Five new species of Peltonotus Burmeister (Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Cyclocephalini) from Southeast Asia

Authors

Mary Liz Jameson, Wichita State UniversityFollow
Kaoru Wada, Tokyo, JapanFollow

Date of this Version

10-25-2009

Comments

Published in Insecta Mundi 0102: 1-16 Published in 2009 by Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc.
http://www.centerforsystematicentomology.org/

Abstract

The Southeast Asian scarab beetle genus Peltonotus Burmeister (Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) is associated with aroid flowers and possesses a unique, articulated maxillary tooth. We describe five new species of Peltonotus: P. animus and P. cybele from Sumatra, P. favonius from Vietnam, P. mushiyaus from Borneo, and P. tigerus from Thailand. The circumscription of P. karubei Muramoto is broadened to include new color variation, and the body size range for the genus is increased with Peltonotus mushiyaus, n. sp., now being the smallest member of the genus. We provide an amended key to species, distribution maps, diagnoses and accompanying comparative images, and discuss classification of the genus within the Scarabaeidae.