Gymnetis chalcipes 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 : 287

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

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5632113

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scientific name

Gymnetis chalcipes Gory & Percheron, 1833
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Gymnetis chalcipes Gory & Percheron, 1833

Figs. 5–12 View FIGURES 5 – 8 View FIGURES 9 – 12 , 16 View FIGURES 13 – 16 (natural history)

Gymnetina (Gymnetoides) chalcipes chalcipes (Gory & Percheron, 1833) : Monné 1970: 61 (natural history).

Paragymnetis chalcipes (Gory & Percheron, 1833) : Silva et al. 1968: 555 (distribution, natural history).

Paragymnetis litigiosa , not Gory & Percheron, 1833: Di Iorio 2003: 179 (distribution, natural history): misidentification.

Literature food records. BRAZIL: Río Grande do Sul: locality not stated, on flowers of cultivated fig tree, observation of A. Bertels ( Silva et al. 1968); ARGENTINA : Buenos Aires: Punta Lara, 20-II- (1927), 4 exx., identified by Bruch, feeding on sap of a branch of Salix babylonica (Salicaceae) , broken by larval galleries of Mallodon spinibarbis (Linnaeus, 1758) ( Coleoptera : Cerambycidae : Prioninae ) ( Maldonado Bruzzone 1927); Florencio Varela, 16-III-1996, Di Iorio leg., 2 exx. (ODIC), feeding on ripened fruits of Diospyros kaki (Ebenaceae) on the plant ( Di Iorio 2003); URUGUAY: (locality not stated), adults on flowers of Eryngium sp. ( Apiaceae ) ( Monné 1970).

New food records. ARGENTINA : Buenos Aires: José C. Paz, II-1996, C. Servian leg., 1 ex. (FPBA), feeding on a ripened fig, Ficus carica (Moraceae) ; Partido Vicente López, Florida, 2011, feeding on ripened fruits of Diospyros kaki fallen to the ground (Lucas Damer, personal observation); Reserva Ecológica de Vicente López, XII-2012 to I-2013, L. Damer & Di Iorio leg., 17 exx. (ODIC) ( Table 1 View TABLE 1 ), feeding on sap from adult and larval galleries of Megaplatypus mutatus (Chapuis, 1825) ( Coleoptera : Platypodidae ) in boles of Salix babylonica (Salicaceae) ( Figs. 5–12 View FIGURES 5 – 8 View FIGURES 9 – 12 , 16 View FIGURES 13 – 16 ); Capital Federal: Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur, 9-XI-2011, L. Damer leg., 1 ex. (LDBA), on male flowers of Phytolacca dioica (Phytolaccaceae) fallen to the ground, several exx. (not collected), feeding on fruits fallen to the ground.

Bait traps. ARGENTINA : Entre Ríos: Ibicuy, I-2012, C. Ufor leg., 4 exx. (CUJCP), 2 exx. (ODIC), feeding in banana bait-traps; Buenos Aires: Hurlingham, 22-I-1997, Di Iorio leg., 1 ex. (ODIC), in banana bait trap; Capital Federal: Agronomía, 6-I-2012, A. Fortino leg., 1 ex. (AFBA), banana bait trap; Ciudad Universitaria, 2011–2012, 175 exx. (ODIC), XII-2012, 1 ex. (ODIC), feeding in banana bait-traps ( Table 1 View TABLE 1 ).

Overwintering. ARGENTINA : Buenos Aires: Otamendi, 30-VII-2008, Di Iorio leg., 1 ex. (ODIC), under bark of Eucalyptus camaldulensis (Myrtaceae) .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Cetoniidae

Genus

Gymnetis

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Gymnetis chalcipes Gory & Percheron, 1833

Iorio, Osvaldo Di 2014
2014
Loc

Paragymnetis litigiosa

Di 2003: 179
2003
Loc

Gymnetina (Gymnetoides) chalcipes chalcipes

Monne 1970: 61
1970
Loc

Paragymnetis chalcipes

Silva 1968: 555
1968
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