Marmarina tigrina (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 : 294

Marmarina tigrina (Gory & Percheron, 1833)

Fig. 20 (predation)

Gymnetis (Marmarina) tigrina (Gory & Percheron) : Bruch 1919: 393 –394 (distribution, biology); Bruch 1929: 434 (distribution, natural history).

Maculinetis tigrina (Gory & Percheron) : Di Iorio 2004a: 184 (catalog, distribution, natural history, references). Marmarina tigrina: Di Iorio 2003: 180 (distribution, natural history).

Literature food records. ARGENTINA : Córdoba: Alta Gracia ( Bruch 1919), chewing the stem of Baccharis incisa “ var. dentata ” ( Asteraceae ) ( Bruch 1919; Di Iorio 2003, 2004); Entre Ríos: Liebig, 1–15-III-1997, 142 exx., on flowers of Eryngium sp. ( Apiaceae ) ( Di Iorio 2003)

New food records. ARGENTINA : Entre Ríos: Federación, G. Zubarán leg., 13-I-2007, 2 exx. (GZSM) (one pale orange), 17-I-2005, 1 ex. (GZSM), on flowers of Eryngium sp. ( Apiaceae ).

Bait-traps. ARGENTINA : Córdoba: Capilla del Monte, Aguas Azules, A. Fortino leg., 28-I to 14- II-2012, 5 exx. (AFBA), 1–15- II-2013, 2 exx. (AFBA), 3-XII-2013, 1 ex. (AFBA), in banana bait traps; Entre Ríos: Liebig, II-1997, 1 ex., banana bait-trap ( Di Iorio 2003).

Adult predator. Speotyto cunicularia partridgei Olrog, 1976 (Aves: Strigidae ) ( Fig. 20 )

ARGENTINA : Buenos Aires: Pdo. Bahía Blanca , 38° 41' 13.12" S, 62° 13' 31.82" W (S38.68651, W62.22535), I-2012, M.S. Rodríguez & N. Lois leg., 1 pronotum (ODIC) in regurgitated pellet from nest # 5079; Pdo. Bahía Blanca , 38° 39' 56.63" S, 62° 15' 15.96" W (S38.39854, W62.15212), I-2012, M.S. Rodríguez & N. Lois leg., 21 heads, 31 prothoraces, 59 elytra (ODIC) in regurgitated pellets from nest # 5163; Pdo. Bahía Blanca , 38° 41' 0.95" S, 62° 14' 59.97" W, (S38.68073, W62.24710), I-2012, M.S. Rodríguez & N. Lois leg., 1 ex. (pronotum, 1 elytron, 6 legs) (ODIC), 1 ex. (pronotum, abdomen, pygidium, 2 elytra, 4 legs) (ODIC), 1 ex. (head, prothorax, 2 elytra, 6 legs) (ODIC) in regurgitated pellets from nest # 5021; Pdo. Bahía Blanca , 38° 42' 40.55" S, 62° 13' 1.29" W (S38.71049, W62.21662), I-2012, M.S. Rodríguez & N. Lois leg., 1 ex. (right elytron) (ODIC), 1 ex. (pronotum) (ODIC), 1 ex. (elytron) (ODIC), 1 ex. (pronotum, abdomen, left elytron, wings) (ODIC), 1 ex. (pronotum, 2 elytra, abdomen, 1 leg) (ODIC), 1 ex. (head, 1 proleg + fragment of prothorax, pronotum) (ODIC) in regurgitated pellets from nest # 5037; Pdo. Bahía Blanca , 38° 40' 13.88" S, 62°19' 46.43" W (S38.40202, W62.19766), I-2012, M.S. Rodríguez & N. Lois leg., 1 ex. (prothorax, elytron, abdomen, pygidium, 3 legs) (ODIC) in regurgitated pellets from nest # 5150; 1 ex. (pronotum, 2 elytra) (ODIC), 1 ex. (prothorax, elytron, leg) (ODIC), in regurgitated pellets from nest # 5203; Pdo. Bahía Blanca , 38° 41' 1.49" S, 62° 19' 21.59" W (S38.68300, W62.32243), I-2012, M.S. Rodríguez & N. Lois leg., 1 elytron (ODIC) in regurgitated pellet from nest # 818.

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FIGURE 20. Specimens of Marmarina tigrina extracted from regurgitated pellets of Speotyto cunicularia partridgei (Aves: Strigidae).