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<emphasis id="17D3EACFBB41FF91FD5CFD512FFCFD66" box="[732,919,731,752]" italics="true" pageId="3">Gymnetis concolor</emphasis>
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, here designated.
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stated he knew only this species based upon actual specimens, while the second species in his new genus,
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Mannerheim
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, he knew only from the description. Accordingly, the former is designated as the
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is a junior synonym of
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Swederus.
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belatedly recognized that
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Swederus
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belonged in
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<emphasis id="17D3EACFBB41FF91FD5BFB9E2F2FFBBF" bold="true" box="[731,836,1044,1065]" pageId="3">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Form elongate, subparallel, slender to robust, slightly dorso-ventrally flattened. Length
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. Color dorsally shiny dark green, reddish brown or piceous, or opaque light to dark reddish brown, plum, dark greenish gray, dark greenish black, or blackish gray, occasionally with weak metallic reflections. Venter most commonly shiny reddish brown or dark green, occasionally black. Cretaceous marks present or not on pronotum, lateral margins of elytra, pygidium, femora, and thoracic and abdominal sternites.
<emphasis id="17D3EACFBB41FF91FBA2FA94280AFAA5" bold="true" box="[1058,1121,1310,1331]" pageId="3">Head:</emphasis>
Shape subrectangular, frons of males longitudinally tumescent or with short, dorso-ventrally flattened horn projecting forward over clypeus, horn free at apex or not; clypeus with or without short, subrectangular or subtriangular horn at apex. Females with low, longitudinal tumescence on frons, apex occasionally barely free; clypeus with low, rounded or subrectangular, reflexed prominence at center or simply broadly rounded. Antenna with 10 antennomeres, club subequal to or distinctly longer than antennomeres 27.
<emphasis id="17D3EACFBB41FF91FCC3F9C82FDCF9C1" bold="true" box="[835,951,1602,1623]" pageId="3">Pronotum:</emphasis>
Shape subtrapezoidal, widest near base, gradually convergent to anterior angles, basomedian lobe strongly produced posteriorly, lobe covering all but tip of scutellum. Sides with slender, short or complete, marginal bead. Lateral margin usually strongly emarginate between middle and basal angle.
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Widest at base, posthumeral emargination distinct. Complete or partial bead present on lateral margins. Apices usually slightly produced at suture.
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Surface with transverse, vermiform punctures or strigulae, setigerous; setae minute to short, most tawny, some black.
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Mesometasternal process, in lateral view, moderately protuberant, subparallel to ventral axis of body, apex broadly rounded (
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,
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,
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). Abdominal ventrites 15 impunctate to sparsely punctate on central third, lateral thirds with moderately dense to dense, moderately large punctures.
<emphasis id="17D3EACFBB46FF96FE26FD912DB7FDA6" bold="true" box="[422,476,539,560]" pageId="4">Legs:</emphasis>
Protibia slender, unidentate, bidentate or weakly tridentate in males, tridentate in females.
<emphasis id="17D3EACFBB46FF96FEDAFDDB2DA1FDF0" bold="true" box="[346,458,593,614]" pageId="4">Parameres:</emphasis>
Form (
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,
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,
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), in caudal view, subrectangular, apices usually broadly rounded with subapical tooth on lateral edge or acuminate and curving mesad.
