Podischnus agenor ( Olivier, 1789 )

Duarte, Paulo Roberto Marinho & Grossi, Paschoal Coelho, 2020, Contribution to the knowledge of Podischnus Burmeister, 1847 (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae: Dynastinae) with the description of two new species from Brazilian, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (Pap. Avulsos Zool., S. Paulo) 60 (22), pp. 1-15 : 2

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Podischnus agenor ( Olivier, 1789)

( Figs. 1A View Figure 1 ; 2A View Figure 2 ; 5A View Figure 5 ; 6A View Figure 6 ; 7A View Figure 7 ; 8A View Figure 8 ; 9B, D, F View Figure 9 ; 10 View Figure 10 )

Scarabaeus agenor Olivier, 1789: 178 View in CoL .

Scarabaeus barbicornis Latreille, 1813:201 View in CoL ; Endrödi, 1976: 55 (syn.).

Podischnus propiquus Prell, 1911: 200 ; Endrödi, 1976: 55 (syn.).

Examined material: COSTA RICA: Cartago, Turrialba , 600 m, 10.III.1973, V. O Becker Col. (1 ♂, CERPE) . COLOMBIA: CHOCÓ: Quibdó, Corregimiento deTutunendó, Vereda Cara de Perro ,(05°45′07.9″N, 76°45′16.8″W), 340 m, XII.2009, Luz Negra,J.C. Neita (1♂, 1♀, CEMT). BOYACÁ: Muzo , 22.XII.1987, Reinhard Foerster leg (1 ♂, CERPE) GoogleMaps ; no data (1 ♂, 1 ♀, DZUP). HUILA, Neiva, Rio Yari , 06. VI.2002, L.C.P. Locamo Leg. (1 ♀, EPGC) . ECUADOR: SUCUMBIOS: Tarapos,MPF city, 300m,no date, mechero de petrolera, Pablo Araújo Leg. (1 ♂, CERPE) .

Geographical distribution: Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia, French Guiana, Brazil ( Fig. 10 View Figure 10 ), Ecuador and Peru.

Podischnus sexdentatus ( Taschenberg, 1870) ( Figs. 1B View Figure 1 ; 2B View Figure 2 ; 3A, C View Figure 3 ; 4A, C View Figure 4 ; 5B View Figure 5 ; 6B View Figure 6 ; 7B View Figure 7 ; 8B View Figure 8 ; 9E View Figure 9 ; 10 View Figure 10 )

Heterogomphus sexdentatus Taschemberg, 1870: 186 . Podischnus beckeri Sternberg 1907: 347 ; Prell, 1911: 203

(syn.).

Examined material: COLOMBIA: HUILA: Neiva, Rio Yari, 06. VI.2002,L.C.P. Locamo Leg.(1 ♂, EPGC). CAQUETA:Yari, 28. VI.1990, Reinhard Foerster (1 ♂, EPGC). ECUADOR: ESMERALDAS: Rio Santiago, Playa de Oro, 28. VI.2001, Fumigación, LOTE 1079, Pablo Araujo et al. Leg. (1 ♀, CEMT). No data – ( DZUP).

Geographical distribution: Colombia, Brazil ( Fig. 10 View Figure 10 ), Ecuador and Peru.

Podischnus oberthuri Sternberg, 1907 ( Figs. 1C View Figure 1 ; 2C View Figure 2 ; 5C View Figure 5 ; 6C View Figure 6 ; 7C View Figure 7 ; 8C View Figure 8 ; 9C View Figure 9 ; 10 View Figure 10 )

Podischnus oberthuri Sternberg 1907: 343 .

Podischnus horni Sternberg 1907: 349 ; Endrödi, 1976: 55 (syn.).

Examined material: ECUADOR: ORELLANA: Coca, Puerto Francisco de Orellana , 03.I.2003 (1 ♂, EPGC) . PERU: CUZCO: 20 km from Southwest of Quincemil , (13.355°S, 70.889°W), 985 m, 23.VIII.2012, Cavichioli, Melo, Rosa & Santos Leg. (1 ♀, CERPE) GoogleMaps ; Mina de Sol, III.2008 , Berndt Cavelius Leg. (1 ♂, CERPE) .

Geographical distribution: Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.

References

Endrodi, S. 1976. Monographie der Dynastinae 5. Tribus: Oryctini (die Arten von Amerika) (Coleoptera: Melolonthinae). Folia Entomologica Hungarica, 29: 9 - 174.

