Chrysina quiche

Mora-Aguilar, Eder F., Curoe, Daniel, Delgado, Leonardo & Ramírez-Ponce, Andrés, 2018, A new Mexican species of Chrysina Kirby (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae), with nomenclatural changes, new records, and a key to the C. quiche species group, Zootaxa 4461 (2), pp. 196-204 : 200

Key to females of the Chrysina quiche species group

1. Antennomere 2 with short, subconical protrusion. Genital plates anterolaterally subangulate, with acute posteriorly directed spines not reaching apex of basolateral denticles ( Fig. 14 ). Eastern Chiapas ( Mexico)........... C. benesi Pokorný & Curoe

- Antennomere 2 subcylindrical, without protrusion. Genital plates anterolaterally rounded with acute posteriorly directed spines reaching or surpassing the apex of basolateral denticles ( Figs. 10 , 15–16 )......................................... 2

2. Pronotal posterior margin completely beaded. Guatemala....................................... C. quiche (Morón)

- Pronotal posterior margin with bead effaced medially......................................................... 3

3. Genital plates convergent toward apex at sides (Fig, 10). Eastern Oaxaca , Mexico....................................................................... C. chimalapensis Mora-Aguilar, Curoe, Delgado , & Ramírez-Ponce, new species

3. Genital plates almost parallel at sides ( Fig. 16 ). Guatemala............................ C. tecunumani (Cano & Morón)

Figures

FIGURES 11–16. Genitalia of the Chrysina quiche species group. 11, Dorsal view of parameres of C. benesi; 12, Dorsal view of parameres of C. quiche; 13, dorsal view of parameres of C. tecunumani; 14, genital plates of C. benesi; 15, genital plates of C. quiche; 16, genital plates of C. tecunumani. Scale line = 1 mm.

FIGURES 1–10. Morphological characters of Chrysina chimalapensis. 1, Habitus of male; 2, lateral view of male; 3, ventral view of male; 4, head of male; 5, distal view of parameres; 6, ventral view of parameres; 7, lateral view of parameres; 8, habitus of female; 9, head of female; 10, genital plates.