Gymnetis pudibunda Burmeister, 1866

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 : 41-42

Gymnetis pudibunda Burmeister, 1866

Figs. 15–18 (aspects), 29 (paramere), 60–61 (anatomy), 63 (distribution)

Gymnetis pudibunda Burmeister, 1866: 574–575 (description; distribution); Frenzel 1891: 328 (list); Bruch 1911a: 214 Kraatz, 1888 (distribution); Schenkling 1921: 97 (catalog; distribution; references); Hayward 1942: 14 (natural history); Martínez 1948: 3 (classification status); Willemstein 1978: 27 (distribution; natural history; reference); Antoine 2001: 119 (distribution; figures 6a–f), 124 (photo 5), 126 (description; new status), 127 ( Figs. 14–15 ).

Gymnetis pudibunda Burm. var. porteri Dallas, 1930: 11–12 (description; distribution); Blackwelder 1944: 263 (catalog.; synonymy; distribution); Krajčík 1998: 77 (catalog).

Paragymnetis flavomarginata Blanch. subsp. pudibunda Burm. : Schürhoff 1937: 67 (new combination; distribution); Blackwelder 1944: 263 (catalog; distribution); Viana & Williner 1981: 35 (distribution); Turienzo & Di Iorio 2008: 29 (predator).

Gymnetis flavomarginata ssp. pudibunda Burmeister, 1866 : Krajčík 1998: 77 (catalog; distribution).

Paragymnetis pudibunda Burm. : Hayward 1960: 24 (natural history); Di Iorio 2003: 180 (catalog; distribution; natural history); Di Iorio 2004: 184 (catalog; natural history; references).

Distribution: ARGENTINA: Tucumán ( Bruch 1911a); ( Hayward 1942 1960); ( Willemstein 1978); Santiago del Estero [type locality] ( Burmeister 1866); Río Salado, 14-XI-1925, Wagner leg., Dallas Collection, 1 ex. ( Dallas 1930); Chaco: Pozo La Gringa ( Antoine 2001); Córdoba ( Frenzel 1891); Entre Ríos: Liebig ( Antoine 2001), I– II-1997, 30 exx. ( Di Iorio 2003); Buenos Aires ( Bruch 1911a); ( Willemstein 1978); Campo de Mayo ( Turienzo & Di Iorio 2008).

Holotypes (examined)

Gymnetis pudibunda Burmeister, 1866

ARGENTINA: Santiago del Estero: “Santiag. / d. Est.” [printed on green paper], “ pudibunda / Burm. / Rep. Arg.” [handwritten by Burmeister on white paper inside a thin black frame, pinned to the bottom of the drawer], 1 ex. holotype [ HBBA], “ Gymnetis / pudibunda / Burmeister / Holotypus [handwritten in capital letters] / Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales [printed]” on red paper, black frame.

Figures

FIGURES 13–18. General aspects of Gymnetini: 13–14, Gymnetis bonplandi (13, female Misiones: Puerto Iguazú; 14, male Misiones: Dos de Mayo); 15–18, Gymnetis pudibunda (15, common phenotype from Argentina except Buenos Aires; 16–18, with reduction of yellow color on the elytra, province of Buenos Aires).