A REVIEW OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN GENUS HOPLOPYGOTHRIX SCHÜRHOFF (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE: CETONIINAE: GYMNETINI)

Authors

Brett C. Ratcliffe, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

January 2005

Comments

Published in The Coleopterists Bulletin, 59(1):136–142. 2005. Copyright © 2005 Brett C. Ratcliffe.

Abstract

The southern Brazilian genus Hoplopygothrix is reviewed. The genus now contains only one species, H. atropurpurea (Schaum). Hoplopygothrix atropurpurea nigroscutellaris (Moser) and H. fulvohirta (Moser) are placed in synonymy with H. atropurpurea.