Gymnetis chevrolati Gory & Percheron, 1833

Iorio, Osvaldo Di, 2013, A review of the Cetoniinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from Argentina and adjacent countries: systematics and geographic distributions, Zootaxa 3668 (1), pp. 1-87 : 78

Gymnetis chevrolati Gory & Percheron, 1833

Figs. 144 (aspect)

Gymnetis Chevrolat Gory & Percheron, 1833: 346 (description; distribution), t. 69, Fig. 3 .

Cet. [Cetonia] Chevrolatii Gory & Perch.: Burmeister 1842: 285 (commentary).

Gymnetosoma chevrolat: Krajčík 1998: 78 (catalog; distribution; reference).

Gymnetis ramulosa Bates, 1869: 389 (description; distribution); Sharp 1877: 129 (distribution), 130 (name).

Gymnetis chevrolati var. ramulosa: Bates 1889: 356–357 (distribution; references), Tab. XXI, Fig. 16 .

Gymnetosoma chevrolat ssp. ramulosa: Krajčík 1998: 78 (catalog; distribution; reference).

Distribution: NICARAGUA (Schenkling 1921, Blackwelder 1944, Krajčík 1998): Chontales, large number of specimens, Belt leg. (Bates 1869, Sharp 1877, Bates 1889), 1 female lectotype [MNHN], labeled: “ Chontales / Type / ex. Museo H.W. Bates” (Ratcliffe 2004) . PANAMA (Blackwelder 1944, Krajčík 1998): Chiriqui, Trötsch leg.; Volcan de Chiriqui, 2000 to 3000 feet, Champion (Bates 1889). COSTA RICA: 1 ex., Col. Van Patten (Bates 1889). BRAZIL [type locality], Col. Chevrolat (Gory & Percheron 1833); (Schenkling 1921, Blackwelder 1944, Krajčík 1998).

Material examined: “Região / neotropica. / d. Stauding.” [handwritten], 1 female [ ODIC], “ Gymnetis / ram [illegible letters] um? / Stauding. det.” [handwritten by Staudinger] ( Fig. 144 ).

Figures

FIGURES 143–146. General aspects of Gymnetini distributed outside Argentina (Appendix II): 143, Gymnetis sp.; 144, Gymnetis chevrolati (= G. ramulosum); 145–146, Gymnetis punctipennis.

FIGURES 3–7. General aspects of Gymnetini: 3–5, Gymnetis bajula (3, darker specimen; 4, specimen from the Burmeister Collection [MACN], likely the holotype of G. perplexa; 5, lighter specimen); 6, Gymnetis bruchi (Bruch Collection); 7, Aemilius wagneri (extracted from Le Moult 1939).

FIGURES 13–18. General aspects of Gymnetini: 13–14, Gymnetis bonplandi (13, female Misiones: Puerto Iguazú; 14, male Misiones: Dos de Mayo); 15–18, Gymnetis pudibunda (15, common phenotype from Argentina except Buenos Aires; 16–18, with reduction of yellow color on the elytra, province of Buenos Aires).