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Fisher
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, resurrected status
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Fisher
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, by original designation.
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.
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with clypeus broadly, shallowly, triangularly to arcuately emarginate; eyes separated on vertex by 1.2 to 2.2 times the eye width at middle of head.
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with 11 antennomeres, none being laterally compressed; first antennomere elongate and expanded apically; second antennomere short and globular; third antennomere of male elongate, strongly, sometimes acutely expanded on one side or weakly bifurcate at apex, of female elongate, expanded apically with the outer angle distinctly acute to right-angled; antennomeres 4–10 of male densely setose, biramous or slightly to strongly asymmetric, of female short with ventral lobes moderately to widely separated, truncate to slightly rounded apically; antennomere 11 of male forked or asymmetric at apex, of female elongate-oval, usually truncate to subtruncate, or sometimes vaguely acute at apex.
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with front margin truncate to feebly bisinuate and broadly, shallowly arcuate at middle; disk subflattened, laterally convex or swollen, lateral margins ventrad, widely and distinctly indicated, entire or disappearing shortly before front angles, not visible from above.
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without or with vague longitudinal carinae, lacking foveae and pubescence; basal margin of each elytron strongly, evenly angulate; lateral margins finely, indistinctly serrate; sutural margins terminating in a tiny acuminate spine or a right-angled tooth; apices broadly rounded, not attaining apex of abdomen, exposing in part 1 or 2 abdominal terga.
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with profemoral tooth elevated, acute to very narrowly rounded at apex, not serrulate; foretibia of male unmodified.
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<emphasis id="B91047053178BD073BA1FD329E4FAF8A" bold="true" box="[214,343,671,697]" pageId="1" pageNumber="50">Underside</emphasis>
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with prosternum flattened at middle, swollen at sides, front margin subtruncate to broadly arcuate, narrowly reflexed or with a reflexed lobe at middle; abdomen with lateral margins entire, ventrites without distinct lateral callosities, fifth ventrite lacking an elevated submarginal ridge.
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<emphasis id="B91047053178BD073BB1FCBA9E52AE02" bold="true" box="[198,330,791,817]" pageId="1" pageNumber="50">Discussion</emphasis>
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:
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described
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and related it to
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<emphasis id="B91047053178BD0738B2FCB59B75AE02" box="[965,1133,792,817]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="50">Chrysobothris</emphasis>
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. However, he did not discuss any distinguishing character except to say “..differs from all the known genera of
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in having strongly biramose antennae.” He assumed that the single specimen before him was a male. In his paper describing
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<emphasis id="B91047053178BD073A6BFC3D9E9CAE9A" box="[284,388,912,937]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="50">C. alleni</emphasis>
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,
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<bibRefCitation id="EFF5E6E63178BD073AE1FC3D9D24AE99" author="Cazier" box="[406,572,912,938]" pageId="1" pageNumber="58" refString="Cazier, M. A. (1938) New Acmaeodera and Chrysobothris from the Southwest (Coleoptera-Buprestidae). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Science, 37, 12 - 17." type="journal article" year="1938">Cazier (1938)</bibRefCitation>
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discussed
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<emphasis id="B91047053178BD0739B5FC3D9C53AE9A" box="[706,843,912,937]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="50">Knowltonia</emphasis>
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and regarded it as a synonym of
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<emphasis id="B91047053178BD073F9AFC3D9A8DAE9A" box="[1261,1429,912,937]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="50">Chrysobothris</emphasis>
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, although we consider his reasoning faulty because it was partly based on incorrect association with such species as
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<emphasis id="B91047053178BD073B9BFC4D9E7FAECA" box="[236,359,992,1017]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="50">C. prasina</emphasis>
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Horn
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and
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<taxonomicName id="4C64E0943178BD073A93FC4D9D8FAEC9" authority="Cazier" authorityName="Cazier" box="[484,663,992,1018]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Chrysobothris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="platti">
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<emphasis id="B91047053178BD073A93FC4D9D5CAECA" box="[484,580,992,1017]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="50">C. platti</emphasis>
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Cazier
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(the latter presently in
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<emphasis id="B91047053178BD0738DEFC4D9B45AECA" box="[937,1117,992,1017]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="50">Sphaerobothris</emphasis>
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Semenov-Tian-Shanskij & Richter), and he lacked sufficient material for such a diagnosis.