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<emphasis id="17D3EACFBB46FF96FF2FFD312D59FD46" bold="true" box="[175,306,699,720]" pageId="4">Distribution.</emphasis>
Species of
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are known from
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and the Guianas in northern South America south to
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<emphasis id="17D3EACFBB46FF96FF2FFC802D73FC89" bold="true" box="[175,280,778,799]" pageId="4">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
As is the case with many other New World gymnetines, there seem to be few morphological characters, other than unreliable color and pattern, to circumscribe taxa, especially considering the similarity of the form of the parameres within genera. At least with
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and
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<emphasis id="17D3EACFBB46FF96FDB3FC1A2E1CFC33" box="[563,631,912,933]" italics="true" pageId="4">Cotinis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the armature of the head provides additional characters, although these should be used cautiously since this armature is subject to allometric growth exemplified by minors and majors. The characters of most taxonomic value for
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<emphasis id="17D3EACFBB46FF96FE45FB9E2E46FBBF" box="[453,557,1044,1065]" italics="true" pageId="4">Allorrhina</emphasis>
species
</taxonomicName>
are: dorsal color; absence or presence of cretaceous marks on the pronotum, elytral margins, pygidium, and ventrites; length; form and/or armature of the frons and clypeus; sculpturing of the pronotum and pygidium; and form of the parameres. The mesometasternal process is similar in all the species and is slightly elongate, parallel to the ventral axis of the body in lateral view, and with subparallel sides and a broadly rounded apex in ventral view (
<emphasis id="17D3EACFBB46FF96FF5CFA942D69FAA5" box="[220,258,1310,1331]" italics="true" pageId="4">e.g.</emphasis>
,
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). One species is noticeably pubescent on the process (
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), while in the remaining species the process is glabrous or nearly so (
<emphasis id="17D3EACFBB46FF96FF3CFAE42CB5FA15" box="[188,222,1390,1411]" italics="true" pageId="4">e.g.</emphasis>
,
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="6DBD6556BB46FF96FF2FFA02286EFC41" pageId="4" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="251836DDBB46FF96FF2FFA022842FED7" blockId="4.[151,638,194,1729]" lastBlockId="4.[685,1173,194,879]" pageId="4">
<taxonomicName id="E2A74D5EBB46FF96FF2FFA022D7EFA0B" authorityName="Burmeister" authorityYear="1842" box="[175,277,1416,1437]" class="Insecta" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Allorrhina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="17D3EACFBB46FF96FF2FFA022D7EFA0B" box="[175,277,1416,1437]" italics="true" pageId="4">Allorrhina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is closely allied to
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<emphasis id="17D3EACFBB46FF96FE61FA022E4CFA0B" box="[481,551,1416,1437]" italics="true" pageId="4">Cotinis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in character states.
<bibRefCitation id="41364B2CBB46FF96FE93FA292DDDFA2E" author="Goodrich, M. A." box="[275,438,1443,1464]" journalOrPublisher="Annals of the Entomological Society of America" pageId="4" pagination="550 - 568" part="59" refId="ref16503" refString="Goodrich, M. A. 1966. A revision of the genus Cotinis (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 59: 550 - 568." title="A revision of the genus Cotinis (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)" type="journal article" year="1966">Goodrich (1966)</bibRefCitation>
revised
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<emphasis id="17D3EACFBB46FF96FD8DFA292E39FA2E" box="[525,594,1443,1464]" italics="true" pageId="4">Cotinis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and suggested
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<emphasis id="17D3EACFBB46FF96FF7CFA372D34FA44" box="[252,351,1469,1490]" italics="true" pageId="4">Allorrhina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="17D3EACFBB46FF96FE0FFA372DB8FA44" box="[399,467,1469,1490]" italics="true" pageId="4">Cotinis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
were easily separated by the uniformity of the developed head armature (clypeal and occipital horns or projections) in both sexes of
<taxonomicName id="E2A74D5EBB46FF96FE10F9872E4CF9B4" box="[400,551,1549,1570]" class="Insecta" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Cotinis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="17D3EACFBB46FF96FE10F9872DBDF9B4" box="[400,470,1549,1570]" italics="true" pageId="4">Cotinis</emphasis>
species
</taxonomicName>
but not in
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<emphasis id="17D3EACFBB46FF96FF31F9A22D7FF9AB" box="[177,276,1576,1597]" italics="true" pageId="4">Allorrhina</emphasis>
species.
</taxonomicName>
Goodrich thought that males of
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<emphasis id="17D3EACFBB46FF96FF32F9C82D7EF9C1" box="[178,277,1602,1623]" italics="true" pageId="4">Allorrhina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
all had well-developed clypeal horns and occipital horns with a free apex. My observations demonstrate this is not true for all
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<emphasis id="17D3EACFBB46FF96FD9AF9FD2E16F91A" box="[538,637,1655,1676]" italics="true" pageId="4">Allorrhina</emphasis>
species.
