Euphoria levinotata Orozco, 2012

Orozco, Jesús, 2012, Monographic Revision of the American Genus Euphoria Burmeister, 1842 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae), The Coleopterists Bulletin (mo 11) 66, pp. 1-182 : 24-26

Euphoria levinotata Orozco , new species

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Type Material (132). Holotype male labeled “ ARIZ. Cochise Co. / Flats near Portal / vii.28.1956/ 1188 FNYoung// Nest of/ Neotoma albigula / No. 8 (1956)// 8-1” and with my red holotype label ( UNSM). Allotype female labeled “ ARIZ. Cochise Co. / Flats near Portal/ vii.28.1956/ 1188 FNYoung// Nest of/ Neotoma albigula / No. 8 (1956)// 8-19” and with my yellow allotype label ( UNSM) . Paratypes (130) with the following data: “Patagonia/ VII-6-36 Ariz/ M. Cazier // EUPHORIA / DEVULSA/ HORN/ DET. E.R.L.” (9 AMNH); “Patagonia/ VII-6-16 Ariz/ M. Cazier // Euphoria / devulsa/ DET/ A.R. Hardy 1995” (1 AMNH); “Patagonia/ VII-6-36 Ariz/ M. Cazier // EUPHORIA / DEVULSA/ Det. Hardy ” (1 AMNH); “Pack Rat Nest/ #2 1 mi. E. of// PORTAL, ARIZ./ VI 28 1956 / H. x A. Howden ” (3 CMNC); “Portal, ARIZ./ Cochise Co. / VII-9-63/ Cazier & Mortenson// Taken into nest by/ Pogonomyrmex barbatus .// E. n.sp. near devulsa/ Cazier (ariz. St. Univ./at Tempe)/ DET. Has 30 others./ H. F. HOWDEN 2-VII-8 1-VII-9// Euphoria / devulsa/ DET/ A. R. Hardy 1995” (1 CMNC); “Pack Rat Nest/ #2 1 mi. E. of// PORTAL, ARIZ./ VI 27 1956 / H. x A. Howden ” (3 CMNC); “Pack Rat Nest/ #3 1 mi. E. of// PORTAL, ARIZ./ VI 29 1956 / H. x A. Howden ” (1 CMNC); “Pack Rat Nest/ #6 1 mi. E. of// PORTAL, ARIZ./ VII 5 1956 / H. x A. Howden ” (5 CMNC); “AZ: Sta Cruz Cty./ Tumacacori/ 8-VIII-98” (1 UAIC); “AZ: Pima Co / Tucson/ 4-VIII-95 Singer” (1 UAIC); “AZ: Pima Co / Tucson/ 13-VIII-95 Singer” (1 UAIC); “AZ: Pima Co / Tucson/ 13-VIII-95/ Mathison” (1 UAIC); “ 20mi. E. Pearce. ARIZ 5 July,/ 1968 FWerner,/ EErickson” (1 UAIC); “AZ: Sta. Cruz Cty./ Tumacacori Natl./ Historical Monument/ in debris of ant nests/ 8-VIII-98” (1 UAIC); “ Prosopis / juliflora// Sta.RitaRangeRes./ Sahuarita, ARIZ./ 12 July 1971 ” (1 UAIC); “Tucson, Az/ 6-VII-18/ W. Nutting / On ornamental agave// EUPHORIA / DEVULSA/ HORN?/ DET. W. B. WARNER 91” (1 UAIC); “ ARIZ. Cochise Co. / Flats near Portal/ vii.12.1956/ 1188 FNYoung// Nest of/ Neotoma albigula / No. 8 (1956)” (3 FSCA); “ ARIZ. Cochise Co. / Flats near Portal/ vii.28.1956/ 1188 FNYoung// Nest of/ Neotoma albigula / No. 8 (1956)” (1 FSCA, 3 JOAC, 1 MJPC, 18 USNM); “ ARIZ. Cochise Co. / Flats near Portal/ vii.28.1956/ 1188 FNYoung// Nest of/ Neotoma albigula / No. 8 (1956)// 8-1” (1 MJPC); “ ARIZ. Cochise Co. / Flats near Portal/ vii.6.1956/ 1240 FNYoung// Nest of/ Neotoma albigula / No. 2 (1956)// 2-1” (2 CMNC, 2 IEXA, 2 MUDGE, 14 USNM, 2 JOAC); “ ARIZ. Cochise Co. / Flats near Portal/ vii.14.1956/ 1189 FNYoung// Nest of/ Neotoma albigula / No. 9 (1956)” (1 FSCA); “ ARIZ. Cochise Co. / Flats near Portal/ vii.13.1956/ 1186 FNYoung// Nest of/ Neotoma albigula / No. 7 (1956)” (4 FSCA, 1 MJPC, 1 USNM); “ ARIZ. Cochise Co. / Flats near Portal/ vii.13.1956/ 1186 FNYoung// Nest