Bothynus villiersi, Endrodi, 1968

Duarte, Paulo R. M., Grossi, Paschoal C. & Dupuis, Fabien, 2022, A taxonomic revision of the Bothynus villiersi Endrödi, 1968 species group (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae), Zootaxa 5093 (1), pp. 49-66 : 64

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5093.1.3

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5903232

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B687B9-2D72-FFD6-76BF-FB6CFA3CA68A

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scientific name

Bothynus villiersi
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Identification key for adults of the Bothynus villiersi species group

1 Apex of the prosternal process conical in both sexes ( Fig. 4C View FIGURE 4 ). If described, female with anterior pronotal border arched ( Fig. 8A View FIGURE 8 )................................................................................................ 2

- Apex of the prosternal process rounded in both sexes ( Fig. 4D View FIGURE 4 ). Anterior pronotal border of female sinuous ( Fig. 8B View FIGURE 8 )......................................................... Bothynus belemensis Duarte, Grossi, & Dupuis , new species

2 Pronotal tubercle of male subtrapezoidal (truncate or bilobed at apex) ( Fig. 4A View FIGURE 4 ). Tergite 8 of female with weakly produced internal plate ( Fig. 8E View FIGURE 8 )................................................... Bothynus alvarengai Martínez, 1983

- Pronotal tubercle of male conical (rounded at apex) ( Fig. 4B View FIGURE 4 ). Tergite 8 of female with strongly produced internal plate ( Fig. 8C–D View FIGURE 8 ).............................................................................................. 3

3 Inner margin of the right paramere bearing a basal process ( Fig. 6D View FIGURE 6 ). Tergite 8 of female with bilobed internal plate ( Fig. 8D View FIGURE 8 )........................................................................ Bothynus horridus Endrödi, 1968

- Inner margin of the right paramere bearing a medial process ( Fig. 6B, H View FIGURE 6 ). Tergite 8 of female parabolic ( Fig. 8C View FIGURE 8 )......... 4

4 Apex of parameres elongate ( Fig. 6B View FIGURE 6 ). Tergite 8 of female with a longitudinal sulcus at the internal plate ( Fig. 8C View FIGURE 8 )................................................................................. Bothynus villiersi Endrödi, 1968

- Apex of parameres shortened ( Fig. 6H View FIGURE 6 ). Female unknow.............. Bothynus spinophallicus (Ratcliffe & Cave, 2021)

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Dynastidae

Genus

Bothynus

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