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Issue: Vol. 3948 No. 1: 20 Apr. 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-04-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3948.1.8
Page range: 125–136
Abstract views: 44
PDF downloaded: 3

A new species and first record of Cotinis Burmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) for Venezuela

Instituto de Ecología, A.C. Red Interacciones Multitróficas. Carreteraantigua a Coatepec 351, El Haya, 91070 Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico.
Instituto de Ecología, A.C. Red Interacciones Multitróficas. Carreteraantigua a Coatepec 351, El Haya, 91070 Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico.
Coleoptera taxonomy scarab beetles Gymnetini morphology South America

Abstract

A new Cotinis Burmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Gymnetini) species from Venezuela is described and illustrated. The new species is compared with Cotinis barthelemyi (Gory & Percheron) from Colombia. The Neotropical distribution of Cotinis is expanded to Venezuela. A revised key to the species of Cotinis is provided in both English and Spanish.