of/ Neotoma albigula / No. 7 (1956)// 7-1” (1 MJPC); “ ARIZ. Cochise Co. / Flats near Portal/ vii.14.1956/ 1238 FNYoung// Nest of/ Neotoma albigula / No. 6 (1956)” (1 FSCA); “ ARIZ. Cochise Co. / Flats near Portal/ vii.2.1956/ 1206 FNYoung// Nest of/ Neotoma albigula / No. 12 (1956)” (1 FSCA); “ ARIZ. Cochise Co. / Flats near Portal/ vii.18.1956/ 1195C FNYoung// Nest of/ Neotoma albigula / No. 10 (1956)” (1 FSCA); “ ARIZ. Cochise Co. / Flats near Portal/ vii.14.1956/ 1189 FNYoung// Nest of/ Neotoma albigula / No. 9 (1956)” (1 FSCA); “ ARIZ. Cochise Co. / Flats near Portal/ vii.14.1956/ 1189 FNYoung// Nest of/ Neotoma albigula / No. 9 (1956)// E. devulsa / det. M.J. Paulsen 2007” (1 MJPC); “ ARIZ. Cochise Co. / Flats near Portal/ vii.13.1956/ 1197 FNYoung// Nest of/ Neotoma albigula / No. 13 (1956)” (1 FSCA); “Pack Rat Nest/ #2 1 mi. E. of// PORTAL, ARIZ./ VI 27 1956 / H. x A. Howden // Euphoria / devulsa/ Horn/ Det./ H.F.Howden-1957” (1 FSCA); “ USA: AZ. Santa Cruz Co. / Madera Canyon Road/ Florida wash. 31. 73°N / 110.87°W. 16.vii.2001 / Brian Harris” (1 LACM); “Patagonia/ Ariz. 7-36/ ES Ross// E. S. Ross / Collection// Dr. Alan R. Hardy/ 2005 donation to/ California Academy/ of Sciences” (1 CASC); “Patagonia/ Ariz// E. S. Ross / VII-8-36// Dr. Alan R. Hardy/ 2005 donation to/ California Academy/ of Sciences” (1 CASC); “Baboquivari/ Mts. Ariz./ F. H. Snow ” (1 BCRC); “ USA: AZ Vii-10-99/ Tucson Pima county// Euphoria devulsa / Horn” (1 MJPC); “ USA: AZ: Cochise Co. / Hereford Road 2 mi. / E. of Nicksville, vii-/ 10-1993, flying day/ after rain, W. Warner ” (1 MJPC); “ USA: AZ: Cochise Co. / Hereford Road 2 mi. / E. of Nicksville, vii-/ 10-1993, flying day/ after rain, W. Warner // Euphoria / DEVULSA/ HORN 05 / det. W. B. Warner ” (1 MJPC); “Portal. ARIZ / 5 July 1956 / OLCartwright// from/ rat nest/ Neotoma ” (10 USNM); “Portal. ARIZ / 11 July 1956 / OLCartwright// from/ rat nest/ Neotoma ” (2 USNM); “Portal. ARIZ / 26 July 1956 / OLCartwright// from/ rat nest/ Neotoma ” (1 USNM); “Portal. ARIZ / 27 July 1956 / OLCartwright// from/ rat nest/ Neotoma ” (1 USNM); “Portal. ARIZ / 29 July 1956 / OLCartwright// from/ rat nest/ Neotoma ” (1 USNM); “GreenValley/ Pima Co. / Arizona // Dr. Lenczy / VII.1982 ” (1 USNM); “GreenValley/ Pima Co. / Arizona // Dr. Lenczy / VII.1983 ” (1 USNM); “MaderaCn/ Pima Co. / Arizona // Dr. Lenczy / VII. 88” (3 USNM); “ ARIZ. Cochise Co. / Flats near Portal/ vii.2.1956 Berlese/ 1174-4 FNYoung// Nest of/ Neotoma albigula / No. 5 (1956)// 5-1” (2 USNM); “ New Mexico: Hidalgo Co.:/ 15 mi. S. I-10 on highway/ 80: July 11 1992: taken/ on/ Helianthus / Steve Lingafelter” (2 SEMC); “ New Mexico: Hidalgo Co.:/ 15 mi. S. I-10 on highway/ 80: July 11 1992: taken/ on/ Helianthus / Steve Lingafelter// EUPHORIA / SPP./ det M.E. Jameson 1994” (1 SEMC); “ ARIZ: Santa Cruz Co.,/ Nogales, pasture in pine/ plantation, 21.VII.04, ex./ Lindgren trap, a -pinene &/ EtOH,R.Dilks, APHIS PPQ” (1 ADMC); “ ARIZ: Santa Cruz Co./ Nogales, Nogales/ Cemetary [sic], 21. VII.04/ Lindgren funnel trap /R.Dilks, APHIS PPQ” (1 ADMC). All paratypes with my yellow paratype label .

