Abstract
A new species of the genus Chrysina Kirby, 1828 is decribed from Panama. Chrysina valentini sp.n. is related to Chrysina tricolor (Ohaus, 1922) and Chrysina optima (H. W. Bates, 1888) in morphology and mtDNA COX I molecular marker. Three related species differ in elytra colour, elytral striae, and number of tubercles on foreleg femur. The morphological divergence of the compared species is supported by distances in mtDNA COI molecular marker.
Highlights
The genus Chrysina Kirby, 1828 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) contains about 120 species (Hawks, 2017; Moore et al, 2017; Zubov, Ivshin, Titarenko, Andrianov, 2019) and widespread in the North of C
In present study we focused on populations distributed along mountain range Cordillera de Talamanca and a number of species close to Chrysina optima
C. optima was described from Costa Rica, Cartago (Bates, 1888)
Summary
Description of a new species of Chrysina Kirby, 1828 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) from optima group, based on morphological characters and mtDNA COX I molecular marker urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:1F890205-8203-481E-A843-64201288078A. A new species of the genus Chrysina Kirby, 1828 is decribed from Panama. Chrysina valentini sp.n. is related to Chrysina tricolor (Ohaus, 1922) and Chrysina optima W. Bates, 1888) in morphology and mtDNA COX I molecular marker. Three related species differ in elytra colour, elytral striae, and number of tubercles on foreleg femur. The morphological divergence of the compared species is supported by distances in mtDNA COI molecular marker. Scarabaeidae; Rutelini; Chrysina; Plusiotis; new species; Panama
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