Gymnetis chalcipes Gory & Percheron, 1833

Iorio, Osvaldo Di, 2014, A review of the natural history of adult Cetoniinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from Argentina and adjacent countries, Zootaxa 3790 (2), pp. 281-318 : 287

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Figs. 5–12 View FIGURES 5 – 8 View FIGURES 9 – 12 , 16 View FIGURES 13 – 16 (natural history)

Gymnetina (Gymnetoides) chalcipes chalcipes (Gory & Percheron, 1833) : Monné 1970: 61 (natural history).

Paragymnetis chalcipes (Gory & Percheron, 1833) : Silva et al. 1968: 555 (distribution, natural history).

Paragymnetis litigiosa , not Gory & Percheron, 1833: Di Iorio 2003: 179 (distribution, natural history): misidentification.

Literature food records. BRAZIL: Río Grande do Sul: locality not stated, on flowers of cultivated fig tree, observation of A. Bertels ( Silva et al. 1968); ARGENTINA : Buenos Aires: Punta Lara, 20-II- (1927), 4 exx., identified by Bruch, feeding on sap of a branch of Salix babylonica (Salicaceae) , broken by larval galleries of Mallodon spinibarbis (Linnaeus, 1758) ( Coleoptera : Cerambycidae : Prioninae ) ( Maldonado Bruzzone 1927); Florencio Varela, 16-III-1996, Di Iorio leg., 2 exx. (ODIC), feeding on ripened fruits of Diospyros kaki (Ebenaceae) on the plant ( Di Iorio 2003); URUGUAY: (locality not stated), adults on flowers of Eryngium sp. ( Apiaceae ) ( Monné 1970).

New food records. ARGENTINA : Buenos Aires: José C. Paz, II-1996, C. Servian leg., 1 ex. (FPBA), feeding on a ripened fig, Ficus carica (Moraceae) ; Partido Vicente López, Florida, 2011, feeding on ripened fruits of Diospyros kaki fallen to the ground (Lucas Damer, personal observation); Reserva Ecológica de Vicente López, XII-2012 to I-2013, L. Damer & Di Iorio leg., 17 exx. (ODIC) ( Table 1 View TABLE 1 ), feeding on sap from adult and larval galleries of Megaplatypus mutatus (Chapuis, 1825) ( Coleoptera : Platypodidae ) in boles of Salix babylonica (Salicaceae) ( Figs. 5–12 View FIGURES 5 – 8 View FIGURES 9 – 12 , 16 View FIGURES 13 – 16 ); Capital Federal: Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur, 9-XI-2011, L. Damer leg., 1 ex. (LDBA), on male flowers of Phytolacca dioica (Phytolaccaceae) fallen to the ground, several exx. (not collected), feeding on fruits fallen to the ground.

Bait traps. ARGENTINA : Entre Ríos: Ibicuy, I-2012, C. Ufor leg., 4 exx. (CUJCP), 2 exx. (ODIC), feeding in banana bait-traps; Buenos Aires: Hurlingham, 22-I-1997, Di Iorio leg., 1 ex. (ODIC), in banana bait trap; Capital Federal: Agronomía, 6-I-2012, A. Fortino leg., 1 ex. (AFBA), banana bait trap; Ciudad Universitaria, 2011–2012, 175 exx. (ODIC), XII-2012, 1 ex. (ODIC), feeding in banana bait-traps ( Table 1 View TABLE 1 ).

Overwintering. ARGENTINA : Buenos Aires: Otamendi, 30-VII-2008, Di Iorio leg., 1 ex. (ODIC), under bark of Eucalyptus camaldulensis (Myrtaceae) .

References

Di Iorio, O. R. (2003) Feeding habits of adult Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) and other insects from Argentina. Giornale italiano di Entomologia, 10, 175 - 204.

Maldonado Bruzzone, R. (1927) Notas lepidopterologicas. I. Estaciones del Morpho catenarius (Perty) en la costa bonaerense del Rio de la Plata. Revista de la Sociedad Entomologica Argentina, 3, 15 - 16.

Monne, M. A. (1970) Fauna de los coleopteros del Uruguay. Facultad de Agronomia, Montevideo, Uruguay, 216 pp.

Silva, A. G. de A. e, Goncalves, C. R., Galvao, D. M., Goncalves, A. J. L., Gomes, J., Silva, M. do N. & De Simoni, L. (1968) Quarto catalogo dos insetos que vivem nas plantas do Brasil. Seus parasitos e predadores. Tomo 1 º, Parte II. Insetos, hospedeiros e inimigos naturais. Ministerio da Agricultura, Departamento de Defesa e Inpecao Agropecuaria, Servico de Defesa Sanitaria Vegetal, Laboratorio Central de Patologia Vegetal, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 622 pp.

Figures

FIGURES 5 – 8. Gymnetis chalcipes feeding on sap from adult and larval galleries of Megaplatypus mutatus (Coleoptera: Platypodidae) on the bole of Salix humboldtiana (Reserva Ecológica de Vicente López, Buenos Aires, Argentina): Fig. 5, larval galleries, 21 December 2012; Fig. 6, adult gallery together with Compsocerus violaceus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), 17 December 2012; Fig. 7, larval gallery, 29 December 2012; Fig. 8, larval gallery together with Compsocerus violaceous and Opsiphanes invirae (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Brassolinae), 30 December 2012.

FIGURES 9 – 12. Gymnetis chalcipes and G. pudibunda (18 December 2012) feeding on sap from a larval gallery of Megaplatypus mutatus (Coleoptera: Platypodidae) in the bole of Salix humboldtiana (Reserva Ecológica de Vicente López, Buenos Aires, Argentina): Figs. 10 – 11, after a landing on the bole, a second G. chalcipes approaches the sap flow.

FIGURES 13 – 16. Gymnetis pudibunda feeding on sap from adult and larval galleries of Megaplatypus mutatus (Coleoptera: Platypodidae) on the bole of Salix humboldtiana (Reserva Ecológica de Vicente López, Buenos Aires, Argentina): Fig. 13, adult gallery (see the air bubbles located in the entrance of the gallery), together with Compsocerus violaceous (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) (photograph by Lucas Damer, 17 December 2012); Fig. 14, larval gallery, 21 December 2012; Fig. 15, adult gallery together with ants (photograph by Rocío Gonzalez, 7 January 2012); Fig. 16, adult gallery together with G. chalcipes and C. violaceus, 2 January 2013.