Goniocanthon Pereira & Martínez, 1956: 109
Goniocanthon
Halffter & Martinez, 1977: 74 .
Goniocanthon
Martinez 1959: 49
Halffter 1961: 231
Vulcano & Pereira 1964: 592
Canthon (Goniocanthon)
Vaz-de-Mello 2000: 191
Medina et al. 2001: 136
Vaz-de-Mello et al. 2011: 4
Canthon smaragdulus ( Fabricius, 1781 )
Taxonomic revision of the South American subgenus Canthon (Goniocanthon) Pereira & Martínez, 1956 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Deltochilini)
Nunes, Luis Gabriel de O. A.
Nunes, Rafael V.
Vaz-De, Fernando Z.
European Journal of Taxonomy
2018
2018-05-23
437
1
31
6493V
Pereira & Martinez, 1956
Pereira & Martinez
1956
[487,1101,1796,1824]
Insecta
Scarabaeidae
Canthon
Animalia
Coleoptera
2
3
Arthropoda
subGenus
Goniocanthon
Goniocanthon Pereira & Martínez, 1956: 109. Canton ( Goniocanthon) Halffter & Martinez, 1977: 74. Goniocanthon– Martinez 1959: 49(catalogue). — Halffter 1961: 231(monograph). — Vulcano & Pereira 1964: 592(catalogue). Canthon (Goniocanthon)– Vaz-de-Mello 2000: 191(species list). — Medina et al.2001: 136(species list). — Vaz-de-Mello et al.2011: 4, 12, 19, 26, 34, 42 (key). Type-species Canthon smaragdulus( Fabricius, 1781), by original designation.
Diagnosis Among Scarabaeinae Latreille, 1802, the tribe Deltochiliniis characterized by having wing venation Radio Posterior 1 (RP1) with small basal appendix; venation Radio Anterior 4 (RA4) significantly thinner than RP1, and RA4 fused basally with RP1 ( Tarasov & Dimitrov 2016). Within the tribe, the subgenus Goniocanthonis differentiated by the following combination of characters: two clypeal teeth; pronotal and elytral discs smooth, shiny and lacking lateral tubercles or carinae; hypomeron lacking transverse keel; metasternal anterior lobe convex or flat; pygidium convex; dorso-ventral surfaces of the body bearing metallic sheen; and ventral surface of metafemur not marginate anteriorly ( Halffter & Martínez 1977; Vaz-de-Mello et al.2011).