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formally synonymized
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<emphasis id="B91047053178BD073E58FBA59FA4A97A" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="50">Knowltonia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
under
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C64E0943178BD073A78FB9D9EAFA97A" box="[271,439,1072,1097]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Chrysobothris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B91047053178BD073A78FB9D9EAFA97A" box="[271,439,1072,1097]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="50">Chrysobothris</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. His rationale was that he had overlooked Horn’s (1886) male antennal figure for
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C64E0943178BD073EF6FB9D9E95A941" authority="LeConte" authorityName="LeConte" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Chrysobothris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="atrifasciata">
|
||
<emphasis id="B91047053178BD073EF6FB9D9E06A942" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="50">C. atrifasciata</emphasis>
|
||
LeConte
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, and that “..more material of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C64E0943178BD073996FBF59C91A942" box="[737,905,1112,1137]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Chrysobothris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B91047053178BD073996FBF59C91A942" box="[737,905,1112,1137]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="50">Chrysobothris</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
has been available for study and this peculiar character of the males has been found in
|
||
<emphasis id="B91047053178BD073903FB2D9C67A9AA" box="[628,895,1152,1177]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="50">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C64E0943178BD073903FB2D9DE6A9AA" box="[628,766,1152,1177]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Chrysobothris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="atrifasciata">atrifasciata</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C64E0943178BD07387DFB2D9C63A9AA" box="[778,891,1152,1177]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Knowltonia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="biramosa">biramosa</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C64E0943178BD0738CFFB2D9CE3A9AA" box="[952,1019,1152,1177]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Chrysobothris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alleni">
|
||
<emphasis id="B91047053178BD0738CFFB2D9CE3A9AA" box="[952,1019,1152,1177]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="50">alleni</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
..” To our way of thinking that is no reason for synonymy; it simply enlarges the genus
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C64E0943178BD07399BFB059C6DA9F2" box="[748,885,1192,1217]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Knowltonia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B91047053178BD07399BFB059C6DA9F2" box="[748,885,1192,1217]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="50">Knowltonia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDB9B173178BD073BB2FB7D9CBFAAA1" blockId="1.[151,1437,152,2018]" pageId="1" pageNumber="50">
|
||
We are unaware of further published data under the genus
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C64E0943178BD0738FFFB7D9B09A9DA" box="[904,1041,1232,1257]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Knowltonia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B91047053178BD0738FFFB7D9B09A9DA" box="[904,1041,1232,1257]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="50">Knowltonia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, though
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFF5E6E63178BD073F0AFB7D9FFDA821" author="Bellamy" pageId="1" pageNumber="58" refString="Bellamy, C. L. & Volkovitsh, M. G. (1997) The chrysobothrine genus Sphaerobothris Semenov-Tian-Shankij and Rikhter, new status, with new combinations from North American and North Africa (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin, 51 (1), 59 - 70." type="journal article" year="1997">Bellamy and Volkovitsh (1997)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
briefly mentioned it. For some years we and some of our colleagues have considered that it should be recognized at least to subgeneric level. Meanwhile those authors elevated the formerly Old World subgenus
|
||
<emphasis id="B91047053178BD073EF6FA8D9E4CA852" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="50">
|
||
C. (
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C64E0943178BD073BE8FAE59E4CA852" box="[159,340,1352,1377]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Sphaerobothris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Sphaerobothris</taxonomicName>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
) to genus rank, including in it the North American
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C64E0943178BD0738B5FAE59B3CA852" box="[962,1060,1352,1377]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Chrysobothris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="platti">
|
||
