Heterocotinis semiopaca ( Moser, 1907 )

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 : 44-45

Heterocotinis semiopaca ( Moser, 1907)

Figs. 62 (distribution), 78 (parameres), 110 (aspects)

Cotinis semiopaca Moser, 1907: 143–144 (description; distribution); Bruch 1911a: 214 (distribution); Bruch 1929: 434 (distribution; natural history); Di Iorio 2004: 183 (catalog; distribution; natural history; reference).

Heterocotinis semiopaca: Martínez 1948: 10–11 (new combination; distribution); Monné 1970: 62 (distribution; natural history; references); Krajčík 1998: 79 (catalog; distribution); Navarrete-Heredia 2001: 427 (distribution; natural history; references).

Gymnetis platensis Brèthes, 1925: 12 (description; distristribution); Blackwelder 1944: 263 (catalog; distribution); Martínez 1948: 10–11 (synonymy; distribution); Krajčík 1998: 79 (catalog; distribution).

Gymnetis platensis Bréthes, 1925 var. tandilensis Bréthes, 1925: 12 (description; distribution); Blackwelder 1944: 262 (catalog; distribution); Martínez 1948: 10–11 (synonymy; distribution); Krajčík 1998: 79 (catalog; distribution).

Distribution: BRAZIL: Parana [type locality] ( Moser 1907). ARGENTINA: Buenos Aires ( Bruch 1929): Mar del Plata ( Bruch 1911a, 1919); [Pdo. Saladillo], Del Carril (156 km SE Buenos Aires [city]) ( Bruch 1919); Tandil ( Bréthes 1925); without locality, 7 exx. [MACN], Coll. A. Breyer, 1 ex. [MACN] ; Mar del Plata, J.B. Daguerre leg., Coll. Bruch, 1 ex., [CBBA] ; [ Pdo. Las Flores], Rosas, J.B. Daguerre leg., Coll. Bruch, 6 exx. [CBBA], 8 exx. [MACN], A. Breyer Collection, 4 exx. [MACN], 1 ex. [PABA], 6 males, 4 females, A. Martínez Collection [CMNC] ; Dto. Puán, Felipe Solá, 1 female A. Martínez Collection [CMNC] ; without locality, identified by Bruch, 1 female, A. Martínez Collection [CMNC] ( Martínez 1948) . URUGUAY: Rocha: [FHCM] ( Monné 1970); Maldonado: [FHCM] ( Monné 1970).

Holotypes (examined)

Gymnetis platensis Brèthes, 1925

ARGENTINA: Buenos Aires: “ Tandil. 1923 Fe. Marie ” [handwritten by Bréthes on gray (dirty) paper], “Repreparo M.Viana / I-1960” [handwritten by Viana], “ Gymnetis Marii / Brèthes” [handwritten by Brèthes on gray (dirty) paper], “ Heterocotinis / semiopaca Moser / A. Martínez det. II-48 [handwritten by Martínez] / Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales [printed]”, 1 ex. holotypus [ MACN], on a card, remounted (it has a pinhole), “ MACN-En 1405 ” [printed].

Figures

FIGURE 62. Geographic distributions of Gymnetini from Argentina and adjacent countries: Gymnetis chalcipes (stars); Gymnetis litigiosa (circles); Heterocotinis semiopaca (squares); Hoplopygothrix atropurpurea (triangle).