Coilodera penicillata, Hope, 1831

Qiu, Jian-Yue, Xu, Hao & Chen, Li, 2017, Taxonomic review of the Oriental flower beetle Coilodera penicillata species complex (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae), Zootaxa 4350 (3), pp. 511-537 : 515

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4350.3.5

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6040971

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CD6B0A-FFD0-FC4E-2E81-F934F7A4F842

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Plazi

scientific name

Coilodera penicillata
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Key to species of the Coilodera penicillata species complex

1 Mesometasternal suture not engraved ( Figs. 63–64, 66 View FIGURES 49 – 72 ).......................................................2

- Mesometasternal suture engraved ( Figs. 59–62, 65 View FIGURES 49 – 72 )...........................................................3

2 Scutellum partly clad with tomentum (rarely glabrous) ( Figs. 52–53 View FIGURES 49 – 72 ); basal piece of male genitalia distinctly convex ( Fig. 80 View FIGURES 73 – 85 )................................................................................ C. penicillata Hope, 1831

- Scutellum glabrous ( Fig. 58 View FIGURES 49 – 72 ); basal piece of male genitalia large and flat in lateral view ( Fig. 84 View FIGURES 73 – 85 ).................................................................................................. C. nigroscutellaris Moser, 1902

3 Scutellum glabrous ( Fig. 57 View FIGURES 49 – 72 ); posterior margin of median tomentose area of pronotum distinctly notched ( Figs. 25–26 View FIGURES 21 – 33 , 45 View FIGURES 34 – 48 ); outer teeth of male metatibia longer than ventral teeth ( Fig. 71 View FIGURES 49 – 72 ); the length of male antennal club about 1.5 times as the length of antennomeres 2–7 combined...................................................... C. formosana Moser, 1910

- Scutellum covered with tomentum ( Figs. 49–51 View FIGURES 49 – 72 ); posterior margin of median tomentose area of pronotum curved or slightly notched ( Figs. 4, 6, 8, 10, 13 View FIGURES 4 – 14 , 15, 18 View FIGURES 15 – 20 ); outer teeth of male metatibia shorter than ventral teeth ( Figs. 67–69 View FIGURES 49 – 72 ); the length of male antennal club about twice as the length of antennomeres 2–7 combined...........................................4

4 Body surface with green metallic sheen and tomentum lemon-yellow ( Figs. 10–13 View FIGURES 4 – 14 ); abdomen with long setae around midline in some individuals ( Figs. 11 View FIGURES 4 – 14 , 43 View FIGURES 34 – 48 )................................................. C. mearesii ( Westwood, 1842)

- Body surface with wine-red and/or green metallic sheen and tomentum orange or orange-red ( Figs. 4–9 View FIGURES 4 – 14 , 15–20 View FIGURES 15 – 20 ); middle portion of abdomen without setae, or with a few short setae ( Figs. 5, 7, 9 View FIGURES 4 – 14 , 38 View FIGURES 34 – 48 ).........................................5

5 Base of mesometasternal process distinctly constricted ( Fig. 59 View FIGURES 49 – 72 ); tomentum orange-red; posthumeral maculae in female smaller in size ( Fig. 6 View FIGURES 4 – 14 , 34, 40 View FIGURES 34 – 48 ); parameres short ( Figs. 73–74 View FIGURES 73 – 85 )........................ C. dives ( Gory & Percheron, 1833)

- Base of mesometasternal process distinctly slightly constricted ( Figs. 60–61 View FIGURES 49 – 72 ); tomentum orange; posthumeral maculae in female larger in size ( Fig. 18 View FIGURES 15 – 20 , 94 View FIGURES 91 – 94 ); parameres elongate ( Figs. 75–76 View FIGURES 73 – 85 ).................... C. grandimaculata new species

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Cetoniidae

Genus

Coilodera

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