Macrodactylus sericinus Bates 1887
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Description
Diagnosis. This species is distinguished by the following combination of characters: antennal club entirely reddishbrown; pronotum black with sparse, scalelike setae near the borders of disc; scutellum with abundant, yellow, scalelike setae; elytra glabrous with strong sericeous shine, basal half reddishbrown and apical half black or dark brown (Fig. 3); pygidium black or dark brown with scattered scalelike setae near the center of disc; abdomen black; femora reddishbrown, tibiae and tarsi black, without white setae; parameres with lanceolate apex, without setae on the external borders; female vestiture and color similar to male.
Material examined (12 males, 10 females) NICARAGUA: Granada, Volcán Mombacho, El Progreso, malaise trap, 2 June 1998, Col. J. M. Maes, 7 males, 4 females (MELN, MXAL); Volcán Mombacho, Santa Ana, 30 June 1998, Cols. J. M. Maes, 5 males, 6 females (MELN, MXAL).
Biology. This species inhabits cloud forests and coffee plantations located at altitudes from 800 to 1500 m. Month of collection: June (22).
Distribution. Southern Nicaragua (12° 10'– 13° 05' N, 84° 40' – 86° 10' W).
Remarks. This species was originally described with specimens from “ Nicaragua ” and Chontales, Nicaragua. The specimens studied do not present major differences with the description of Bates. We predict that this species occurs in northwestern Costa Rica.
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- Is part of
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFFDFFA8C45DFFB81647FFEA2418A64A (URL)
- Journal article: http://zoobank.org/E84D2D81-6B26-4311-B56F-6D3C4E672C78 (URL)
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- https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/03C487D0C459FFBC174FFD462113A3F3 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- MELN, MXAL
- Event date
- 1998-06-02
- Family
- Melolonthidae
- Genus
- Macrodactylus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Bates
- Species
- sericinus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Verbatim event date
- 1998-06-02/30
- Taxonomic concept label
- Macrodactylus sericinus Bates, 1887 sec. Arce-Pérez & Morón, 2005
References
- Bates, H. W. (1887) Pectinicornia and Lamellicornia. In: Salvin, O. & Godma, F. (Eds.), Biologia Centrali- Americana, Insecta, Coleoptera, Vol. II, parte 2. Taylor and Francis, London.