</taxonomicName>
Moreover, some
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<emphasis id="17D3EACFBB46FF96FE14F9182D91F931" box="[404,506,1682,1703]" italics="true" pageId="4">Allorrhina</emphasis>
species
</taxonomicName>
have similar, albeit reduced, clypeal projections in both sexes, and some
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<emphasis id="17D3EACFBB46FF96FCD8FF482FF7FF41" box="[856,924,194,215]" italics="true" pageId="4">Cotinis</emphasis>
species
</taxonomicName>
have little or no armature on the head but merely prominences.
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<emphasis id="17D3EACFBB46FF96FD2DFF7D2F7AFE9A" box="[685,785,247,268]" italics="true" pageId="4">Allorrhina</emphasis>
species
</taxonomicName>
occur only in South America, while
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<emphasis id="17D3EACFBB46FF96FD6AFE982F44FEB1" box="[746,815,274,295]" italics="true" pageId="4">Cotinis</emphasis>
species
</taxonomicName>
occur from the central
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southwards to northern South America.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="251836DDBB46FF96FD45FECD2F99FD16" blockId="4.[685,1173,194,879]" pageId="4">
<bibRefCitation id="41364B2CBB46FF96FD45FECD2F2BFECA" author="Bates, H. W." box="[709,832,327,348]" journalOrPublisher="Transactions of the Entomological Society of London" pageId="4" pagination="383 - 389" part="1869" refId="ref16180" refString="Bates, H. W. 1872 [1869]. New species of Coleoptera from Chontales, Nicaragua. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1869: 383 - 389." title="New species of Coleoptera from Chontales, Nicaragua" type="journal article" year="1872">Bates (1872)</bibRefCitation>
described
<taxonomicName id="E2A74D5EBB46FF96FC29FECD28E6FECA" box="[937,1165,327,348]" class="Insecta" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Allorhina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="anomala">
<emphasis id="17D3EACFBB46FF96FC29FECD2868FECA" box="[937,1027,327,348]" italics="true" pageId="4">Allorhina</emphasis>
(sic)
<emphasis id="17D3EACFBB46FF96FBBAFECD28E6FECA" box="[1082,1165,327,348]" italics="true" pageId="4">anomala</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but this species is in the genus
<taxonomicName id="E2A74D5EBB46FF96FC5EFEE82F30FE07" authority="Thomson (Ratcliffe 1978)" authorityName="Thomson (Ratcliffe" authorityYear="1978" class="Insecta" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Argyripa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="17D3EACFBB46FF96FC5EFEE82859FEE1" box="[990,1074,354,375]" italics="true" pageId="4">Argyripa</emphasis>
Thomson (
<bibRefCitation id="41364B2CBB46FF96FD34FEF62F38FE07" author="Ratcliffe, B. C." box="[692,851,380,401]" journalOrPublisher="Systematic Entomology" pageId="4" pagination="371 - 378" part="3" refId="ref16932" refString="Ratcliffe, B. C. 1978. A review of the genus Argyripa (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Systematic Entomology 3: 371 - 378." title="A review of the genus Argyripa (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)" type="journal article" year="1978">Ratcliffe 1978</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
.
