First Reported Occurrence ofHoplopygaThomson, 1880 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Gymnetini) from the West Indies, with Description of a New Species

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jun 2012 English Publisher:Coleopterists SocietyJournal:The Coleopterists Bulletin, volume 66, pages 111-115 (issn: 0010-065X, eissn: 1938-4394,

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Authors: Ratcliffe, Brett C.;

doi: 10.1649/072.066.0203

First Reported Occurrence ofHoplopygaThomson, 1880 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Gymnetini) from the West Indies, with Description of a New Species

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ABSTRACT Hoplopyga antilliana Ratcliffe, new species, is described from Grenada and Union Island in the Lesser Antilles. It resembles Hoplopyga liturata (Olivier) from Central and South America and is distinguished from that species. Species of Hoplopyga Thomson are known from Mexico to Argentina, but this species represents the first known occurrence for the genus in the West Indies.

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Coleoptera, Insecta, Arthropoda, Animalia, Biodiversity, Cetoniidae, Taxonomy

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