Athyreus vavini Boucomont, 1902

Celante, Gabriel Luiz, Carvalho, Adhan Gabriel, Jahyny, Benoit Jean Bernard, Araújo, Kaylla Brisley Silva & Santos, Paula Batista Dos, 2024, A new species of Athyreus MacLeay, 1819 (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae: Bolboceratinae: Athyreini) from northeastern Brazil, Zootaxa 5512 (3), pp. 389-401 : 396

Athyreus vavini Boucomont, 1902

Fig. 6A–G

Material examined. HOLOTYPE male at MNHN labeled “ Athyreus vavini B. type” “Brasil” “MUSÉUM PARIS, 1936, Coll. A. BOUCOMONT” “TYPUS” ( MNHN); 2 females at MFCE labeled “24 L 325028 8971126 BRASIL, Pernambuco, Petrolina , N1, 18 /iv/2023, Silva, D.” ( MFCE014266 , MFCE014267 ); 1 female at MFCE labeled “24 L 574249 9035423 BRASIL, Pernambuco, Floresta , PML10, 16/I/2023, luminosa, Rodrigues, E.G.S.” ( MFCE017707 ).

Distribution. BRAZIL: Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Bahia, Minas Gerais ( Howden & Martínez 1978), Pernambuco (new record). ( Fig. 2B , 5A ).

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FIGURE 2A–D. Collecting localities.A, São Francisco River Sand Dunes in Casa Nova, Bahia, Brazil; B, Caatinga in Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil; C, flight intercept trap in Refúgio de Vida Silvestre Mata do Buraquinho, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil; D, Reserva Biológica Guaribas, Mamanguape, Paraíba, Brazil.

FIGURE 5A–D. Distribution records of some Bolboceratinae species. A, Athyreus arretado new species, Athyreus vavini Boucomont, 1902 and Athyreus tuberifer Felsche, 1909 distribution records; B, Neoathyreus anthracinus (Klug, 1843) and Neoathyreus braziliensis Howden, 1985 distribution records; C, Neoathyreus centromaculatus (Felsche, 1909), Neoathyreus lanuginosus (Klug, 1843), and Parathyreus trituberculatus (Klug, 1843) distribution records; D, Bolbapium caesum (Klug, 1843), Bolbapium parcepunctatum (Arrow, 1913), and Bolbapium sulcifrons Ide & Martínez, 1993 distribution records. The black symbols represent new records, the unfilled symbols are literature records.

FIGURE 6A–G. Athyreus vavini Boucomont, 1902. A, Female dorsal view; B, female frontal view; C, female lateral view; D, holotype male dorsal view; E, holotype male frontal view; F, holotype male lateral view. Scale bar: 2 mm. Images from Olivier Montreuil (MNHN).