<bibRefCitation id="41364B2CBB46FF96FCEAFEF6284EFE07" author="Westwood, J. O." box="[874,1061,380,401]" journalOrPublisher="Transactions of the Entomological Society of London" pageId="4" pagination="473 - 481" part="1874" refId="ref17193" refString="Westwood, J. O. 1874. Description of some new species of exotic Cetoniidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1874: 473 - 481." title="Description of some new species of exotic Cetoniidae" type="journal article" year="1874">Westwood (1874)</bibRefCitation>
described
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<emphasis id="17D3EACFBB46FF96FD2DFE1D2F62FE3A" box="[685,777,407,428]" italics="true" pageId="4">Allorhina</emphasis>
(sic)
<emphasis id="17D3EACFBB46FF96FCC9FE1D2FD1FE3A" box="[841,954,407,428]" italics="true" pageId="4">hypoglauca</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
<collectingCountry id="5DB0764DBB46FF96FC7DFE1D2809FE3A" box="[1021,1122,407,428]" name="Nicaragua" pageId="4">Nicaragua</collectingCountry>
, and
<bibRefCitation id="41364B2CBB46FF96FD2DFE3B2F5CFE50" author="Janson, E. O." box="[685,823,433,454]" journalOrPublisher="Cistula Entomologica" pageId="4" pagination="141 - 147" part="2" refId="ref16623" refString="Janson, E. O. 1877. Notices of new or little known Cetoniidae. N ° 2. Cistula Entomologica 2: 141 - 147." title="Notices of new or little known Cetoniidae. N ° 2." type="journal article" year="1877">Janson (1877)</bibRefCitation>
placed it in junior synonymy with
<taxonomicName id="E2A74D5EBB46FF96FD2DFE46287FFE77" authority="Salle. This" authorityName="Salle. This" box="[685,1044,460,481]" class="Insecta" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Allorhina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="lansbergei">
<emphasis id="17D3EACFBB46FF96FD2DFE462F6CFE77" box="[685,775,460,481]" italics="true" pageId="4">Allorhina</emphasis>
(sic)
<emphasis id="17D3EACFBB46FF96FCC2FE462FCFFE77" box="[834,932,460,481]" italics="true" pageId="4">lansbergei</emphasis>
Sallé. This
</taxonomicName>
species is in the genus
<taxonomicName id="E2A74D5EBB46FF96FCA2FE6C2856FE6D" authority="(Ratcliffe 1978)" baseAuthorityName="Ratcliffe" baseAuthorityYear="1978" box="[802,1085,486,507]" class="Insecta" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Argyripa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="17D3EACFBB46FF96FCA2FE6C2F14FE6D" box="[802,895,486,507]" italics="true" pageId="4">Argyripa</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="41364B2CBB46FF96FC12FE6C285EFE6D" author="Ratcliffe, B. C." box="[914,1077,486,507]" journalOrPublisher="Systematic Entomology" pageId="4" pagination="371 - 378" part="3" refId="ref16932" refString="Ratcliffe, B. C. 1978. A review of the genus Argyripa (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Systematic Entomology 3: 371 - 378." title="A review of the genus Argyripa (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)" type="journal article" year="1978">Ratcliffe 1978</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
.
<bibRefCitation id="41364B2CBB46FF96FBCDFE6C2E9BFD80" author="Janson, O. E." journalOrPublisher="Notes from the Leyeden Museum" pageId="4" pagination="118 - 120" part="10" refId="ref16651" refString="Janson, O. E. 1888. On the male sex of Argyripa subfasciata Rits., and description of a new species of the cetoniid genus Allorhina. Notes from the Leyeden Museum 10: 118 - 120." title="On the male sex of Argyripa subfasciata Rits., and description of a new species of the cetoniid genus Allorhina." type="journal article" year="1888">Janson (1888)</bibRefCitation>
described
<taxonomicName id="E2A74D5EBB46FF96FCE7FD8B2833FD80" authorityName="Janson" authorityYear="1888" box="[871,1112,513,534]" class="Insecta" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Allorhina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="insignis">
<emphasis id="17D3EACFBB46FF96FCE7FD8B2FACFD80" box="[871,967,513,534]" italics="true" pageId="4">Allorhina</emphasis>
(sic)
<emphasis id="17D3EACFBB46FF96FB8AFD8B2833FD80" box="[1034,1112,513,534]" italics="true" pageId="4">insignis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from
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, but this species is in the genus
<taxonomicName id="E2A74D5EBB46FF96FBA5FD962FECFDDD" authority="Bates (Ratcliffe 2014)" authorityName="Bates (Ratcliffe" authorityYear="2014" class="Insecta" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Chiriquibia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="17D3EACFBB46FF96FBA5FD9628FFFDA7" box="[1061,1172,540,561]" italics="true" pageId="4">Chiriquibia</emphasis>
Bates (