Description. Holotype male. Length 8.7 mm; width 5.3 mm. Color: Dorsal and ventral surfaces shiny black. Elytra with a few cretaceous markings distributed on disc; cretaceous markings small, irregular in shape, 6 per elytron, distributed mostly on basal two-thirds. Head: Frons flat, strongly strigose, sparsely setose; setae short, yellowish. Clypeus short, subquadrate, strongly strigose, apex vaguely sinuate, apex and sides not raised, sparsely setose; setae short, yellowish. Antennal club shorter than stem. Pronotum: Surface densely punctate; punctures lunulate, moderate in size, confluent towards sides, sparsely setose on sides, glabrous at middle, setae as on head. Sides evenly rounded, base in front of scutellum moderately emarginate. Scutellum longer than wide, apex acute, anteriorly with few moderate in size, lunulate punctures bearing small, yellowish setae. Elytra: Surface densely punctate; striae bearing 3–4 irregular rows of grooves, double grooves of lunulate and geminate punctures; punctures frequently with small, tawny setae; costae evident. Posterior half of sutural costa raised in lateral view. Pygidium: Surface strongly convex, subconcentrically striate, striae discontinuous; moderately densely setose; setae short, yellowish. Legs: Protibiae with apical and medial teeth closer to each other than to basal tooth, teeth worn down. Mesotibial carina moderately developed into 2 short teeth; metatibial carina weakly developed, spurs slender, long. Venter: Mesometasternal process small, slightly extended beyond mesocoxae, apex evenly arcuate, densely punctate. Metasternum rugose, setose laterally, glabrous, impunctate at middle. Median sulcus well defined. Abdominal sternites moderately densely setose, setae as on legs. Abdomen flattened in lateral view.

Allotype. Female. Similar to holotype except for the following: Length 10.0 mm; width 6.1 mm. Color: One large cretaceous marking on posterior half of elytra and small markings dispersed through rest of surface. Pronotum: Scutellum with punctures distributed on base and sides. Venter: Abdomen convex in lateral view.

Variation. Paratypes (130) similar to the holotype and allotype except as follows: Length 7.2– 13.5 mm; width 6.1–10.9 mm. Color: Elytra black to reddish brown, cretaceous markings whitish to yellowish, variable in number and size, mostly small and sparse, rarely large and abundant. Head: Surface sparsely to densely setose. Pronotum: Surface sparsely to densely setose, base weakly to moderately emarginate. Scutellum sparsely punctate, rarely impunctate. Legs: Protibial teeth sharp to worn down. Male genitalia: Parameres as in Fig. 7c .

Diagnosis. This species is separated from others in the group based on the subquadrate clypeus, elytral striae bearing 3–4 irregular rows of grooves, double grooves of lunulate and geminate punctures, and the pygidial apex rounded in both sexes. Euphoria devulsa is close to this species but can be separated by having elytral striae bearing three evenly spaced rows of lunulate punctures and the apex of the pygidium sexually dimorphic (round in males, acuminate in females).

Natural History. Adults have been found on Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) (Fabaceae) , in nests of N. albigula , and in debris of ant nests. Adults have also been observed being taken to a nest by Pogonomyrmex barbatus Smith ( Hymenoptera : Formicidae ). In Arizona, the species is frequently associated with Argemone sp. (Papaveraceae) (William Warner, personal communication).

Temporal Distribution. June (8), July (118), August (5) ( Fig. 7d ).

Geographic Distribution. KnownfromArizona and New Mexico, USA ( Fig. 7e ).

Etymology. From the Latin levis meaning light, weak, and nota meaning mark, referring to the small, cretaceous markings on the elytra.

Figures

Fig. 7. Euphoria levinotata. a) Habitus of paratype, b) Head of paratype, c) Parameres of paratype, d) Temporal distribution, e) Geographic distribution in the United States.