Scatonomus barbatus Erichson, 1835

Valois, Marcely C., Vaz-de-Mello, Fernando Z. & Silva, Fernando A. B., 2020, A taxonomic revision of the Neotropical genus Scatonomus Erichson, 1835 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae), Journal of Natural History 54 (17 - 18), pp. 1081-1114 : 1091-1092

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222933.2020.1781947

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5020988

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/C4290E04-F403-FFE7-11F1-0555593D3B52

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scientific name

Scatonomus barbatus Erichson, 1835
status

 

Scatonomus barbatus Erichson, 1835 View in CoL , 258.

Diagnosis

Scatonomus barbatus and S. fasciculatus are closely related species. Both species have body longer than 9 mm; dorsal surface shiny, almost smooth; genal edge not distinctly angulate laterally ( Figure 3 View Figure 3 (a, d)); and clypeal edge bidentate, with deep lateral emarginations filled with a tuft of long setae ( Figure 3 View Figure 3 (a, d)). However, S. barbatus may be distinguished from S. fasciculatus by the following combination of characters: median clypeal teeth shorter than the lateral tuft of setae ( Figure 3 View Figure 3 (a)); anterior edge of gena rounded ( Figure 3 View Figure 3 (a)); and dorsum with green reflections ( Figure 1 View Figure 1 (a)).

Redescription

Male: length: 9–11 mm. Dorsum black with green reflections ( Figure 1 View Figure 1 (a)). Head: densely punctate, slightly wrinkled medially ( Figure 3 View Figure 3 (a)). Anterior and posterior edges narrowly margined. Clypeo-genal and fronto-clypeal sutures arched, moderately impressed, not carinate. Clypeal median teeth upturned, separated by a deep U-shaped emargination ( Figure 3 View Figure 3 (a)). Anterior portion of clypeus strongly concave medially, surface of concavity less punctate than remaining portions of head. Edges of clypeus and gena densely coated with rows of long erect setae. Antennal club globose, densely coated with long setae. Thorax: pronotum shiny, sparsely punctate, mid-longitudinal sulcus feebly impressed on disc. Lateral edge of hypomera with a row of indistinct setose punctures, setae short. Transverse carina of hypomera almost complete, not reaching lateral edge. Surface of mesepimeron and mesanepisternum with green reflections, finely striate. Anterior and lateral lobes of metaventrite with inconspicuous microgranulation; lateral lobes also with shallow punctures. Metaventral disc densely puncticulate. Elytra: striae thin, shallow, indistinctly punctate; striae on disc 7 times narrower than third interstria. Seventh stria not reaching the basal and apical portions of elytra. Eighth stria weakly impressed, visible at the apical half. Ninth stria weakly impressed near elytral base. Interstriae flat, surface shiny and sparsely punctate. Legs [ventral surface]: profemora densely punctate, surface between punctures smooth. Mesofemur and metafemur sparsely punctate. External edge of protibia with 3 distinct teeth separated by U-shaped emarginations. Outer edge of mesotibia and metatibia with a row of sparse setae and small teeth throughout their length. Abdomen: ventrite VI 1.5 times as long as ventrite V. Pygidium: 1/3 wider than long. Disc punctate, punctures spaced by 3 times their diameter. Genital capsule: paramera apex divided into apical and lateral lobes by a deep L-shaped emargination. Apical and lateral lobes slightly acute ( Figure 5 View Figure 5 (a)). Female: differs from male by the abdominal ventrite VI twice as long as V. Disc of pygidium with punctures spaced by 2 times their diameter; apical edge of pygidium slightly angulate.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Scarabaeidae

Genus

Scatonomus

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