<bibRefCitation id="41364B2CBB46FF96FD70FDBC2FEBFDDD" author="Ratcliffe, B. C." box="[752,896,566,587]" journalOrPublisher="The Coleopterists Bulletin" pageId="4" pagination="363 - 376" part="68" refId="ref16990" refString="Ratcliffe, B. C. 2014. A review of the Neotropical genera Astroscara Schurhoff, 1937, Chiriquibia Bates, 1889, Hadrosticta Kraatz, 1892, Jansonia Schurhoff, 1937, Macrocranius Schurhoff, 1935, and Tiarocera Burmeister, 1842 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Gymnetini). The Coleopterists Bulletin 68: 363 - 376." title="A review of the Neotropical genera Astroscara Schurhoff, 1937, Chiriquibia Bates, 1889, Hadrosticta Kraatz, 1892, Jansonia Schurhoff, 1937, Macrocranius Schurhoff, 1935, and Tiarocera Burmeister, 1842 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Gymnetini)" type="journal article" year="2014">Ratcliffe 2014</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
. The genus
<taxonomicName id="E2A74D5EBB46FF96FC7FFDBC2808FDDD" authorityName="Burmeister" authorityYear="1842" box="[1023,1123,566,587]" class="Insecta" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Allorrhina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="17D3EACFBB46FF96FC7FFDBC2808FDDD" box="[1023,1123,566,587]" italics="true" pageId="4">Allorrhina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
now contains nine species, including the new species described herein from
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.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="251836DDBB46FF96FD45FD0C28E5FCF9" blockId="4.[685,1173,194,879]" pageId="4">
<emphasis id="17D3EACFBB46FF96FD45FD0C2F0AFD0D" bold="true" box="[709,865,646,667]" pageId="4">Natural History.</emphasis>
Species of
<taxonomicName id="E2A74D5EBB46FF96FC4EFD0C2840FD0D" authorityName="Burmeister" authorityYear="1842" box="[974,1067,646,667]" class="Insecta" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Allorrhina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="17D3EACFBB46FF96FC4EFD0C2840FD0D" box="[974,1067,646,667]" italics="true" pageId="4">Allorrhina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are diurnal. Unlike some species of
<taxonomicName id="E2A74D5EBB46FF96FC17FD2A2834FD23" authority="Thomson, I" authorityName="Thomson, I" box="[919,1119,672,693]" class="Insecta" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Amithao" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="17D3EACFBB46FF96FC17FD2A2F8CFD23" box="[919,999,672,693]" italics="true" pageId="4">Amithao</emphasis>
Thomson, I
</taxonomicName>
have seen no records of any
<taxonomicName id="E2A74D5EBB46FF96FC1DFD31283FFD46" box="[925,1108,699,720]" class="Insecta" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Allorrhina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="17D3EACFBB46FF96FC1DFD31286FFD46" box="[925,1028,699,720]" italics="true" pageId="4">Allorrhina</emphasis>
species
</taxonomicName>
being occasionally attracted to lights at night. The adults are found from near sea level to
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and are usually attracted to ripe fruits placed in traps. There are rare observations of species being found on a particular tree or flower, but their life history remains unknown. None of the larvae have been described.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="17D3EACFBB46FF96FD3AFC292869FC2E" bold="true" box="[698,1026,931,954]" pageId="4">KEY TO THE SPECIES OF ADULT</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="E2A74D5EBB46FF96FB89FC2828ECFC2F" box="[1033,1159,930,954]" pageId="4">
<emphasis id="17D3EACFBB46FF96FB89FC2828ECFC2F" bold="true" box="[1033,1159,930,954]" italics="true" pageId="4">ALLORRHINA</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<keyLead id="9E5695E8BB46FF96FD2DFC6528FFFB92" box="[685,1172,1007,1028]" pageId="4">1. Pronotum shiny............................................2</keyLead>
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2. Pronotum dark reddish brown, black, or dark green, usually with metallic green reflection, lacking cretaceous marks. Elytra equally shiny. Mesometasternal process on metasternal portion glabrous (
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).................. .........................
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2. Pronotum reddish brown, with a cretaceous band on each lateral margin. Elytra opaque. Mesometasternal process on metasternal portion with long, dense, tawny setae (
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) ............
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Abadie and Ratcliffe
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,
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<keyLead id="9E5695E8BB46FF96FD2DFA0928FFFA0E" box="[685,1172,1411,1432]" pageId="4">3. Cretaceous marks completely absent...........4</keyLead>
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<keyLead id="9E5695E8BB46FF96FD2DFA2F28FFFA2C" box="[685,1172,1445,1467]" pageId="4">3. Cretaceous marks present ............................ 7</keyLead>
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4. Venter shiny metallic dark green................... .......................................
