Paulosawaya Martínez & d’Andretta, 1956

Fuhrmann, Juares & Vaz-De-Mello, Fernando Z., 2017, Macrodactylini (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae): primary types of type species and taxonomic changes to the generic classification, European Journal of Taxonomy 350, pp. 1-71 : 40-41

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2017.350

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8D14DBDE-AD13-445B-B2D0-221F19FC7C37

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3851102

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C687BD-463A-3271-FE6B-FB6CDA09D4E6

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scientific name

Paulosawaya Martínez & d’Andretta, 1956
status

 

Paulosawaya Martínez & d’Andretta, 1956 View in CoL , revalidated

Amphicrania Burmeister, 1855: 26 View in CoL (non Amphicania Dejean, 1833, a synonym of Liogenys View in CoL , Diplotaxini View in CoL ), syn. nov. Type species: Amphicrania ursina Burmeister, 1855 View in CoL (designation: Evans 2003: 249); junior synonymy of Paulosawaya ursina ( Blanchard, 1850) View in CoL comb. nov. (original combination: Clavipalpus ursinus Blanchard, 1850 View in CoL ).

Pseudoleuretra Martínez & d’Andretta, 1956: 351 View in CoL , syn. nov. Type species: Pseudoleuretra bokermanni Martínez & d’Andretta, 1956 View in CoL (original designation).

Amphicrania View in CoL – Gemminger & Harold 1869: 1143 (synonymy with Clavipalpus View in CoL ).

Paulosawaya View in CoL – Smith 2008: 22 View Cited Treatment (synonymy with Clavipalpus View in CoL ).

Type species

Paulosawaya ornatissima Martínez & d’Andretta, 1956 View in CoL (original designation).

Diagnosis

Clypeal ventral area strongly widened; maxillary palpomere IV elongate ( Fig. 6 D View Fig ); pronotal anterior and posterior margins not beaded; prosternum anteriorly concave (similar to Fig. 12 K View Fig ); protibia with 2–3 external teeth and without spur; elytral striae indistinct, posterior and posterointernal margins not beaded; meso- and metatibiae each with a transverse carina; metatarsomere V without spine-like setae; abdomen with intersegmental membrane VII–VIII concealed.

Remarks

Katovich (2008) redescribed Clavipalpus based on syntypes of C. ursinus Blanchard, 1850 and the holotype of C. aequatorialis Moser, 1918 . Thereafter, Smith (2008) proposed the synonymy of Paulosawaya with Clavipalpus based on the study of P. ornatissima (type species of Paulosawaya ) and Clavipalpus spp. Clavipalpus ursinus , C. aequatorialis and P. ornatissima evidently belong to the same genus as stated by Smith (2008), but the problem is that the type material of the type species of the genus Clavipalpus ( C. dejeani ) was not examined by these studies ( Katovich 2008; Smith 2008).

The present study designates a lectotype for Clavipalpus dejeani and Amphicrania ursinus , revalidates Paulosawaya (type species: P. ornatissima , Fig. 22 View Fig A–B), and proposes the synonymy of Amphicrania Burmeister and Pseudoleuretra (type species: P. bokermanni , Fig. 22 View Fig C–D) with Paulosawaya . Amphicrania Burmeister is a senior synonym of Paulosawaya , but it is a junior homonym of Amphicrania Dejean (a synonym of Liogenys according to Erichson 1848) and may not be used as a valid name ( ICZN 1999: Articles 23.3.5. and 52.2).

Paulosawaya now comprises 17 species and one subspecies: P. aequatorialis ( Moser, 1918) comb. nov., P. antisanae (Bates, 1891) comb. nov., P. basalis ( Moser, 1918) comb. nov., P. blanchardi (Kirsch, 1885) comb. nov., P. bokermanni ( Martínez & d’Andretta, 1956) comb. nov., P. castanea ( Moser, 1924) comb. nov., P. cochleata ( Burmeister, 1855) comb. nov., P. hirsuta (Kirsch, 1885) comb. nov., P. ornatissima Martínez & d’Andretta, 1956 , P. peruana ( Moser, 1918) comb. nov., P. rimbachi ( Moser, 1924) comb. nov., P. sinuatus (Kirsch, 1885) comb. nov., P. spadicea ( Burmeister, 1855) comb. nov., P. ursina ( Blanchard, 1850) comb. nov., P. variolosa ( Burmeister, 1855) comb. nov., P. vestita ( Moser, 1924) comb. nov., P. whymperi chimborazonus (Bates, 1891) comb. nov. and P. whymperi whymperi (Bates, 1891) comb. nov.

The present study revalidates Paulosawaya , formerly a synonym of Clavipalpus , based on the following characters (opposition to Clavipalpus ): clypeus broad and semicircular or truncated (narrow and trapezoid); clypeal posterior angle not extended over the canthus (partially covering the canthus); maxillary palpus long ( Fig. 6 D View Fig ) (short, Fig. 6 B View Fig ), palpomere IV distinctly enlongate ( Fig. 6 D View Fig ) (enlarged, Fig. 6 B View Fig ); meso- and metatibiae each with a raised transverse carina (carina distinct by large punctation). Paulosawaya usually includes large specimens (over 12 mm), that are reddish-brown, with long setae and occuring in northern Brazil, Guyana, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia, and Clavipalpus includes medium-sized specimens (about 9 mm), yellowish-brown, with short setae and occuring in Brazil.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Scarabaeidae

Loc

Paulosawaya Martínez & d’Andretta, 1956

Fuhrmann, Juares & Vaz-De-Mello, Fernando Z. 2017
2017
Loc

Paulosawaya

Smith A. B. T. 2008: 22
2008
Loc

Pseudoleuretra Martínez & d’Andretta, 1956: 351

Martinez A. & d'Andretta M. A. V. 1956: 351
1956
Loc

Amphicrania

Gemminger M. & Harold B. 1869: 1143
1869
Loc

Amphicrania

Evans A. V. 2003: 249
Burmeister H. 1855: 26
1855
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