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Gymnetis bouvieri Bourgoin 1912

Description

Gymnetis bouvieri Bourgoin, 1912

Gymnetis flavomarginata, not Blanchard, 1842: Burmeister 1866, in part: 576 (distribution; natural history); Hayward 1942: 14

(natural history); Hayward 1960: 24 (natural history): misidentifications.

Literature food records. ARGENTINA: Catamarca: “Cata- / marca” (printed on green paper), near the city, 1 ex. (HBBA) (orange spots), in flowers of Cereus (Cactaceae) (Burmeister 1866), see Note below; Tucumán: (locality not stated), adults “affecting the foliage of various plants” (Hayward 1942, 1960).

Note. Burmeister (1861, 1943) also mentioned in the south of Catamarca, “one Cereus with few ribs (5 to 6), that shows a beautiful fruit, red color, entirely smooth, with the size of a duck’s big egg”, and that “besides the red fruits, it had the adornment of great white flowers” (translated from Spanish). This description, especially by the size, color and shape of the fruit, corresponds to Cereus aethiops (Cactaceae) (Di Iorio, personal observation).

New food record. ARGENTINA: Chaco: Las Hacheras, II-2007, 1 ex. (EAPW), feeding on sap of Ziziphus mistol (Rhamnaceae).

Notes

Published as part of Iorio, Osvaldo Di, 2014, A review of the natural history of adult Cetoniinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from Argentina and adjacent countries, pp. 281-318 in Zootaxa 3790 (2) on page 287, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3790.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/250073

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Cetoniidae
Genus
Gymnetis
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Bourgoin
Species
bouvieri
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Gymnetis bouvieri Bourgoin, 1912 sec. Iorio, 2014

References

  • Burmeister, H. C. K. (1866) Coleopteros lamelicornios melitofilos de las provincias argentinas. Revista Farmaceutica, 4, 573 - 577.
  • Hayward, K. J. (1942) Primera lista de insectos tucumanos perjudiciales. Estacion Experimental Agricola de Tucuman, Publicacion Miscelanea, 1, 1 - 110.
  • Hayward, K. J. (1960) Insectos tucumanos perjudiciales. Revista Industrial y Agricola de Tucuman, 42, 3 - 144.
  • Burmeister, H. C. K. (1861) Reise durch die La Plata-Staaten, mit besonderer Rucksicht auf die physische Beschaffenheit und der Culturzustand der Argentinischen Republik. Ausgepuhrt in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1858, und 1860. H. W. Schmidt, Halle, Germany. Vol. I. vi + 503 pp., Vol. II. iv + 538 pp.
  • Burmeister, H. C. K. (1943) Viaje por los estados del Plata con referencia especial a la constitucion fisica y al estado de cultura de la Republica Argentina en los anos 1857, 1858, 1859 y 1860. Union Germanica en la Argentina (Editores). Imprenta Mercur, Buenos Aires. Vol. I. xiv + 521 pp., Vol. II. ix + 567 pp. [Spanish edition of Burmeister 1861]