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<emphasis id="17D3EACFBB46FF96FC4FFA682820FA6E" bold="true" box="[975,1099,1506,1528]" italics="true" pageId="4">A. tridentata</emphasis>
Moser
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<keyLead id="9E5695E8BB46FF96FD2DF98F28F8F98C" box="[685,1171,1541,1563]" pageId="4">4. Venter shiny dark reddish brown................5</keyLead>
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5. Males with occipital horn elongate and dorso-ventrally flattened, extending to at least middle of clypeus, apex emarginate (
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). Females with occipital tumescence at apex fused to clypeus, not free................ .............
<taxonomicName id="E2A74D5EBB46FF96FCBAF926282CF957" authority="(Burmeister)" baseAuthorityName="Burmeister" baseAuthorityYear="1842" box="[826,1095,1708,1730]" class="Insecta" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Allorrhina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="4" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="carmelita">
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, in part
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5. Males with occipital “horn” short, not reaching middle of clypeus, apex rounded or arcuate, not emarginate (
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and
<figureCitation id="BD9C2A58BB47FF97FE6EFF7D2E63FE9A" box="[494,520,247,268]" captionStart="Figs" captionStartId="19.[197,237,1710,1729]" captionTargetBox="[179,1191,1136,1688]" captionTargetId="figure-461@19.[173,1194,1119,1703]" captionTargetPageId="19" captionText="Figs. 3538. Allorrhina soror. 35) Habitus; 36) Male, head, arrow indicates occipital horn; 3738) Parameres." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5331587" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5331587/files/figure.png" pageId="5">36</figureCitation>
). Females with occipital tumescence barely free at apex ....... 6
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<keyLead id="9E5695E8BB47FF97FF2DFEBE2EF8FE0F" pageId="5">
6. Occipital tumescence short in both sexes, apex broadly arcuate (
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). Antennal club of females almost as long as entire stem ...... ..............................
<taxonomicName id="E2A74D5EBB47FF97FE1AFE092EF8FE0F" authority="Burmeister" authorityName="Burmeister" box="[410,659,387,409]" class="Insecta" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Allorrhina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nigerrima">
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Burmeister
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<keyLead id="9E5695E8BB47FF97FF2DFE2D2EF8FDB0" pageId="5">
6. Occipital tumescence short in both sexes short, tapering to apex in males, evenly and narrowly rounded in females (
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). Antennal club of females slightly longer than antennomeres 27 .................
<taxonomicName id="E2A74D5EBB47FF97FE79FD9A2EF8FDB0" authority="Moser" authorityName="Moser" authorityYear="1911" box="[505,659,528,550]" class="Insecta" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Allorrhina" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="soror">
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<emphasis id="17D3EACFBB47FF97FE79FD9A2E21FDB0" bold="true" box="[505,586,528,550]" italics="true" pageId="5">A. soror</emphasis>
Moser
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<keyLead id="9E5695E8BB47FF97FF2DFDB92EF8FDDE" box="[173,659,563,584]" pageId="5">7. Length 18.0 mm or greater..........................8</keyLead>
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<keyLead id="9E5695E8BB47FF97FF2DFDDC2EF8FDFD" box="[173,659,597,619]" pageId="5">
7. Length
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or less...............................9
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<paragraph id="251836DDBB47FF97FF2DFDF22EF9FD4B" blockId="5.[173,660,194,1076]" pageId="5">
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8. Elytra with distinctly visible rows of punctures. Males on lateral edge of clypeus with forward-directed horn..................................... ......................
<taxonomicName id="E2A74D5EBB47FF97FEEBFD4D2EF9FD4B" authority="(Mannerheim)" baseAuthorityName="Mannerheim" box="[363,658,711,733]" class="Insecta" family="Cetoniidae" genus="Gymnetis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="5" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="menetriesii">
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8. Elytra lacking distinctly visible rows of punctures on disc. Males on lateral edge of clypeus lacking forward-projecting horn. Rare females with slender, cretaceous ring around metepisternum ................................... .............
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9. Pronotum coarsely punctate, with large, dense, shiny punctures. Each elytron with 2 distinctly raised costae on disc..........
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Moser
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9. Pronotum with small, sparse punctures. Each elytron lacking raised costae on disc ............ .................
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