Latreille, P. A. 1813. Insectes de l'Amerique equinoxiale, recueillis pendant le Voyage de Mm. de Humboldt et Bonpland. In: Humboldt, F. H. A. & Bonpland, A. J. A. Voyage aux regions equinoxial du nouveau continente, fait em 1799 - 1804. Recueil d' observations de Zoologie et Anatomie Comparee … Paris. v. 2.

Olivier, A. G. 1789. Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle des insects, avec leurs caracteres generiques et specifiques, leur description, leur synonymie, et leur figure enluminee. Coleopteres. Paris, Baudouin. v. 1.

Prell, H. 1911. Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Dynastinen. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique, 55: 198 - 210.

Sternberg, C. 1907. Neue Dynastiden-Arten. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 68: 343 - 360.

Taschenberg, E. L. 1870. Neue Kafer aus Colombien und Ecuador. Zeitschrift fur die Gesammten Naturwissenschaften, 1: 177 - 199.

Figures

Figure 1. Podischnus Burmeister species (male), habitus dorsal: (A) P. agenor (Olivier). (B) P.sexdentatus (Taschenberg). (C) P. oberthuri Sternberg. (D) P. limeirai sp.nov.(E) P.cleidecostae sp.nov.Scale bars:2 mm.

Figure 2. Podischnus Burmeister species (male), habitus lateral: (A) P. agenor (Olivier). (B) P. sexdentatus (Taschenberg). (C) P. oberthuri Sternberg. (D) P. limeirai sp.nov.(E) P.cleidecostae sp.nov.Scale bars:2 mm.

Figure 3. (A-B) Clypeal apex of males,dorsal;(C-D) metafemora of males in ventral view.(A,C) Podischnussexdentatus (Taschenberg).(B, D) P.limeirai sp.nov.Red arrows indicating clypeal border present (A),absent (B);row of setae absent (C),present (D). Scale bars:2 mm.

Figure 4. (A-B) PodischnusBurmeister species,left anteriorpronotal cornerof males,dorsal;(C-D) prosternal process of males,ventral.(A,C)P.sexdentatus (Olivier). (B,D) P.cleidecostae sp.nov.Red arrows indicate:anterior corner rounded in (A), acute in(B);prosternal process long in (C),short in (D). Scale bars:2 mm.

Figure 5. TergiteVII, detail of the stridulatory apparatus of males in Podischnus Burmeister species,dorsal.(A) P.agenor (Olivier). (B) P.sexdentatus (Taschenberg). (C) P.oberthuri Sternberg.(D) P.limeirai sp.nov.(E) P.cleidecostae sp.nov.Scale bars:2 mm.

Figure 6. Parameresof PodischnusBurmeister species in dorsal view.(A) P.agenor (Olivier).(B) P.sexdentatus (Taschenberg).(C) P.oberthuri Sternberg.(D) P.limeirai sp.nov.(E) P.cleidecostae sp.nov.Scale bars:2 mm.

Figure 7. Parameresof PodischnusBurmeister species inventral view.(A) P.agenor (Olivier).(B)P.sexdentatus (Taschenberg).(C) P.oberthuri Sternberg.(D) P.limeirai sp.nov.(E) P.cleidecostae sp.nov.Red arrow indicates outer margins visible in (D).Scale bars:2 mm.

Figure 8. Podischnus Burmeister species (females), habitus dorsal.(A) P.agenor (Olivier). (B) P.sexdentatus (Taschenberg).(C) P.oberthuri Sternberg.(D) P.limeirai sp.nov.Scale bars:2 mm.

Figure 9. (A-B) Podischnus Burmeister species, heads of females, dorsal. (C-D) Pronotum of females, dorsal. (E-F) Left elytron of females, dorsal. (A) P. limeirai sp.nov.(B,D,F) P.agenor (Olivier).(C) P.oberthuri Sternberg.(E) P.sexdentatus (Taschenberg).Red arrows:medialarea of the anterior pronotal border narrow in(A), posteriorly projected in (B). Scale bars:2 mm.

Figure 10. Geographical distribution of Podischnus Burmeister species from the Brazilian Amazon.

Abbreviations

V	Royal British Columbia Museum - Herbarium
DZUP	Universidade Federal do Parana, Colecao de Entomologia Pe. Jesus Santiago Moure
VI	Mykotektet, National Veterinary Institute

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Coleoptera
Family	Dynastidae
Genus	Podischnus