<emphasis id="B91047053178BD0738B5FAE59B3CA852" box="[962,1060,1352,1377]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="50">C. platti</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C64E0943178BD073F17FAE59FC1A8B9" authority="LeConte. Superficially" authorityName="LeConte. Superficially" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Chrysobothris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ulkei">
|
||
<emphasis id="B91047053178BD073F17FAE59BA5A852" box="[1120,1213,1352,1377]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="50">C. ulkei</emphasis>
|
||
LeConte. Superficially
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, those species resemble species of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C64E0943178BD073919FADD9DEFA8BA" box="[622,759,1392,1417]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Knowltonia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B91047053178BD073919FADD9DEFA8BA" box="[622,759,1392,1417]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="50">Knowltonia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
but are readily separated by their antennae, which are like those found in most species of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C64E0943178BD07397EFA359DA9A882" box="[521,689,1432,1457]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Chrysobothris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B91047053178BD07397EFA359DA9A882" box="[521,689,1432,1457]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="50">Chrysobothris</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, with no sexual difference and the third antennomere not at all angulate apically. Although the facies of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C64E0943178BD073903FA6D9C30A8EA" box="[628,808,1472,1497]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Sphaerobothris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B91047053178BD073903FA6D9C30A8EA" box="[628,808,1472,1497]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="50">Sphaerobothris</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
seems to distinguish it from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C64E0943178BD073F00FA6D9A07A8EA" box="[1143,1311,1472,1497]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Chrysobothris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B91047053178BD073F00FA6D9A07A8EA" box="[1143,1311,1472,1497]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="50">Chrysobothris</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, nevertheless the apparent primary character used by
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFF5E6E63178BD0739EEFA459B11AB31" author="Bellamy" box="[665,1033,1512,1538]" pageId="1" pageNumber="58" refString="Bellamy, C. L. & Volkovitsh, M. G. (1997) The chrysobothrine genus Sphaerobothris Semenov-Tian-Shankij and Rikhter, new status, with new combinations from North American and North Africa (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). The Coleopterists Bulletin, 51 (1), 59 - 70." type="journal article" year="1997">Bellamy and Volkovitsh (1997)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
to separate them, the width on the vertex between the eyes, is not reliable. In
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C64E0943178BD0739EAF9BD9C5DAB1A" box="[669,837,1552,1577]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Chrysobothris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B91047053178BD0739EAF9BD9C5DAB1A" box="[669,837,1552,1577]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="50">Chrysobothris</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, this distance was stated to be “equal or less than width of eye”. We examined 25 North American species and found the width to vary from 0.31 – 2.08 times the width of the eye. We found this to range from 1.20 – 2.00 in
|
||
<specimenCount id="9D62509E3178BD0738FAF9CD9B34AB49" box="[909,1068,1632,1658]" pageId="1" pageNumber="50" type="generic">12 specimens</specimenCount>
|
||
of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C64E0943178BD073F23F9CD9BB7AB4A" box="[1108,1199,1632,1657]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Chrysobothris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="platti">
|
||
<emphasis id="B91047053178BD073F23F9CD9BB7AB4A" box="[1108,1199,1632,1657]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="50">S. platti</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. The character does not appear to be sexual, and it may prove useful in separating some species, at least in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C64E0943178BD073FB7F9259A70AB92" box="[1216,1384,1672,1697]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Chrysobothris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B91047053178BD073FB7F9259A70AB92" box="[1216,1384,1672,1697]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="50">Chrysobothris</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C64E0943178BD073BE0F91D9E38ABFA" box="[151,288,1712,1737]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Knowltonia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B91047053178BD073BE0F91D9E38ABFA" box="[151,288,1712,1737]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="50">Knowltonia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. We found problems with other characters given in the key to separate
