Macraspis lateralis (Olivier, 1789)

Bento, Matheus, Jameson, Mary Liz & Seidel, Matthias, 2022, New species and illustrated key of Macraspis (Scarabaeidae, Rutelinae, Rutelini) from the Amazon biome of Brazil, ZooKeys 1124, pp. 161-189 : 161

Macraspis lateralis (Olivier, 1789)

Figs 6A-D , 7A-E , 10H-J , 11A-D , 12

Cetonia lateralis Olivier, 1789: 80.

Cetonia virens Fabricius, 1801: 141. Junior subjective synonym by Burmeister (1844: 350).

Macraspis lateralis var. cincticollis Ohaus, 1898: 52. Junior subjective synonym by Machatschke (1972: 71).

Macraspis lateralis var. immaculata Ohaus, 1898: 52. Junior subjective synonym by Machatschke (1972: 71).

Type material examined.

Neotype male (Fig. 6 ) deposited at MNHN, labeled: "Guyane franç. / Passoura / E.LeMoult 1905.6 // Muséum Paris / ex Coll. / R. Oberthür / 1952 // NEOTYPE / Cetonia / lateralis Ol. / M. SOULA det // MNHN / EC1215" (http://coldb.mnhn.fr/catalognumber/mnhn/ec/ec1215). Images of the male aedeagus provided by Jhon César Neita Moreno and Julián Clavijo-Bustos (IAVH). Holotype female of Cetonia virens (Fig. 7 ) deposited at ZMUK, labeled: "Essequibo. / Smidt. / Mus: J: Lund. / Lateralis / Cetonia Oliv. / virens. F." (white, handwritten) // “TYPE” (red, printed) // "ZMUKFabricius / 002261" (white, printed with QR code) // "zmuc / 00031432" (white, printed).

Non-type material examined

(2 males, 2 females). Brazil, Amazonas, Manaus, Reserva Ducke, 21.II.1978, Jorge Arias (leg.) (♀, INPA); idem, but no date and collector (♂, INPA); idem, but campus UA, 07.III.2005, Herbert & Marcos Pantoja (legs.) (♂, INPA); Brazil, Pará, Santarém, I.1922, J. F. Zikán Coll. (♀, CEIOC).

Distribution

(Fig. 12 ). Suriname ( Hielkema and Hielkema 2019). French Guiana. Guiana. Venezuela ( Soula 1998, 2002, 2005). Brazil. Amazonas, Pará ( Ohaus 1898; present paper).

Remarks.

Fabricius (1801) described Cetonia virens from "America Meridionali" (= South America). This species was synonymized under M. lateralis by Burmeister (1844), and the synonymy was maintained by Soula (2003) without any additional statements. One of us (MS) located and examined the female holotype of C. virens at ZMUK (Fig. 7A-E ). Inspection of the label, which was never been completely transcribed, revealed additional, important information. The word “Essequibo” (Guiana), which was omitted from the original description and all treatments of this species, allowed us to ascertain that the type locality was from Guiana. The female holotype is not associated with male specimens so it cannot be reliably identified. However, because the distribution of C. virens lies within the known range of M. lateralis in the Guiana Shield, we maintain the synonymy.

Figures

Figure 6. Neotype male of Cetonia lateralis Olivier, 1789 (= Macraspis lateralis (Olivier )): A dorsal view B labels C aedeagus in frontal view D aedeagus in lateral view. A, B from MNHN website http: // coldb. mnhn. fr / catalognumber / mnhn / ec / ec 1215, accessed on 2022 - 07 - 23; C, D provided by Jhon Cesar Neita-Moreno.

Figure 7. Holotype female of Cetonia virens Fabricius, 1801 (= Macraspis lateralis (Olivier )): A dorsal view B ventral view C lateral view D head and pronotum in dorsal view E labels. Scale bars: 2 mm.

Figure 10. Macraspis phallocardia sp. nov. (A-G) and Macraspis lateralis (Olivier, 1789) (H-J). Macraspis phallocardia sp. nov. A holotype male dorsal view B holotype male ventral view C paratype female dorsal view D paratype female ventral view E-G aedeagus of holotype in E dorsal view F caudal view G lateral view. Macraspis lateralis (Olivier, 1789) from Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil H aedeagus in dorsal view I caudal view J lateral view. Scale bars: 2 mm (A-D); 0.5 mm (E, G, H, J); 0.2 mm (F, I).

Figure 11. Comparison of male endophalli of Macraspis lateralis (Olivier, 1789) (A-D) and Macraspis phallocardia sp. nov. (E-H): Macraspis lateralis (Olivier, 1789) in A dorsal view B lateral view D lateral view and C showing detail of lateral sclerite. Macraspis phallocardia sp. nov. in E dorsal view F lateral view H ventral view and G showing detail of lateral sclerite. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A, B, D, E, F, H); 0.2 mm (C, G).

Figure 12. Distribution of Brazilian species of Macraspis treated in this publication. The Brazilian Amazon biome is colored lime green. Brazilian states are abbreviated as follows: AC = Acre, AM = Amazonas, AP = Amapa, BA = Bahia, ES = Espirito Santo, GO = Goias, MA = Maranhao, MG = Minas Gerais, MT = Mato Grosso = PA = Piaui, RO = Rondonia, RJ = Rio de Janiero, RR = Roraima, SP = Sao Paulo, TO = Tocantins.