Abstract
A new species of the genus Chrysina Kirby, 1828 is decribed from Panama. Chrysina kalinini sp.n. is related to Chrysina resplendens (Boucard, 1875) in habitus, male genitalia morphology and mtDNA COX I molecular marker). The two closely related species differ in the shape of pronotum, mesosternal process and male genitalia. mtDNA COI molecular marker analysis gives a reliable distance for the compared species.
Highlights
The genus Chrysina Kirby, 1828 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) contains about 120 species (Hawks, 2017; Moore et al, 2017)
Some contemporary Chrysina were previously known as Plusiotis and Pelidnotopsis
Hawks (2006), there is a group of species morphologically closely related to Chrysina resplendens (Boucard, 1875): Chrysina chalcothea
Summary
The genus Chrysina Kirby, 1828 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) contains about 120 species (Hawks, 2017; Moore et al, 2017). Some contemporary Chrysina were previously known as Plusiotis and Pelidnotopsis. These genera are placed into synonymy under the older name, Chrysina (Hawks, 2001). Hawks (2006), there is a group of species morphologically closely related to Chrysina resplendens (Boucard, 1875): Chrysina chalcothea The species is known from other localities of Cordillera de Talamanca from Costa Rica and Panama. In this article we compare the new species with C. resplendens and C. cupreomarginata because they appear to be the closest morphologically
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