuthorityName="Westwood" baseAuthorityYear="1855" box="[1194,1303,1845,1871]" class="Insecta" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Neoscelis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dohrni">
<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2037FFAA4CB86210C2709B6C" box="[1194,1303,1845,1871]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">N. dohrni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
it is evenly declivous apically whereas in
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<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2037FFAA49EA627CC5F39B50" box="[504,660,1881,1907]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">N. hexakrotes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
it is weakly declivous apically anterior to antennal insertion, then abruptly, strongly so before leveling off.
</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="E18C58CB2037FFAA48D56287C6C69B98" box="[199,417,1953,1979]" class="Insecta" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Neoscelis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="125" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="coracina">
<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2037FFAA48D56287C6C69B98" box="[199,417,1953,1979]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">Neoscelis coracina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is easily distinguished from
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<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2037FFAA4AEA6284C4F39B98" box="[760,916,1953,1979]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="125">N. hexakrotes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
: its body color is black, occasionally bluish black, and covered by dense tawny setae. In both species the cariniform clypeal lateral margin becomes abruptly declivous anterior to the antennal insertion, but in
<taxonomicName id="E18C58CB2032FFAF4AC265BCC4329C90" box="[720,853,154,179]" class="Insecta" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Neoscelis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="128" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="coracina">
<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2032FFAF4AC265BCC4329C90" box="[720,853,154,179]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="128">N. coracina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
that part of the margin is nearly straight whereas in
<taxonomicName id="E18C58CB2032FFAF48856598C6579CF4" box="[151,304,189,215]" class="Insecta" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Neoscelis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="128" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hexakrotes">
<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2032FFAF48856598C6579CF4" box="[151,304,189,215]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="128">N. hexakrotes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
it becomes rounded and levels off.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="263323482030FFAD488563DDC6DE9B1B" blockId="4.[151,1436,1787,1848]" pageId="4" pageNumber="126">
<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2030FFAD488563DDC6729B37" bold="true" box="[151,277,1787,1812]" pageId="4" pageNumber="126">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2030FFAD490F63DDC6949B30" box="[285,499,1787,1811]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="126">Neoscelis hexakrotes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2030FFAD49E963DDC51E9B37" bold="true" box="[507,633,1787,1812]" pageId="4" pageNumber="126">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="0FCB42212030FFAD49E963DDC51E9B37" box="[507,633,1787,1812]" pageId="4" pageNumber="126" rank="species">new species</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
. A, Habitus of holotype; B, aedeagus, lateral view; C, aedeagus, fronto-distal view; D, habitus of allotype.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="263323482031FFAC488562AFC2399BE6" blockId="5.[151,1436,1929,1990]" pageId="5" pageNumber="127">
<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2031FFAC488562AFC6469B81" bold="true" box="[151,289,1929,1954]" pageId="5" pageNumber="127">FIGURES 2.</emphasis>
Morphological characters of the head and sternum of
<taxonomicName id="E18C58CB2031FFAC4B5862ACC4CC9B81" authorityName="Schoch" authorityYear="1897" box="[842,939,1930,1954]" class="Insecta" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Neoscelis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="127" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2031FFAC4B5862ACC4CC9B81" box="[842,939,1930,1954]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="127">Neoscelis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species. AC, Head of
<taxonomicName id="E18C58CB2031FFAC4C8E62ACC2409B81" box="[1180,1319,1930,1954]" class="Insecta" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Neoscelis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="127" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hexacrotes">
<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2031FFAC4C8E62ACC2409B81" box="[1180,1319,1930,1954]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="127">N. hexacrotes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; DF, head
<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2031FFAC48856288C6749BE5" box="[151,275,1966,1990]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="127">
of
<taxonomicName id="E18C58CB2031FFAC48A36288C6749BE5" baseAuthorityName="Westwood" baseAuthorityYear="1855" box="[177,275,1966,1990]" class="Insecta" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Neoscelis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="127" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dohrni">N. dohrni</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
; GI, head of
<taxonomicName id="E18C58CB2031FFAC49B76288C57A9BE6" box="[421,541,1966,1989]" class="Insecta" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Neoscelis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="127" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="coracina">
<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2031FFAC49B76288C57A9BE6" box="[421,541,1966,1989]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="127">N. coracina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; J, sternum of
<taxonomicName id="E18C58CB2031FFAC4AA66288C4589BE5" box="[692,831,1966,1990]" class="Insecta" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Neoscelis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="127" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hexacrotes">
<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2031FFAC4AA66288C4589BE5" box="[692,831,1966,1990]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="127">N. hexacrotes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; K) sternum of
<taxonomicName id="E18C58CB2031FFAC4BF26288C3259BE5" baseAuthorityName="Westwood" baseAuthorityYear="1855" box="[992,1090,1966,1990]" class="Insecta" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Neoscelis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="127" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="dohrni">
<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2031FFAC4BF26288C3259BE5" box="[992,1090,1966,1990]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="127">N. dohrni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; L) sternum of
<taxonomicName id="E18C58CB2031FFAC4CF36288C23F9BE6" box="[1249,1368,1966,1989]" class="Insecta" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Neoscelis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" pageNumber="127" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="coracina">
<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2031FFAC4CF36288C23F9BE6" box="[1249,1368,1966,1989]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="127">N. coracina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="263323482032FFAF48DD65C7C3C59D4B" blockId="6.[151,1437,153,900]" pageId="6" pageNumber="128">
Lastly, the
<taxonomicName id="E18C58CB2032FFAF495E65C4C6829CD8" authorityName="García-Morales &amp; Ramírez-Ponce &amp; Curoe &amp; García-Jiménez" authorityYear="2019" box="[332,485,225,251]" class="Insecta" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Neoscelis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="128" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hexakrotes">
<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2032FFAF495E65C4C6829CD8" box="[332,485,225,251]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="128">N. hexakrotes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
female bears a superficial resemblance with
<taxonomicName id="E18C58CB2032FFAF4BF165C7C24C9CD8" authority="Schaum" authorityName="Schaum" box="[995,1323,225,251]" class="Insecta" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Euphoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="128" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="iridescens">
<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2032FFAF4BF165C7C3A09CD8" box="[995,1223,225,251]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="128">Euphoria iridescens</emphasis>
Schaum
</taxonomicName>
, a species distributed in
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. They share, dorsally, a metallic green coloration and a dense, rufous vestiture.
