Pseudothyridium solisi Soula, 2002

Barria, Manuel D., Quirós, Dora Isabel & Emmen, Daniel A., 2022, First record of Plectris fassli Moser, 1919 and Pseudothyridium solisi Soula, 2002 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) for Panama, Revista Chilena de Entomología (Rev. Chil. Entomol.) 48 (4), pp. 707-710 : 709-710

Pseudothyridium solisi Soula, 2002

( Figs. 2 a-c)

Material examined. 1 male from: PANAMÁ, Prov. Panamá Oeste, Sorá, Altos del MarÍa , Santiago Apóstol , 914 m, 31 VIII 2021, M. D. Barria & D. C. Robacker col. Hg-UV light trap. Adult as Fig. 2a . Length: 36 mm; humeral width: 16 mm. Male genitalia as in Figs. 2b, c .

en este trabajo. Remarks. The holotype of Pseudothyridium solisi is dark violet, with dark reddish tinge on the upper edge of the elytra; however, most specimens are dark olive green, with dark reddish tinge on the upper edge of the elytra. For its part Pseudothyridium semicinctum is a much lighter green color and the tinge on the upper edge of the elytra is yellowish.

Distribution. Costa Rica and Panama ( Fig. 3 ).

All specimens are deposited in the collection of the first author housed at the Laboratorio de Estudios Biológicos de Artrópodos de la Universidad de Panamá (LEBA-UP), Panamá.

Figures

Figure 2. Pseudothyridium solisi Soula, 2002. a. Male, dorsal view. b. Male genitalia, dorsal and lateral views. Scale bar: 10 mm. / a. Macho, vista dorsal. b. Edeago del macho, vistas dorsal y lateral. Escala: 10 mm.

Figure 3. Distribution of Plectris fassli Moser, 1919 and Pseudothyridium solisi Soula, 2002 in Central and South America. *Species information based on records published by Soula (2002), Pardo-Locarno etal. (2005), Pardo-Locarno & Yepes (2018) and this paper. /Distribución de Plectris fassli Moser, 1919 y Pseudothyridium solisi Soula, 2002 en centro y Sudamérica. *Información de especies basada en los registros publicados por Soula (2002), Pardo-Locarno et al. (2005), Pardo-Locarno y Yepes (2018) y