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Cotinis nitida

Description

Cotinis nitida (Linnaeus, 1764)

Teratology. Morphological asymmetry (sensu Balazuc 1948). Female with slight deformation of the clypeal projection (Fig. 4).

Material Studied. USA, Florida, Delray Beach. 23.viii.1989 [UVG].

Notes

Published as part of 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, pp. 329-338 in The Coleopterists Bulletin 71 (2) on page 330, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-71.2.329, http://zenodo.org/record/5363929

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
UVG
Event date
1989-08-23
Family
Cetoniidae
Genus
Cotinis
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Linnaeus
Species
nitida
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
1989-08-23
Taxonomic concept label
Cotinis nitida (Linnaeus, 1764) sec. Gasca-Álvarez, Deloya & Reyes-Castillo, 2017

References

  • Balazuc, J. 1948. La teratologie des Coleopteres et experiences de transplantation sur Tenebrio molitor L. Memoires du Museum national d' Histoire Naturelle (N. S.) 25: 1 - 293.