<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2032FFAF4D236423C6719D60" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="128">
<taxonomicName id="E18C58CB2032FFAF4D236423C6759D60" authorityName="García-Morales &amp; Ramírez-Ponce &amp; Curoe &amp; García-Jiménez" authorityYear="2019" class="Insecta" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Neoscelis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="128" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="hexakrotes">Neoscelis hexakrotes</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
however, is larger and dorsally essentially entirely green (In
<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2032FFAF4BD1640CC33D9D60" box="[963,1114,297,323]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="128">
<taxonomicName id="E18C58CB2032FFAF4BD1640CC3319D60" box="[963,1110,297,323]" class="Insecta" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Euphoria" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="6" pageNumber="128" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="iridescens">E. iridescens</taxonomicName>
,
</emphasis>
the pronotum has wide, longitudinal green and reddish-brown stripes; the elytra are reddish brown, with green mottles).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="6E9670C32032FFAF48D56457C3769DF0" pageId="6" pageNumber="128" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="263323482032FFAF48D56457C3769DF0" blockId="6.[151,1437,153,900]" pageId="6" pageNumber="128">
<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2032FFAF48D56457C62F9DA8" bold="true" box="[199,328,369,395]" pageId="6" pageNumber="128">Etymology</emphasis>
. The specific epithet “hexakrotes” derives from the ancient Greek ἕξ (héx: six), and akrótçs (ἀκρóτης: extreme, or tip)), which makes reference to the six projections that the males of this species possess on the head (
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). The compound specific epithet is a noun in apposition.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="6E9670C32032FFAF48D564FAC4029FA0" pageId="6" pageNumber="128" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="263323482032FFAF48D564FAC2659F34" blockId="6.[151,1437,153,900]" pageId="6" pageNumber="128">
<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2032FFAF48D564FAC5D49DD4" bold="true" box="[199,691,476,503]" pageId="6" pageNumber="128">Distribution and biogeographic remarks.</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="421D5EB92032FFAF4AA964FBC4949DD4" author="Moron, M. A. &amp; Ratcliffe, B. C." box="[699,1011,477,503]" pageId="6" pageNumber="128" pagination="339 - 348" refId="ref6131" refString="Moron, M. A. &amp; Ratcliffe, B. C. (1989) A synopsis of the American Goliathini with description of a new Neoscelis from Mexico (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae). Coleopterists Bulletin, 43, 339 - 348." type="journal article" year="1989">Morón and Ratcliffe (1989)</bibRefCitation>
and
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stated that
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<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2032FFAF48DA6724C6549E38" box="[200,307,513,539]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="128">N. dohrni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
occurs from the main populations of western
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into
<collectingRegion id="E448EDAA2032FFAF4BAD6727C3069E38" box="[959,1121,513,539]" country="Mexico" name="Guerrero" pageId="6" pageNumber="128">Guerrero state</collectingRegion>
, based on three females collected by L. Delgado and C. Deloya in the vicinity of Acahuizotla,
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.
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Deloya
<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2032FFAF4C466700C3E29E1C" box="[1108,1157,549,575]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="128">et al</emphasis>
. (2014)
</bibRefCitation>
also recorded
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<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2032FFAF4D916700C7859E40" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="128">N. dohrni</emphasis>
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for the state of
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. However, these specimens belong to females of this new interesting species, thereby restricting the distribution of
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<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2032FFAF4A136748C50A9EA4" box="[513,621,621,647]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="128">N. dohrni</emphasis>
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to the Sierra Madre Occidental and the western Neovolcanic Axis, while
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<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2032FFAF488567B4C6579E88" box="[151,304,657,683]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="128">N. hexakrotes</emphasis>
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is a narrowly endemic species of the Sierra Madre del Sur, with the Balsas Depression separating the nearest populations of the two species by some
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. The known distribution range of
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<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2032FFAF4C986790C2449EEC" box="[1162,1315,693,719]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="128">N. hexakrotes</emphasis>
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comprises a small area in the municipalities of Chilpancingo and Mochitlán,
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. The habitat at the
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locality consists of semi-deciduous dry tropical forest, sometimes mixed with oaks, in the
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range (
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).
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<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2032FFAF48D56607C6E29F18" bold="true" box="[199,389,800,827]" pageId="6" pageNumber="128">Natural history.</emphasis>
Nothing is known about the behavior or host plants of
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<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2032FFAF4BE16604C3EB9F18" box="[1011,1164,801,827]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="128">N. hexakrotes</emphasis>
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, apart from the fact that adults are attracted to overripe banana. Based on collecting data, the phenology of this species (adults active from July to October) differs from that of the other
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<emphasis id="14F8FF5A2032FFAF4A88664FC4629FA0" box="[666,773,873,899]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="128">Neoscelis</emphasis>
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species.
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