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C64E0943178BD073FD4F91D9A4FABFA" box="[1187,1367,1712,1737]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Sphaerobothris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B91047053178BD073FD4F91D9A4FABFA" box="[1187,1367,1712,1737]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="50">Sphaerobothris</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C64E0943178BD073BE0F9759E27ABC2" box="[151,319,1752,1777]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Chrysobothris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B91047053178BD073BE0F9759E27ABC2" box="[151,319,1752,1777]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="50">Chrysobothris</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, and subgenera of the former; however, that is beyond the scope of this paper. Nevertheless, we mention it to help justify our position with regards to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C64E0943178BD073878F8AD9C80AA2A" box="[783,920,1792,1817]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Knowltonia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B91047053178BD073878F8AD9C80AA2A" box="[783,920,1792,1817]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="50">Knowltonia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, which is clearly separable, in a key or otherwise, based on the unique antennal structure of the male. To our knowledge, Fisher’s (1935) statement about that character remains true for New World species; however, two species in the unrelated Australasian genus
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C64E0943178BD073BE0F8D59EF4AAA1" authority="Gory and Laporte" authorityName="Gory and Laporte" box="[151,492,1912,1938]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Castiarina" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B91047053178BD073BE0F8D59E0DAAA2" box="[151,277,1912,1937]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="50">Castiarina</emphasis>
|
||
Gory and Laporte
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
have a similar antennal modification.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDB9B173178BD043BB2F80D9D39AC19" blockId="1.[151,1437,152,2018]" lastBlockId="2.[151,1437,152,1338]" lastPageId="2" lastPageNumber="51" pageId="1" pageNumber="50">
|
||
Members of the genus
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C64E0943178BD073AB8F80D9D40AA8A" box="[463,600,1952,1977]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Knowltonia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="1" pageNumber="50" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B91047053178BD073AB8F80D9D40AA8A" box="[463,600,1952,1977]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="50">Knowltonia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
are moderately elongate and convex beetles, most being various shades of metallic green dorsally (
|
||
<figureCitation id="135F87923178BD073AA9F8659D3DAAD1" box="[478,549,1992,2018]" captionStart="FIGURES 1 – 3" captionStartId="4.[151,269,970,994]" captionTargetBox="[569,1017,554,949]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[569,1017,554,949]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURES 1 – 3. Dorsal habitus. 1, Knowltonia calida (Knull), female; 2, Chrysobothris socialis socialis Waterhouse, male; 3, Acmaeodera audreyae sp. nov., holotype." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/273779/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="50">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
|
||
), often with cupreous or, more rarely, bluish overtones; others vary from coppery to dark brown. The elytra usually have violaceous black markings, but may be immaculate. Ventrally, the color varies from light green to dark brown. All species of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C64E094317BBD043807FF6D9CE1ADEA" box="[880,1017,192,217]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Knowltonia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9104705317BBD043807FF6D9CE1ADEA" box="[880,1017,192,217]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="51">Knowltonia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
have been associated with the plant genus
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C64E094317BBD043B91FF459E5CAC32" box="[230,324,232,257]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Amaranthaceae" genus="Atriplex" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" pageId="2" pageNumber="51" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9104705317BBD043B91FF459E5CAC32" box="[230,324,232,257]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="51">Atriplex</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, from which they have been reared and/or collected. However, there has been considerable misidentification of these beetles.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDB9B17317BBD043BB2FE959E5DAE99" blockId="2.[151,1437,152,1338]" pageId="2" pageNumber="51">
|
||
Males are easily distinguished and separated from those of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C64E094317BBD0438EEFE959B59AC62" box="[921,1089,312,337]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Chrysobothris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9104705317BBD0438EEFE959B59AC62" box="[921,1089,312,337]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="51">Chrysobothris</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C64E094317BBD043FF7FE959A2CAC62" box="[1152,1332,312,337]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Sphaerobothris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9104705317BBD043FF7FE959A2CAC62" box="[1152,1332,312,337]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="51">Sphaerobothris</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by their unique antennae. Other than by facies, which does not always readily separate them from the latter genus, females can almost always be separated from those genera by the shape of antennomere 3. We examined
