Blaesia subrugosa Moser, 1905

Iorio, Osvaldo Di, 2013, A review of the Cetoniinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from Argentina and adjacent countries: systematics and geographic distributions, Zootaxa 3668 (1), pp. 1-87 : 11

Blaesia subrugosa Moser, 1905

Fig. 43 (distribution)

Blaesia subrugosa Moser, 1905: 211–212 (description; distribution); Bruch 1911a: 213 (catalog; distribution); Blackwelder 1944: 261 (catalog; distribution); Krajčík 1998: 80 (catalog; distribution); Ratcliffe 2010: 109 (key), 111–113 (description; distribution; Figs. 4–5 ).

Distribution: BOLIVIA ( Blackwelder 1944, Krajčík 1998): Santa Cruz: Santa Cruz de la Sierra [type locality] ( Moser 1905, Ratcliffe 2010). ARGENTINA ( Blackwelder 1944, Krajčík 1998): Salta ( Bruch 1911a); Tobatirenda [= Tobantirenda], 4 exx. ( Ratcliffe 2010); Tucumán ( Bruch 1911a); Burruyacu 1 ex. ( Ratcliffe 2010); Buenos Aires: 8 exx. ( Ratcliffe 2010).

Material examined: PARAGUAY: Presidente Hayes: Costa Esmeralda, 23º 40’ S, 58º 29’ W, 18–23-I-2011, U. Drechsel leg., 1 female [ODIC] ; ARGENTINA: Salta: 190_, C. Bruch, 2 exx. [CBBA] , one labeled “ Blaesia / subrugosa / Moser” [handwritten by Bruch]; Richter Collection, 1 ex. [MLPA] , “ Blaesia / subrugosa /Moser / determ. Moser”, “ Blaesia / subrugosa / Moser / det. B.C. Ratcliffe 2004 ”; Tobatirenda, 1 ex. [HAHC] (= Ratcliffe 2010) ; Martínez del Tineo, I-2010, E. Abadie leg., 1 female [EAPW] ; Formosa: without locality, 2010, Isaias Lange leg., 1 male, 1 female [LABA] , 2 males [EAPW] , 4-XII-2010, 1 male [ODIC].

Note: Both species of Blaesia seem to be allopatric, one in Bolivia and northern Argentina ( B. subrugosa ), and the other one in Uruguay and eastern Argentina ( B. atra ). Therefore, the records of B. atra from Salta and B. subrugosa from Buenos Aires need further verification.

Figures

FIGURE 43. Geographic distributions of Gymnetini from Argentina and adjacent countries: Gymnetis carbo (circles); Gymnetis hebraica (stars); Gymnetis hieroglyphica (triangle); Blaesia subrugosa (squares).

FIGURES 3–7. General aspects of Gymnetini: 3–5, Gymnetis bajula (3, darker specimen; 4, specimen from the Burmeister Collection [MACN], likely the holotype of G. perplexa; 5, lighter specimen); 6, Gymnetis bruchi (Bruch Collection); 7, Aemilius wagneri (extracted from Le Moult 1939).