Cotinis nitida (Linnaeus, 1764)

Gasca-Álvarez, Héctor Jaime, Deloya, Cuauhtémoc & Reyes-Castillo, Pedro, 2017, Teratological Cases in Five Species of Cotinis Burmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Gymnetini), with a Compilation of Teratologies in Scarabaeoidea, The Coleopterists Bulletin 71 (2), pp. 329-338 : 330

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-71.2.329
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5458149
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scientific name	Cotinis nitida (Linnaeus, 1764)
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Teratology. Morphological asymmetry (sensu Balazuc 1948). Female with slight deformation of the clypeal projection ( Fig. 4 View Figs ).

Material Studied. USA, Florida, Delray Beach. 23.viii.1989 [ UVG] .

References

Balazuc, J. 1948. La teratologie des Coleopteres et experiences de transplantation sur Tenebrio molitor L. Memoires du Museum national d' Histoire Naturelle (N. S.) 25: 1 - 293.

Figs. 1–6. Teratological cases in Cotinis species. 1) Pedunculate tumor (arrow) on the head of C. barthelemyi; 2) Malformation in the frontal projection (arrow) of C. fuscopicea; 3) Hemibrachelytry (arrow) in C. lebasi; 4) Asymmetrical teratology in the clypeal projection of C. nitida; 5) Malformation in the pygidial surface of C. mutabilis chromatic form “atrata” (lateral view); 6) Malformation in the pygidial surface of C. mutabilis chromatic form “atrata” (dorsal view).