Chrysobothris hispaniolae Fisher, 1925

Maier, Crystal A. & Ivie, Michael A., 2013, New Species and Records of Chrysobothris Eschscholtz (Coleoptera: Buprestidae) from Montserrat, Saba, and Anguilla, with a Key to the Chrysobothris thoracica Species-Group in the West Indies, The Coleopterists Bulletin 67 (2), pp. 81-88 : 85

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1649/0010-065X-67.2.81

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/534E87AA-E63F-1552-FF6B-FC6AFC45FC63

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Carolina

scientific name

Chrysobothris hispaniolae Fisher, 1925
status

 

Chrysobothris hispaniolae Fisher, 1925 View in CoL ( Fig. 2 View Figs )

Chrysobothris hispaniolae Fisher, 1925: 121 View in CoL ; Obenberger 1934: 636; Blackwelder 1944: 317; Bellamy 2008: 1638, 2011: 1.

Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished from all other species in the C. thoracica speciesgroup by its distinctive pronotum, which is widest in the middle (widest point of the pronotum is in the anterior third in all other species). This is the only species in the group known from Hispaniola ( Haiti and Dominican Republic).

Length. 3.9–5.3 mm.

Distribution. Hispaniola ( Haiti, Dominican Republic: Provinces Pedernales, Barahona, La Altagracia).

Type Material Examined. HOLOTYPE: ♂ – Pt. au Prince ; Haiti; R.J. Crew / Type No.; 26811; U.S.N.M ./ HOLOTYPE; CHRYSOBOTHRIS ; hispaniolae; FISHER ( NMNH) .

Non-Type Material Examined. 1 – DOM. REP. Prov. Pedernales; Cabo Rojo ; 09JULY1993, D.S. Sikes; & R. Rosenfeld; sweeping pool/ WIBF 059317 View Materials ( WIBF). 1 – DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Prov. Barahona; 41.7 km S Barahona; 30AUG1977; P.W. Kovarik colr./ WIBF 059318 View Materials ( WIBF). 1 – DOM. REP.: Prov. Pedernales; Par. Nac. Jaragua; 8 km NW Oviedo; 30AUG1997; P.W. Kovarik / WIBF 059319 View Materials ( WIBF). 1 – DOM. REP.: Prov. Altagracia; P.N. del Este, Boca de Yuma; entrance, 05AUG1999, at night; 18°21.904′N, 68°37.087′W; M.A. Ivie, beating veget./ WIBF 059320 View Materials ( WIBF) GoogleMaps .

Biology. Unknown.

NMNH

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

WIBF

West Indian Beetle Fauna Project Collection

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Buprestidae

Genus

Chrysobothris

Loc

Chrysobothris hispaniolae Fisher, 1925

Maier, Crystal A. & Ivie, Michael A. 2013
2013
Loc

Chrysobothris hispaniolae

Bellamy & Buprestidae of the West Indies 2011: 1
Bellamy 2008: 1638
Blackwelder 1944: 317
Obenberger 1934: 636
Fisher 1925: 121
1925
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