Phanaeus huichol Moctezuma, Sánchez-Huerta & Halffter, 2017

Moctezuma, Victor & Halffter, Gonzalo, 2021, Taxonomic revision of the Phanaeus endymion species group (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), with the descriptions of five new species, European Journal of Taxonomy 747, pp. 1-71 : 22-23

Phanaeus huichol Moctezuma, Sánchez-Huerta & Halffter, 2017

Figs 1G, 15, 18H, 19H

Phanaeus huichol Moctezuma et al., 2017: 123 .

Phanaeus huichol – Kohlmann et al. 2018: 69 , 81, 83, 88. — Moctezuma et al. 2019: 252–253, fig. 5. Phanaeus (Notiophanaeus) huichol – Kohlmann et al. 2018: 81 .

Type material

Holotype

MEXICO • ♂, Moctezuma et al. 2017: 123 (revised); Jalisco, Mazamitla ; TAMU.

Non-type material revised (18 ♂♂, 20 ♀♀)

MEXICO – Jalisco • 1 ♀; “ Sierra de Talpa (Los Venados CT). 12–15-VIII- 2017. 1570 m. G. Nogueira Col. ”; GHC • 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀; “ Sierra de Talpa. 20°22′35.29″ N, 104°49′8.87″ O, 14/VIII/ 2015. 1380 m. G. Nogueira Col. ”; VMC • 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀; “ Sierra de Talpa. 20°22′35.29″ N, 104°49′8.87″ O, 22–26/ VIII/ 2013. 1595 m. G. Nogueira Col. ”; VMC • 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀; “ Tequila, Volcán de Tequila. 20°47′18.03″ N, 103°50′28.99″ O, 25/VIII/ 2012. 1890 m. G. Nogueira Col. ”; VMC • 2 ♂♂, 1 ♀; “ Tequila, Volcán de Tequila. 20°47′18.03″ N, 103°50′28.99″ O, 24–27/VIII/ 2012. 1665 m. (CT). G. Nogueira Col. ”; VMC • 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀; “ Telcome, Yolosta. 20°10′40.113″ N, 103°41′25.35″ O, 2/VII/2017. D 1–2. 1845 m. G. Nogueira Col. ”; VMC • 4 ♂♂, 4 ♀♀; “ El Jacal , 1830 m, 12–14/VIII/94. G. Nogueira col.”; IEXA • 1 ♂, 2 ♀♀; “S. Manatlán , 13/16–IX–95, 1650 m, G. Nogueira col.”; IEXA • 3 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀; “S. Manatlán , 18/ 20–IX–1995, 1400 m, G. Nogueira col.”; IEXA • 1 ♂, 4 ♀♀; “S. Manatlán , 18/ 20–IX–1995, 1650 m, G. Nogueira col.”; IEXA . – Michoacán • 1 ♀; “ 12 km S Uruapan, Cascada Tzararacua. 1450 m. 21-VIII-97 horse dung”; VMC .

Type locality

Mexico, Jalisco, Mazamitla.

Distribution

Sierra Madre Occidental; Jalisco, northern Michoacán, Nayarit and southern Sinaloa ( Fig. 15). The first record of P. huichol from Michoacán is presented herein.

Remarks

The original description of P. huichol indicates that the colour pattern varies from dark metallic green, bright metallic green, to dark green with blue sheen. After revising additional specimens, a bright metallic green morph with red sheen was found by us. To the original description we add the elytral striae impressed basally as distinct fossae; and central ridge and column of endophallite copulatrix similar in size ( Fig. 1G). For the female, the head showing a cephalic trituberculate carina with middle tubercle more frontally projected, carinate and less prominent than lateral tubercles; frons with almost effaced punctures; pronotal sculpture completely smooth, with almost effaced punctures; pronotal process trituberculate, with posterior concavity, followed posteriorly by reduced, rounded tubercle; middle tubercle dentiform or rounded, more developed and projected frontally than lateral tubercles; lateral tubercles rounded or carinate; posterior pronotal midline completely effaced.