Catoclastus Solier, 1851

Moore, Matthew R., Jameson, Mary L., Garner, Beulah H., Audibert, Cedric, Smith, Andrew B. T. & Seidel, Matthias, 2017, Synopsis of the pelidnotine scarabs (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Rutelinae, Rutelini) and annotated catalog of the species and subspecies, ZooKeys 666, pp. 1-349 : 1

Catoclastus Solier, 1851 Fig. 5

Type species.

Catoclastus chevrolatii Solier, 1851.

Species.

3 species; length 14-23 mm.

Three species are included in this genus and are distributed in western Peru. Species are elongate-oval, metallic green with dark red appendages, and similar in overall appearance to species of Mecopelidnota and Homonyx . Soula (2010a) apparently overlooked C. rabinovichi Martínez, a species that is known only from the male holotype from Cusco, Peru. Species in the genus are characterized by having all claws simple; male protarsal claw with inner tubercle; bidentate mandibles; pronotum with bead complete apically, laterally and basally; elytral base with dimple lateral of scutellum; elytral epipleuron shelf-like (not rounded); fifth meso- and metatarsomeres lacking internomedial tooth; apex of the metatibia with weak corbel and with four to five spinules apically (biemarginate in Homonyx ); mesosternal keel not surpassing mesocoxae; and metasternum with longitudinal groove (not paired as in Hoplopelidnota ). Sister-group relationships of the genus require analysis. Specimens have been collected from 2000 to 3500 m elevation in the months of April and June. Specimens are rare in collections, and larvae are not described.

Figures

Figure 5. Catoclastus jaumesi Soula holotype male and allotype female from CCECL. A Dorsal habitus, holotype B Specimen labels, holotype C Male genitalia, dorsal view, holotype D Dorsal habitus, allotype E Specimen labels, allotype.