Dialithus (lat.) Is a genus of lamellar beetles of the tribe of waxworms and specks (Trichiini or Trichiinae ) from the subfamily of waxworms ( Trichiinae ; Scarabaeidae ) [1] .
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 Dialithus magnificus | ||||||||||||||||
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Distribution
Central America [1] [2] .
Description
Medium-sized lamellae-like beetles (1-2 cm) with a bright color (bright green and rainbow marks against a dark background). It differs from related genera (for example, Giesbertiolus ) in the following features: on pronotum 3, longitudinal colored stripes; lateral edges angular; scutellum with a rainbow spot; pygidium and the last abdominal sternite without a noticeable transverse keel; front tibia with teeth on outer border; apex of hind tibia dentate, with marked spines. Adults feed on nectar on flowers [1] [3] .
Classification
The genus was first described in 1849 by the English entomologist John Frederic Sidney Parry ; 1810–1885, based on the type species Dialithus magnificus Parry, 1849 [4] , and its valid status was confirmed during an audit conducted in 2014 Mexican entomologist Andrés Ramírez-Ponce ( Instituto de Biología. Departamento de Zoología. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México ; Mexico City , Mexico ). It is part of the Trichiinae subfamily, which is sometimes also considered as the Trichiini tribe in the bronze subfamily (Cetoniinae) [1] [5] .
- Dialithus magnificus Parry, 1849
- Dialithus scintillans Howden, 1972
Earlier, the species included the species Dialithus festivus , but the American entomologist Henry Fuller Howden (1925-2014) in 1988 transferred it to the genus Giesbertiolus Howden, 1988 (where 4 species: Giesbertiolus curoei Ramírez-Ponce, 2014 , Giesbertiolus linnaei Krikken, 2008 , Giesbertiolus ornatus Howden, 1988 and Giesbertiolus festivus ) [1] [6] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 Andrés Ramírez-Ponce . Giesbertiolus curoei , a new species of flower chafer from Panama with transitional characters (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Trichiini) (Eng.) // Zootaxa : Journal. - Auckland , New Zealand : Magnolia Press, 2014 .-- Vol. 3795, no. 5 . - P. 557-563. - ISSN 1175-5326 . - DOI : 10.11646 / zootaxa.3795.5.4 .
- ↑ Arriaga-Varela E., JL Aguilar López, Rivera-Gasperín SL (2014). A new record of Dialithus magnificus Parry (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Trichiini) in Mexico . Dugesiana 21 (1): 31–32.
- ↑ Delgado-Castillo, L. & Morón, MA A new genus and species of Trichiini from Mexico (Eng.) // The Pan-Pacific Entomologist : Journal. - Pacific Coast Entomological Society , 1991. - Vol. 67. - P. 181-188. - ISSN 2162-0237 .
- ↑ Parry, JFS 1849. Descriptions of some new species of Coleoptera. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 5 (7): 179-185. doi: 10.1111 / j.1365-2311.1849.tb01715.x
- ↑ Howden HF (1972) New species of Dialithus Parry and a new synonymy of Pantodinus Burmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Trichiinae). The Canadian Entomologist , 104, 647–654. http://dx.doi.org/10.4039/ent104647-5
- ↑ Howden, HF (1988). A new genus and four new species of New World Trichinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). The Coleopterist Bulletin, 42, 241-250.
Literature
- Andrés Ramírez-Ponce . Giesbertiolus curoei , a new species of flower chafer from Panama with transitional characters (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Trichiini) (Eng.) // Zootaxa : Journal. - Auckland , New Zealand : Magnolia Press, 2014 .-- Vol. 3795, no. 5 . - P. 557-563. - ISSN 1175-5326 . - DOI : 10.11646 / zootaxa.3795.5.4 .
- Howden, HF A review of the Trichiinae of North and Central America (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae ) // Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada: Journal. - 1968. - Vol. 54. - P. 1–77. - DOI : 10.4039 / entm10054fv .
Links
- Dialithus on the Encyclopedia of Life eol.org website (Retrieved May 3, 2019)
- Dialithus on Biolib.cz (English) (Retrieved May 3, 2019)