|
||
<specimenCount id="9D62509E317BBD043E06FE259E09ACF9" pageId="2" pageNumber="51" type="generic">117 specimens</specimenCount>
|
||
of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C64E094317BBD043A40FE1D9ED8ACFA" box="[311,448,432,457]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Knowltonia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9104705317BBD043A40FE1D9ED8ACFA" box="[311,448,432,457]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="51">Knowltonia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and found antennomere 3 to be distinctly dilated ventrally (
|
||
<figureCitation id="135F8792317BBD043F00FE1D9BA6ACF9" box="[1143,1214,432,458]" captionStart="FIGURES 4 – 9" captionStartId="5.[151,269,1236,1260]" captionTargetBox="[372,1213,274,1211]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[372,1214,274,1212]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 4 – 9. Antennae. 4 – 6, Knowltonia biramosa Fisher: 4 – 5, male; 6, female. 7, K. calida (Knull), male; 8, K. atrifasciata (LeConte), male; 9, Chrysobothris quadrilineata LeConte, female." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/273780/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="51">Fig. 6</figureCitation>
|
||
), usually produced triangularly or as a blunt tooth. Though variable, usually the antennae can be considered serrate from antennomere 3; however, on one specimen of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C64E094317BBD04392DFDAD9C3CAF29" authority="Knull" authorityName="Knull" box="[602,804,512,538]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Knowltonia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="calida">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9104705317BBD04392DFDAD9DDEAF2A" box="[602,710,512,537]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="51">K. calida</emphasis>
|
||
(Knull)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
this is not so distinct, approaching the odd species of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C64E094317BBD043BE0FD859E27AF72" box="[151,319,552,577]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Chrysobothris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9104705317BBD043BE0FD859E27AF72" box="[151,319,552,577]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="51">Chrysobothris</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in form. Antennomere 11 usually is distinctly narrower and more elongate than antennomere 10, not at all laterally compressed and usually more or less truncate at apex where sometimes it is distinctly acute. One specimen each of 57 species of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C64E094317BBD0439EDFDD59C5AAFA2" box="[666,834,632,657]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Chrysobothris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9104705317BBD0439EDFDD59C5AAFA2" box="[666,834,632,657]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="51">Chrysobothris</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and two species of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C64E094317BBD043F47FDD59BFCAFA2" box="[1072,1252,632,657]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Sphaerobothris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9104705317BBD043F47FDD59BFCAFA2" box="[1072,1252,632,657]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="51">Sphaerobothris</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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was examined, representing most if not all the presumed groups of the former found in North
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<collectingCountry id="F373DB87317BBD043F53FD0D9B95AF89" box="[1060,1165,672,698]" name="United States of America" pageId="2" pageNumber="51">America</collectingCountry>
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. In all but three species of
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<taxonomicName id="4C64E094317BBD043BCCFD659E7BAFD2" box="[187,355,712,737]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Chrysobothris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="B9104705317BBD043BCCFD659E7BAFD2" box="[187,355,712,737]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="51">Chrysobothris</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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the third antennomere is either essentially parallel-sided or slightly swollen apically. Of those three, said antennomere is indistinctly, in two cases more or less acutely, expanded ventrally (
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<figureCitation id="135F8792317BBD043E6DFD5D9A79AE39" box="[1306,1377,752,778]" captionStart="FIGURES 4 – 9" captionStartId="5.[151,269,1236,1260]" captionTargetBox="[372,1213,274,1211]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[372,1214,274,1212]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURES 4 – 9. Antennae. 4 – 6, Knowltonia biramosa Fisher: 4 – 5, male; 6, female. 7, K. calida (Knull), male; 8, K. atrifasciata (LeConte), male; 9, Chrysobothris quadrilineata LeConte, female." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/273780/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="51">Fig. 9</figureCitation>
