DESCRIPTIONS OF THE LARVAE OF HOPLOPYGA SINGULARIS (GORY AND PERCHERON) AND HOLOGYMNETIS CINEREA (GORY AND PERCHERON) WITH A REVISED KEY TO THE LARVAE OF NEW WORLD GYMNETINI (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE: CETONIINAE)

Authors

Estefanía Micó, Universidad de Alicante, SpainFollow
W. Eugene Hall, University of Nebraska State MuseumFollow
Brett C. Ratcliffe, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

June 2001

Comments

Published in The Coleopterists Bulletin, 55(2):205–217. 2001. Copyright © 2001 Estefanía Micó, W. Eugene Hall, and Brett C. Ratcliffe.

Abstract

The larvae of two cetoniine scarab beetles, Hoplopyga singularis (Gory and Percheron) from Brazil and Hologymnetis cinerea (Gory and Percheron) from Mexico, are described. The latter is the first description of a larva in this genus. Both of these species are included in a revised key to the larvae of New World Gymnetini (Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae), which now includes ten species in eight genera.

Se describen las larvas de dos cetoninos, Hoplopyga singularis (Gory and Percheron) de Brasil y de Hologymnetis cinerea (Gory and Percheron) de México, siendo esta última, la primera descripción larvaria para el género Hologymnetis. Se aporta una nueva clave de identificación para las especies de Gymnetini (Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) del Nuevo Mundo, incluyendo un total de diez especies y ocho géneros.