Coprophanaeus, Olsoufieff, 1924

Edmonds, W. D. & Zidek, J., 2010, A taxonomic review of the neotropical genus Coprophanaeus Olsoufieff, 1924 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae), Insecta Mundi 2010 (129), pp. 1-111 : 44

Coprophanaeus (C.) spitzi ( Pessôa, 1934)

Fig. 7, 12 , 97, 101 , 108, 112-118

Phanaeus spitzi Pessôa, 1934: 303

Coprophanaeus spitzi (Pessôa) (recomb. by Edmonds 1972: 843)

Type. Holotype male, Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo.

Diagnosis. General – Dorsum except for irregular black areas, head and pronotum bright metallic green or yellowish green, elytra dark green to almost black. Clypeal margin rounded, not noticeably angulate or explanate lateral to median teeth ( Fig. 114, 117 ). Pronotum with elongate triangular depression densely packed with coarse granules extending from posterior margin to middle of disk ( Fig. 97 ); area adjacent to depression and extending along posterior pronotal margin somewhat swollen, smooth, punctured but sometimes only weakly so. Basal pronotal fossae effaced. Elytral striae distinctly carinulate ( Fig. 101 ), even in specimens with dark elytra. Length 18-24 mm.

Male ( Fig. 97 , 116-118 ) – Base of head horn weakly concave. Anteromedian pronotal concavity shallow, bordered posteriorly by weak transverse carina bearing rounded central tubercle; ends of transverse carina curving downward, lacking distinct tubercle.

Female ( Fig. 114-115 ) – Cephalic carina straight, median tubercle larger than laterals. Pronotal ridge not strongly elevated, narrowly bidentate medially.

Specimens examined – 99.

Distribution. Chacoan subregion – southern Cerrado and Chaco provinces ( Fig. 113 ).

Collection Records. BOLIVIA: Beni – Magdalena ( Dec ) . Santa Cruz – Parque Nacional Noel Kempff Mercado [Los Fierros], 14 o 33.5’S 60 o 55.9’W . BRAZIL: Bahia – 150 km W Barrieras ( Jan ) ; Encruzilhada (Dec). Distrito Federal – Estação Forestal Cabeça do Veado, 1100 m ( Oct ) ; Brasilia (Nov-Dec). Mato Grosso – Uirapurú [Chapada dos Parecis] (Dec). Mato Grosso do Sul – Selvíria (Jan, Mar, Oct). Minas Gerais – Cordisburgo [Fazenda Pontinha] (Dec) ; Turvolândia (Feb). Paraná – Vila Velha. São Paulo – Mogi Guaçu [Fazenda Campininas] (Jan); Jabaquara [Capital] ( Dec ) ; Novo Horizonte ( Nov ) ; Batatais (Mar, Dec ) ; São Paulo [Ipiranga] ( Mar ) ; São José dos Campos (Nov). Goiás – Rio Verde ; Vianopolis ( Dec ) . PARAGUAY: Amambay – Cerro Corá (Feb, Dec). Caaguazú – Caaguazú. Concepción – Cororó ( Nov ) ; Concepción [Santa Morana], 23 o 24’S 57 o 26’W ( Oct ) ; Campo Zanja Morotí, 22 o 53’S 57 o 23’W (Nov). Presidente Hayes – Lolita ( Yaragui ) ( Jan ) .

Figures

Figure 113. Approximate geographic distribution of Coprophanaeus (s. str.) species in the jasius species group.

Figure 5-12. Characters of Coprophanaeus. 5) Ventral view of front left tibia of C. ensifer (arrow marks elongate tuft of setae). 6) Same, C. dardanus. 7) Left anterolateral pronotal margin of C. spitzi (arrow indicates unbroken circumnotal carina. 8) Same, C. magnoi (arrow indicates broken circumnotal carina). 9) Base of left hind wing of C. cerberus. 10) Same, C. horus. 11) Lateral view left occipital lobe of C. ensifer (asterisk marks swelling). 12) Same, C. spitzi (asterisk marks flat area).

Figure 95-101. Characters of the Coprophanaeus (s. str.) jasius species group. 95) Dorsal view of pronotum of male C. cerberus. 96) Same, C. jasius. 97) Same, C. spitzi. 98) Same, C. cyanescens. 99) Dorsal view of cephalic process of female C. gamezi. 100) Detail of elytral surface of C. acrisius. 101) Same, C. spitzi.

Figure 102-112. Characters of the Coprophanaeus (s. str.) jasius species group. 102) Anterior view of head of male C. abas. 103) Same, C. jasius. 104) Same, C. cerberus. 105) Pronotal crest of female C. abas. 106) Same, C. gamezi. 107) Same, C. jasius. 108) Same, C. spitzi. 109) Section of posterior pronotal margin of C. jasius. 110) Same, C. abas. 111) Same, C. gamezi. 112) Prosternal spine of C. spitzi.

Figure 114-118. Coprophanaeus spitzi. 114-115) Female habitus. 116-117) Male habitus. 118) Aedeagus (lateral view on left; dorsal view on right).