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), but in no case would we term the antennae serrate from antennomere 3. Antennomere 11 is quadrate, rarely elongate-quadrate, almost always distinctly rounded apically, usually not narrower or more elongate than antennomere 10. The outer antennomeres, including antennomere 11 are laterally compressed in most species of
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||
<taxonomicName id="4C64E094317BBD043BE0FC3D9E27AE9A" box="[151,319,912,937]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Chrysobothris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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||
<emphasis id="B9104705317BBD043BE0FC3D9E27AE9A" box="[151,319,912,937]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="51">Chrysobothris</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
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||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
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||
<paragraph id="8BDB9B17317BBD043BB2FC159D31A9F1" blockId="2.[151,1437,152,1338]" pageId="2" pageNumber="51">
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||
Based on material examined, although most represents
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C64E094317BBD04383CFC159CECAEE2" box="[843,1012,952,977]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Chrysobothris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="atrifasciata">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9104705317BBD04383CFC159CECAEE2" box="[843,1012,952,977]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="51">K. atrifasciata</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C64E094317BBD043F5BFC159B80AEE2" box="[1068,1176,952,977]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Knowltonia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="calida">
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||
<emphasis id="B9104705317BBD043F5BFC159B80AEE2" box="[1068,1176,952,977]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="51">K. calida</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, we suspect that additional taxa exist. However, considering general variability, the similarity of male genitalia, the lack of comprehensive samples of specimens from between known populations of the various phenotypes, and that even the limits between described species seem blurred, we feel this is not the appropriate time for descriptive work. It may be that
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C64E094317BBD043A5CFBF59EACA942" box="[299,436,1112,1137]" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Knowltonia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
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||
<emphasis id="B9104705317BBD043A5CFBF59EACA942" box="[299,436,1112,1137]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="51">Knowltonia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is like the genus
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C64E094317BBD0439F1FBF59C77A941" authority="LeConte" authorityName="LeConte" box="[646,879,1112,1138]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Crossidius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B9104705317BBD0439F1FBF59C1AA942" box="[646,770,1112,1137]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="51">Crossidius</emphasis>
|
||
LeConte
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C64E094317BBD0438F7FBF59B1FA941" box="[896,1031,1112,1138]" class="Insecta" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="order">Coleoptera</taxonomicName>
|
||
:
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C64E094317BBD043F64FBF59BD9A941" box="[1043,1217,1112,1138]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Cerambycidae</taxonomicName>
|
||
), species of which occur in the same habitats and are highly polytypic. Unfortunately, unlike most species of
|
||
<emphasis id="B9104705317BBD043FCCFB2D9FCCA9F2" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="51">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C64E094317BBD043FCCFB2D9A22A9AA" box="[1211,1338,1152,1177]" class="Insecta" family="Cerambycidae" genus="Crossidius" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Crossidius</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C64E094317BBD043E32FB2D9FCCA9F2" class="Insecta" family="Buprestidae" genus="Knowltonia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="51" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Knowltonia</taxonomicName>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
are not commonly collected.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BDB9B17317BBD043BB2FB7D9E4DA809" blockId="2.[151,1437,152,1338]" pageId="2" pageNumber="51">
|
||
The following key applies almost entirely to populations in the
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F373DB87317BBD0438C0FB7D9CF3A9D9" box="[951,1003,1232,1258]" name="United States of America" pageId="2" pageNumber="51">U.S.</collectingCountry>
|
||
and should be used with caution for specimens from
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F373DB87317BBD043A2FFB559EADA821" box="[344,437,1272,1298]" name="Mexico" pageId="2" pageNumber="51">Mexico</collectingCountry>
|
||
. The user is strongly encouraged to use this key in conjunction with the species treatments to follow.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
</document> |