Euphoria submaculosa ( Gory and Percheron, 1833 )

Orozco, Jesús, 2012, Monographic Revision of the American Genus Euphoria Burmeister, 1842 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae), The Coleopterists Bulletin (mo 11) 66, pp. 1-182 : 70-71

Euphoria submaculosa ( Gory and Percheron, 1833)

(Appendix 4: Fig. 37 )

Cetonia submaculosa Gory and Percheron 1833: 58 , 211. Original combination.

Lectotype at MHNG here designated. One paralectotype at MHNG, examined.

Description (n = 47). Length 13.2–15.3 mm; width 7.5–8.7 mm. Color: Dorsal surface with bright green to bright yellowish green reflections, tomentous. Elytra with small, yellowish brown or orangish brown markings. Ventral surface and pygidium, including legs, light brown, dark brown, or reddish brown, frequently with green reflections. Head: Frons moderately to strongly raised at middle, densely punctate; punctures round, deep, large, frequently confluent, densely setose; setae yellowish, moderate to long. Clypeus subrectangular, sides subparallel, moderately raised, lateral declivity moderately developed; apex truncate in dorsal view, moderately sinuate in frontal view, moderately reflexed in males, weakly reflexed in females; surface as on frons. Antennal club longer than stem in males, as long as or slightly shorter than stem in females. Pronotum: Surface moderately densely to densely punctate; punctures round to lunulate, small to moderate in size, glabrous to sparsely setose; setae minute to short, yellowish. Sides weakly angulate to evenly rounded, anterior corners with few rugae. Base in front of scutellum moderately to strongly emarginate. Scutellum impunctate. Elytra: Surface moderately densely punctate, striae bearing 2 densely punctate, lateral rows and 1 sparsely punctate, medial row; punctures small, lunulate to irregular, lateral rows frequently with short grooves, glabrous to sparsely setose; setae minute to short, yellowish; apex and sides posteriorly weakly rugose. Pygidium: Surface subconcentrically striate; striae dense, discontinuous, moderately densely to densely setose, setae short to moderate. Legs: Protibiae slender in males, robust in females. Meso- and metatibial carinae weakly developed in males, moderately developed in females. Metatibiae not apically expanded in males, apically expanded in females; metatarsi longer than metatibiae in males, shorter in females. Venter: Mesometasternal process weakly compressed laterally, extending anteriorly well beyond mesocoxae. Mesepimera, metasternum, and metacoxae setose, setae as on legs. Metasternum rugose, moderately to densely setose laterally, sparsely to moderately densely punctate and setose at middle; median sulcus strongly impressed. Abdomen in lateral view flat in males, moderately convex in females. Male genitalia: Parameres as in Fig. 37c .

Diagnosis. This species is separated from other species in the group by the greenish body with yellowish and brown markings, subrectangular clypeus, and form of the parameres.

Natural History. Nothing is known about the biology of this species.

Temporal Distribution. July (2), August (3), September (3), October (2) ( Fig. 37d ).

Geographic Distribution. Known from Oaxaca, Puebla, and Veracruz, Mexico ( Fig. 37e ).

Specimens Examined (47). Type material: Lectotype male at MHNG here designated labeled “Gory/ TYPE// Submaculosa/ G. et P. B/ Mexico // Coll. Melly ” and my lectotype label. Paralectotype male at MHNG labeled “Coll. Melly ” and my paralectotype label. Other material: MEXICO (45): OAXACA: Santiago Chazumba (1), Temascál (1), no data (1); PUEBLA: Huachinango (1), no data (1); VERACRUZ: Córdoba (8), Coscomatepec (1), Fortín de las Flores (4), Huatusco (3), Orizaba (4), San Pedro de Soteapan (2), Teocelo (3), Xalapa (7); NO DATA: “Mexica, San Pedro, Calif.” (1), “ Mexico ” (5). SUSPECT RECORDS (1): “Ecuador” (1).

Figures

Fig. 37. Euphoria submaculosa. a) Habitus, b) Head, c) Parameres, d) Temporal distribution, e) Geographic distribution in Mexico.