Cotinis barthelemyi (Gory and Percheron, 1833)

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

Cotinis barthelemyi (Gory and Percheron, 1833)

Teratology. Male with an unusual structure on the surface of the frons between the frontal and clypeal projections ( Fig. 1 ). According to Balazuc (1948), this case can be considered as a tumor formation, irregular and pedunculated. This type of malformation usually appears on the head and pronotum in Coleoptera ( Balazuc 1948) .

Material Studied. Barranquilla , Atlántico, Colombia. 8.viii.1994 [ UNAB] .

Figures

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).