Now there are fifteen! A new species of Amithao Thomson, 1878 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Gymnetini) from Veracruz, Mexico

Abstract The new species Amithao miradorensis Gasca-Álvarez and Deloya, is described from southern Mexico and compared to related species. Color photographs of habitus and male genitalia of the new species and related species are provided and compared. An updated taxonomic key to species in the genu...

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Main Authors: HÉCTOR J. GASCA-ÁLVAREZ, CUAUHTEMOC DELOYA
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Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Ciências 2023-07-01
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description Abstract The new species Amithao miradorensis Gasca-Álvarez and Deloya, is described from southern Mexico and compared to related species. Color photographs of habitus and male genitalia of the new species and related species are provided and compared. An updated taxonomic key to species in the genus in both English and Spanish is provided. Diversity and distribution of Mexican Amithao species are discussed.
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spelling doaj.art-6a04e3bdd85d4f5a9410b6407db051d82023-07-11T07:42:19ZengAcademia Brasileira de CiênciasAnais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências1678-26902023-07-0195suppl 110.1590/0001-3765202320220318Now there are fifteen! A new species of Amithao Thomson, 1878 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Gymnetini) from Veracruz, MexicoHÉCTOR J. GASCA-ÁLVAREZhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0070-0715CUAUHTEMOC DELOYAhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4774-140XAbstract The new species Amithao miradorensis Gasca-Álvarez and Deloya, is described from southern Mexico and compared to related species. Color photographs of habitus and male genitalia of the new species and related species are provided and compared. An updated taxonomic key to species in the genus in both English and Spanish is provided. Diversity and distribution of Mexican Amithao species are discussed.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0001-37652023000201002&lng=en&tlng=enFlower chafersmorphologyscarab beetlessympatrytaxonomy
spellingShingle HÉCTOR J. GASCA-ÁLVAREZ
CUAUHTEMOC DELOYA
Now there are fifteen! A new species of Amithao Thomson, 1878 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Gymnetini) from Veracruz, Mexico
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências
Flower chafers
morphology
scarab beetles
sympatry
taxonomy
title Now there are fifteen! A new species of Amithao Thomson, 1878 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Gymnetini) from Veracruz, Mexico
title_full Now there are fifteen! A new species of Amithao Thomson, 1878 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Gymnetini) from Veracruz, Mexico
title_fullStr Now there are fifteen! A new species of Amithao Thomson, 1878 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Gymnetini) from Veracruz, Mexico
title_full_unstemmed Now there are fifteen! A new species of Amithao Thomson, 1878 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Gymnetini) from Veracruz, Mexico
title_short Now there are fifteen! A new species of Amithao Thomson, 1878 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Gymnetini) from Veracruz, Mexico
title_sort now there are fifteen a new species of amithao thomson 1878 coleoptera scarabaeidae cetoniinae gymnetini from veracruz mexico
topic Flower chafers
morphology
scarab beetles
sympatry
taxonomy
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