Macraspis oblonga Burmeister, 1844

Bento, Matheus, Jameson, Mary Liz & Seidel, Matthias, 2022, New species and illustrated key of Macraspis (Scarabaeidae, Rutelinae, Rutelini) from the Amazon biome of Brazil, ZooKeys 1124, pp. 161-189 : 161

Macraspis oblonga Burmeister, 1844

Figs 1H , 2A, G , 12

Macraspis oblonga Burmeister, 1844: 359 (original description); Ohaus 1898: 51; 1918: 56; 1934: 154; Blackwelder 1944: 242; Machatschke 1972: 73; Soula 1998: 48, 111; 2003: 47; Krajcik 2007: 81; Hielkema and Hielkema 2019: 144.

Material examined

(4 females). Brazil, Amazonas, Manaus, Fazenda Esteio , 30.VIII.1984, R. C. Klein (leg.) (♀, INPA) ; Brazil, Amazonas, BR-174 Km 18, 11.VIII.1980, C. Fonseca & E. Bindá (legs.) (♀, INPA) ; Brazil, Amazonas, Manaus, Reserva Ducke , 14.VIII.1969, A. Faustino (leg.) (♀, INPA) ; Brazil, Amazonas, Presidente Figueiredo , 21.IX.1992, Aquino (leg.) (♀, INPA) .

Distribution.

Suriname ( Hielkema and Hielkema 2019). French Guiana ( Soula 1998). Brazil (Fig. 12 ). Amazonas (present paper).

Remarks.

This species is sympatric with M. olivieri , and both have a very similar color pattern. However, M. oblonga is easily distinguished from M. olivieri by (characters of M. olivieri given in parenthesis): clypeal apex rugopunctate, with anterior margin strongly raised and subtruncated (Fig. 2A ) (clypeal apex densely punctate, with anterior margin weakly raised and rounded (Fig. 2B )); scutellar shield shorter than elytral suture (longer); internoapical lobe of mesotibia weakly developed and barely defined (Fig. 1H ) (strongly developed and well defined); posterior margin of pygidium narrowly rounded at middle (Fig. 2G ) (evenly rounded). This is the first record of M. oblonga in Brazil (new country record) based on female specimens collected in Amazonas state.

Figures

Figure 1. Macraspis spp. (A-O). Lateral and ventral views of pro- and mesothorax of A, B M. morio and D, E M. p. pseudochrysis. Dorsal view of head and anterior portion of pronotum of C M. festiva and F M. c. chloraspis. Anterior view of mesothoracic legs of G M. festiva H M. oblonga I M. p. pseudochrysis and J M. c. chloraspis. Female metatibial spurs of K M. c. chloraspis and L M. phallocardia sp. nov. Anterior view of mesotarsus of M M. p. pseudochrysis N M. c. chloraspis and O M. fernandezi. Scale bars: 1 mm.

Figure 2. Macraspis spp. (A-O). Dorsal view of head of A M. oblonga B M. olivieri and C M. xanthosticta. Lateral view of mesothorax of D M. festiva E M. maculata and F M. c. chloraspis. Female pygidium of G M. oblonga H M. olivieri and I M. morio. Dorsal view of female abdomen of J M. p. pseudochrysis and K M. lepiouffi paratype. Metatarsus of L M. morio and O M. olivieri. Female last abdominal ventrites of M M. morio and N M. p. pseudochrysis. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A-C), 1 mm (D-O).

Figure 12. Distribution of Brazilian species of Macraspis treated in this publication. The Brazilian Amazon biome is colored lime green. Brazilian states are abbreviated as follows: AC = Acre, AM = Amazonas, AP = Amapa, BA = Bahia, ES = Espirito Santo, GO = Goias, MA = Maranhao, MG = Minas Gerais, MT = Mato Grosso = PA = Piaui, RO = Rondonia, RJ = Rio de Janiero, RR = Roraima, SP = Sao Paulo, TO = Tocantins.