Gymnetis dysoni Schaum, 1848

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 : 78

Gymnetis dysoni Schaum, 1848

Figs. 92–93 (aspects)

Gymnetis Dysoni Schaum, 1848: 67 (description; distribution); White 1847: 266 (distribution); Ratcliffe 2004: 8 (lectotype), 17 ( Fig. 20 ); Schenkling 1921: 93 (catalog; distribution; references).

Gymnetis Dysoni var. nigricollis Kraatz 1888: 299 (description).

Gymnetis marmorea subsp. dysoni: Schürhoff 1937: 66 (new status; list; distribution); Blackwelder 1944: 262 (catalog; distribution; reference).

Gymnetosoma marmorea ssp. dysoni: Krajčík 1998: 78 (catalog; distribution; reference).

Distribution: VENEZUELA: “Venezuelae, D. Dyzon (sic) Mus. Britain et nostr.” (Schaum 1848; Schürhoff 1937; Blackwelder 1944; Krajčík 1998); Curiaña, 24 miles from La Guayra (White 1843).

Material examined: VENEZUELA: 1 ex. syntypus? [ HBBA], “80” [printed], “ Dysonii / Schaum / Venezuela” [handwritten by Burmeister, black frame, originally fastened to the bottom of the drawer], “ Gymnetis dysoni / Schaum / Syntypus?” [handwritten by A. Bachmann on red paper, remainings of a black frame] ( Fig. 92 ).

Further material: 1 male lectotype [ MHNG], red lectotype label ; 1 male paralectotype [ BMNH], “ Venezuela ”, “Type”, “ ♂ ”, yellow paralectotype label ( Ratcliffe 2004).

Figures

FIGURES 79–104. General aspects of Gymnetini from the Neotropical Region: 79, G. callispila (lectotype, extracted from Ratcliffe 2004); 80, G. radiicollis (lectotype, extracted from Ratcliffe 2004); 81, G. zikani (lectotype, extracted from Ratcliffe 2004); 82–91, Gymmetis pantherina (82, Colombia: Guacarí; 83, Venezuela: Río Negro; 84, Ecuador: Santa Catalina; 85, Guyane; 86, Argentina: Isla Monteagudo; 87, Brazil: Mafra; 88, Argentina: Isla Monteagudo; 89, Brazil: Buzios; 90, Colombia: Guacarí; 91, Argentina: Isla Monteagudo); 92–93, G. dyzoni (92, Venezuela, Burmeister Collection; 93, lectotype, extracted from Ratcliffe 2004); 94, G. pantherina (Argentina: Arroyo El Soberbio); 95, G. rubrocincta (lectotype, extracted from Ratcliffe 2004); 96–97, Gymnetis meleagris (96, paralectotype, Burmeister Collection; 97, lectotype, extracted from Ratcliffe 2004); 98, G. pantherina (Argentina: Isla Monteagudo); 99, G. alauda (holotype, Burmeister Collection); 100, G. pantherina (extracted from Blanchard 1842); 101–104, G. pantherina (101, Paraguay: Central, 1939–1940; 102, Bolivia: Suiqui; 103, Bolivia: Nigrillani; 104, Bolivia: Chulumani).

FIGURES 20–24. General aspects of Gymnetini: 20, Gymnetis bonplandi, female (same as Fig. 19a); 21, Gymnetis sp. from Brazil, probably G. bonplandi; 22, Gymnetis flava, lectotype (extracted from Ratcliffe 2004); 23–24, Gymnetis poecila (23, original illustration, extracted from Schaum 1848; 24, lectotype, extracted from Ratcliffe 2004).