Gymnetis carbo (Schürhoff, 1937), Schurhoff, 1937

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

Gymnetis carbo (Schürhoff, 1937)

Fig. 1 (natural history)

New food record. BRAZIL: Minas Gerais: Pitanguí, 1 ex. (photograph by Nicodemos Rosa ), feeding on sap of undetermined tree ( Fig. 1 ).

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 4. Feeding behavior of adult Cetoniinae: Fig. 1, Allorhina sp., Gymnetis carbo and G. g o r y i feeding on sap of undetermined tree (Pitanguí, Minas Gerais, Brazil, photograph by Nicodemos Rosa); Fig. 2, Gymnetis bonplandi feeding on sap of undetermined tree (Pitanguí, Minas Gerais, Brazil, photograph by Nicodemos Rosa); Fig. 3, Gymnetis strigosa on flowers of Marsdenia woodburiana [Asclepiadaceae] (photograph by Alex Segarra, 17 May 2013); Fig. 4, Gymnetis hepatica, feeding on sap of Sphaeralcea bonariensis, together with Euphoria lurida (Sachayoj, Santiago del Estero, Argentina).