Gymnetis pudibunda Burmeister, 1866

Iorio, Osvaldo Di, 2014, A review of the natural history of adult Cetoniinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) from Argentina and adjacent countries, Zootaxa 3790 (2), pp. 281-318 : 291-292

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3790.2.3

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5632127

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Gymnetis pudibunda Burmeister, 1866
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Gymnetis pudibunda Burmeister, 1866

Figs. 9–18 View FIGURES 9 – 12 View FIGURES 13 – 16 View FIGURES 17 – 19 (natural history)

Gymnetis pudibunda Burmeister, 1866 : Hayward 1942: 14 (natural history); Willemstein 1978: 27 (distribution, natural history, reference).

Paragymnetis pudibunda Burmeister : Hayward 1960: 24 (natural history); Di Iorio 2003: 180 (catalog, distribution, natural history); Di Iorio 2004a: 184 (catalog, natural history, references).

Paragymnetis flavomarginata pudibunda Burmeister : Turienzo & Di Iorio 2008: 29 (predator).

Literature food record. ARGENTINA View in CoL : Tucumán: locality not stated, “in adult stage feeding leaves of a leguminous plant” (translated from Spanish) ( Hayward 1942, 1960); Leguminosae ( Willemstein 1978).

New food records. ARGENTINA View in CoL : Chaco: San Bernardo, no date, P. de Maczezuk leg., 2 exx. (ODIC), feeding on ripened figs, Ficus carica , on the plant; Entre Ríos: Paraná, on fruits of Prunus domestica View in CoL and Pyrus communis View in CoL (M.L. Ríos de Saluso, personal observation); Buenos Aires: Grand Bourg, 30-XII-2009, Di Iorio leg., 1 ex. (ODIC), feeding on pollen of a male cone of Cycas revoluta (Cycadaceae) View in CoL ; José C. Paz, summer 2010–2011, 1 ex., feeding on an ripened “black fig”, Ficus carica , on the plant ( Figs. 17–18 View FIGURES 17 – 19 ); Reserva Ecológica de Vicente López, 7- I-2012, 1 ex., photograph by Rocío González ( Fig. 15 View FIGURES 13 – 16 ), XII-2012 to I-2013, L. Damer & Di Iorio leg., 15 exx. (ODIC) ( Table 1 View TABLE 1 ), feeding on sap from larval and adult galleries of Megaplatypus mutatus (Chapuis, 1825) View in CoL ( Coleoptera View in CoL : Platypodidae View in CoL ) in boles of Salix humboldtiana (Salicaceae) ( Figs. 9–14, 16 View FIGURES 9 – 12 View FIGURES 13 – 16 ); without locality and date, 1 ex., feeding on “white figs” ( Fig. 19 View FIGURES 17 – 19 ).

Note. A first male cone of Cycas revoluta View in CoL , produced in the summer 2009–2010, was visited by G. pudibunda alone. A second male cone, produced in the summer 2012–2013, was visited only by Retrachydes thoracicus (Olivier, 1789) View in CoL ( Coleoptera View in CoL : Cerambycidae View in CoL ), 16-I-2013, one female (ODIC). Only one male plant of C. revoluta View in CoL is known in the country, located in the Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria at Castelar, province of Buenos Aires. The plant examined here constitutes the second male known in the country.

Bait-traps. ARGENTINA View in CoL : Entre Ríos: Liebig, I– II-1997, 30 exx., feeding in banana bait-traps ( Di Iorio 2003), 10-I-1997, Di Iorio leg., 1 ex. (ODIC), feeding in banana bait-trap; Ibicuy, I– II-2012, C. Ufor leg., 2 exx. (CUJCP), 2 exx. (ODIC), feeding in banana bait-traps; Capital Federal: Agronomía, A. Fortino leg., 19-XII-2011, 2 exx. (AFBA), 2-I-2012, 1 ex. (AFBA), I-2013, 12 exx. (AFBA), in banana bait traps; Ciudad Universitaria, summer 2010–2011, Di Iorio leg., 93 exx. (ODIC) ( Table 1 View TABLE 1 ), XII-2012, 4 exx. (ODIC), in banana bait-traps ( Table 1 View TABLE 1 ).

Predator. Anumbius annumbi (Vieillot, 1817) View in CoL (Aves: Furnariidae View in CoL )

ARGENTINA View in CoL : Buenos Aires: Campo de Mayo, 5-II-2006, Turienzo & Di Iorio leg., apical fragment of left elytron inside a nest ( Turienzo & Di Iorio 2008), see in Discussion: Adult predators.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Cetoniidae

SubFamily

Cetoniinae

Genus

Gymnetis

Loc

Gymnetis pudibunda Burmeister, 1866

Iorio, Osvaldo Di 2014
2014
Loc

Paragymnetis flavomarginata pudibunda

Turienzo 2008: 29
2008
Loc

Paragymnetis pudibunda

Di 2004: 184
Di 2003: 180
Hayward 1960: 24
1960
Loc

Gymnetis pudibunda

Willemstein 1978: 27
Hayward 1942: 14
1942
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