Hologymnetis undulata (Vigors, 1824)

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 : 80-81

Hologymnetis undulata (Vigors, 1824)

Fig. 77 (parameres)

Cetonia undulata Vigors, 1824: 415–416 (description; distribution), Tab. 15, Fig. 4 .

Gymnetis undulata (Vigors, 1824) : Dejean 1833: 169 (catalog); Gory & Percheron, 1833: 348 (redescription; distribution); Burmeister 1842: 265-266 (distribution; references); Lucas 1857: 109 (distribution; references); Dent 1886: 392 (list; distribution); Schenkling 1921: 99 (catalog; distribution; references).

Cineretis undulata Vigors : Schürhoff 1937: 69 (new combination; list; distribution); Blackwelder 1944: 263 (catalog; distribution).

[ Gymnetis] Consularis Dej.: Dejean 1833: 169 (catalog; distribution; nomen nudum).

Gymnetis consularis Gory & Percheron, 1833: 347 (description; distribution); Schaum 1844: 357 [synonymy; variety]; Schenkling 1921: 99 (catalog; distribution; references).

Hologymnetis undulata: Martínez 1949: 15 [new combination; type species]; Krajcik 1998: 79 (catalog); Ratcliffe & Deloya 1992: 177–179 (redescription; distribution; references), 183 ( Figs. 12 a, 12 b, 12 c ), 189 ( Fig. 19 , map).

Distribution: BRAZIL (Gory & Percheron 1833, Schürhoff 1937, Burmeister 1842, Blackwelder 1944); Rondonia: Vilhena (Ratcliffe & Deloya 1992); Minas Gerais (Dent 1886): Belo Horizonte; Diamantina; Pouso Alegre; Sabara; Serra do Paraça (Ratcliffe & Deloya 1992); Goiás: [= “Goyáz”] (Lucas 1857); Bananeiras; Campinas; Goiatuba; Jatai; Leopoldo de Bulhões; Mineiros; Rio Verde; Trinidade; Vila Tenorio (Ratcliffe & Deloya 1992); [Mato Grosso do Sul]: “Cuyabá” [= Cuiabá] (Lucas 1857); Buriti; Chapada dos Guimares; Jacaré; Rancho Grande (Ratcliffe & Deloya 1992); Distrito Federal: Brasilia (Ratcliffe & Deloya 1992); Paraná: Curitiba (Ratcliffe & Deloya 1992); São Paulo (Ratcliffe & Deloya 1992); Rio de Janeiro (Vigors 1824, Ratcliffe & Deloya 1992); Santa Catarina (Ratcliffe & Deloya 1992); Rio Grande do Sul (Ratcliffe & Deloya 1992). BOLIVIA: Santa Cruz: San José de Chiquitos (Ratcliffe & Deloya 1992). PARAGUAY: Central: Asunción (Ratcliffe & Deloya 1992).

Material examined: BRAZIL: without locality, 1 ex. [ BHCA] ; Minas Gerais: Pouso Alegre, 1 ex. [ DIOC] ; [Mato Grosso do Sul]: Utiariti , Rio Papagayo , Williner leg., 23-XI-1966, 1 male [ DIOC], 26-XI-1966, 1 male, 1 female [ DIOC] ; Tangará da Serra , 23-III-2006, Koberstain leg., 1 ex. [ EABA].

Male genitalia: parameres ( Fig. 77 ). See also parameres in lateral view ( Fig. 12a ), caudal view ( Fig. 12b ), and opposite side of caudal view ( Fig. 12c ) in Ratcliffe & Deloya (1992: 183).

Note 1: According to Ratcliffe & Deloya (1992), “ Gymnetis consularis from Brazil, described on a relatively immaculate specimen of G. undulata , was correctly recognized as a junior synonym of G. undulata by Schenkling (1921), based possibly on the advice of Moser”, but the first observation was made by Schaum (1844: 357) when he said “ Gymnetis undulata .—La G. consularis , G. et P., inconnue à M. Burmeister et mentionnée par lui p. 802, est une variété de cette espèce, dans laquelle les dessins blancs ont à peu près disparus”, later correctly cited by Schenkling (1921) among the references of G. consularis .

Note 2: Gymnetis undulata was given a publication date of 1825 by Schenkling (1921), Blackwelder (1944), Martínez (1949), Krajcik (1998), and Ratcliffe & Deloya (1992). See Note 1 below G. hieroglyphica .

Figures

FIGURE 19. Variations in the elytral coloration of Gymnetis bonplandi (a–r, females; s–z and aa–ai, males).

FIGURES 72–78. Male parameres: 72, Gymnetis flaveola (Brazil); 73, Gymnetis schistacea (Argentina); 74, Gymnetis goryi; 75, Gymnetis hieroglyphica; 76, Hologymnetis sp. (Bruch Collection); 77, Hologymnetis undulata; 78, Heterocotinis semiopaca.

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 8–12. Male parameres: 8–10, Gymnetis bajula (8, parameres; 9–10, details of the sculpture on the dorsal side in the angle between the parameres); 11–12, Gymnetis bruchi (11, parameres; 12, armature of the internal sac).