Gymnetis litigiosa Gory & Percheron, 1833

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 : 290-291

Gymnetis litigiosa Gory & Percheron, 1833

Gymnetis litigiosa Gory & Percheron, 1833 : Rosillo 1944: 68 (distribution, natural history, references); Hayward 1942: 14 (natural history).

Gymnetis inquinita Thomson, 1878 : Bosq 1926 (natural history).

Paragymnetis litigiosa (Gory & Percheron) : Hayward 1960: 24 (natural history); Di Iorio 2004a: 184 (catalog, distribution, references).

Gymnetis sp.: Amela García & Hoc 1998: 21 (natural history); Di Iorio 2004a: 184 (catalog, distribution, reference).

Literature food records. ARGENTINA : Tucumán: locality not stated, adults “affecting the foliage of various plants” ( Hayward 1942, 1960); Santiago del Estero: locality not stated, 13-II-1926, G. Rizo Patrón leg., one adult on “ capullo de algodonero ” ( Malvaceae ), identified by Bosq as Gymnetis inquinita Thomson , together with Euphoria lurida (Fabricius, 1775) ( Bosq 1926, Di Iorio 2004a); Chaco: Charata, feeding on fruits of Passiflora mooreana (Passifloraceae) (Amela García & Hook 1998, Di Iorio 2003); Charata, on fruits of Broussonetia papyrifera (Moraceae) ( Di Iorio 2003) (14-I-1992, 1 ex. (ODIC), and fruits of Vasssobia breviflora (Solanaceae) ( Di Iorio 2003) (14-I-1992, 1 ex. (ODIC)).

New food records. ARGENTINA: La Rioja : Anillaco, Di Iorio leg., 12-XII-1999, 1 ex. (ODIC), feeding on a flower of Argemone mexicana (Papaveraceae) ; Los Molinos, Di Iorio leg., 1999–2001, 38 exx. (ODIC), feeding on ripened fruits of Pyrus communis (Rosaceae) ( Table 2), 2-II-2002, 1 ex. (ODIC), feeding on a flower of Morrenia sp. ( Asclepiadaceae ); Entre Ríos: Paraná, on fruits of Prunus domestica , Prunus persica , and Pyrus communis (Rosaceae) (M.L. Ríos de Saluso, personal observation).

Bait-traps. ARGENTINA: La Rioja : Anillaco, Di Iorio leg., 25-XI-1998, 2 exx. (ODIC), 15-I-1999, 1 ex.

(ODIC), 16-I-1999, 1 ex. (ODIC), 19-I-1999, 1 ex. (ODIC), in banana bait-traps; Los Molinos, Di Iorio leg., 1999–2001, 186 exx. (ODIC), in banana bait-traps ( Table 2); Córdoba: Capilla del Monte, Aguas Azules, A. Fortino leg., 28-I to 14- II-2012, 23 exx. (AFBA), 1-15- II-2013, 18 exx. (AFBA), 27-XI-2013, 5 exx. (AFBA), 28- XI-2013, 1 ex. (AFBA), 29-XI-2013, 4 exx. (AFBA), 2-XII-2013, 2 exx. (AFBA), 3-XII-2013, 7 exx. (AFBA), 1 ex. (ODIC), feeding in banana bait traps; Entre Ríos: Liebig, XII-1996, I– II-1997, 35 exx., feeding in banana baittraps ( Di Iorio 2003).

Mercury vapor light traps. ARGENTINA : Tucumán: Cochuna (22 km W Alpachiri), 31-XII-2010, L. Aguado leg., 1 ex. (LABA); Chaco: Charata, 21-I-1994, Di Iorio leg., 1 ex. (ODIC); La Rioja: Anillaco, XI-1998, Di Iorio leg., 1 ex. (ODIC); Los Molinos, 1999–2002, Di Iorio leg., 63 exx. (ODIC) ( Table 2); Córdoba: Capilla del Monte, A. Fortino leg., 26-I-2012, 1 ex. (AFBA); Santa Fe: Tostado, 24- I-1990, Di Iorio leg., 2 exx. (ODIC); Laguna El Cristal, 17-XII-2010, Di Iorio leg., 1 ex. (ODIC).

Bird nests. ARGENTINA : Santa Fe: Arroyo Leyes, 27-I-2007, Turienzo & Di Iorio leg., 3 exx. (ODIC), inside a nest of Phacellodomus ruber (Vieillot, 1817) (Aves: Furnariidae ); Entre Ríos: Crespo, 19-VI-2011, Di Iorio leg., 1 ex. (ODIC), inside a nest of Phacellodomus sp. (Aves: Furnariidae ).