Cotinis viridicyanea (Perbosc) 1839

Woodruff, Robert E., 2008, The genus Cotinis Burmeister in the eastern United States, with description of a new species from the Florida Keys, including a checklist of the genus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae), Insecta Mundi 2008 (51), pp. 1-13 : 8

Cotinis viridicyanea (Perbosc) 1839

(Fig. 32)

Gymnetis viridicyanea Perbosc 1839: 262 .

Cotinis viridicyanea (Perbosc) , Schaum 1844: 356.

In Goodrich’s key (1966), C. aliena keys to this

rare species (for characters separating the 2 spe- Figure 32. Cotinis viridicyanea (Perbosc) . Specimen cies, see comparison section under that species). loaned and in private collection of M. A. Goodrich: This appears to be one of the rarest species in “ Yucatan, Mexico ”. Photo by P.E. Skelley and L. Buss.

the genus. Goodrich saw 18 specimens in his revi-

sion from: “Yucatan peninsula (States of Campeche and Yucatan) and Costa Rica. Four specimens labeled “ Texas ” are found in old European collections. This locality seems likely to be erroneous”. During my studies I searched for material to borrow, but I succeeded in obtaining only the male in Fig. 32 from Dr. M.A. Goodrich and the single U.S. National Museum specimen. Inquiries to Dr. Miguel Morón and Dr. C. Deloya, at the major collections in Mexico, indicated that they possessed no specimens. Additional specimens thought to be this species were borrowed from Dr. J. Wappes, but they were subsequently determined to be C. subviolacea Gory and Percheron. I am unaware of any specimens having been collected since Goodrich’s revision (over 40 years ago). To my knowledge, the species has not been previously illustrated.