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Issue: Vol. 4461 No. 2: 21 Aug. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-08-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4461.2.2
Page range: 196–204
Abstract views: 99
PDF downloaded: 6

A new Mexican species of Chrysina Kirby (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae), with nomenclatural changes, new records, and a key to the C. quiche species group

Instituto de Ecología, A. C. Carretera Antigua a Coatepec No. 351, 91070 Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico.
Schiller 524, 11580 Polanco, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico
Instituto de Ecología, A. C. Carretera Antigua a Coatepec No. 351, 91070 Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico.
CONACYT—Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Laboratorio Regional de Biodiversidad y Cultivo de Tejidos Vegetales. Ex Fábrica San Manuel, Santa Cruz Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala 90640, Mexico
Coleoptera Scarab beetles taxonomy new synonymy Neotropics Chimalapas Region

Abstract

Chrysina chimalapensis new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Rutelini), from the region of Chimalapas, Oaxaca, Mexico is described and illustrated. A key to the species of the C. quiche species group is included. Plusiotis neotenochca Morón & Nogueira is placed as a new junior synonym of Chrysina paulseni Hawks, and C. aenigmatica (Morón) as a new junior synonym of C. modesta Sturm. Chrysina benesi from Guatemala, and C. quetzalcoatli from Nicaragua are recorded as new country records. Chrysina quetzalcoatli Morón and C. triumphalis Morón are also recorded for the first time for the state of Oaxaca, Mexico, and C. victorina (Hope) for the state of Veracruz, Mexico.

 

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