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Microrutela viridiaurata

Description

§ Microrutela viridiaurata (H. W. Bates, 1888)

Rutela viridiaurata H. W. Bates 1888: 272 (Costa Rica)

Distribution. “Guianas”: Ohaus 1934: 116 (as Rutela viridiaurata); Blackwelder 1944: 239 (as Rutela viridiaurata); Machatschke 1972: 49 (as Rutela viridiaurata). Brazil: Blackwelder 1944: 239 (as Rutela viridiaurata). Venezuela: Blackwelder 1944: 239 (as Rutela viridiaurata). “Amazon Basin”: Ohaus 1934: 116 (as Rutela viridiaurata); Machatschke 1972: 49 (as Rutela viridiaurata). Other: H. W. Bates 1888: 272 (Costa Rica - as Rutela viridiaurata); Ohaus 1934: 116 (Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru - as Rutela viridiaurata); Blackwelder 1944: 239 (Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru - as Rutela viridiaurata); Machatschke 1972: 49 (Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru - as Rutela viridiaurata); Jameson 1998: 145 (Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama).

Note. The records of Microrutela viridiaurata from countries other than those named by Jameson (1998: 145) are probably due to misidentifications. We regard this species as not occurring in the research area.

Notes

Published as part of Hielkema, Auke J. & Hielkema, Meindert A., 2019, An annotated checklist of the Scarabaeoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera) of the Guianas, pp. 1-306 in Insecta Mundi 732 (732) on page 146, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.3678492

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Rutelidae
Genus
Microrutela
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Coleoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
H. W. Bates
Species
viridiaurata
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Microrutela viridiaurata (Bates, 1888) sec. Hielkema & Hielkema, 2019

References

  • Bates, H. W. 1888. Insecta. Coleoptera. Vol. II. Part 2. Pectinicornia and Lamellicornia. p. 161 - 336. In: Biologia Centrali-Americana. Frederick Ducane Godman and Osbert Salvin; London. 432 p.
  • Ohaus, F. 1934. Coleoptera Lamellicornia, Fam. Scarabaeidae, Subfam. Rutelinae. Erster Teil. p. 1 - 172. In: P. Wytsman. Genera Insectorum 199 A. Louis Desmet-Verteneuil; Brussels. 172 p.
  • Blackwelder, R. E. 1944. Checklist of the coleopterous insects of Mexico, Central America, the West Indies, and South America. Part 2. United States National Museum Bulletin 185 (2): 189 - 341.
  • Machatschke, J. W. 1972. Scarabaeoidea, Melolonthidae, Rutelinae. p. 1 - 361. In: S. Schenkling. Coleopterorum Catalogus Supplementa Pars 66 (1). W. Junk; The Hague, Netherlands. 361 p.
  • Jameson, M. L. 1998. Phylogenetic analysis of the subtribe Rutelina and revision of the Rutela generic groups (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Rutelini). Bulletin of the University of Nebraska State Museum 14: 1 - 184. [Note. The year on the title page is 1997, but the actual year of publication is 1998].