Chrysina quetzalcoatli ( Morón, 1990 )

Bayfield-Farrell, William P., Matsumoto, Keita & Barclay, Maxwell V. L., 2025, Catalogue of the specimens of the genus Chrysina Kirby, 1828 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) deposited in the Natural History Museum, London, Zootaxa 5637 (3), pp. 401-449 : 414

Chrysina quetzalcoatli ( Morón, 1990)

Original combination. Plusiotis quetzalcoatli Morón, 1990 ( Fig. 6 ).

Type material. Paratypes [ Plusiotis quetzalcoatli Morón, 1990 ]: “ GUATEMALA: El / Quiché, Chopol , / vii- 78. Alt. 2300m / W. Welling, leg. / COLECCION M.A. / MORON. MEXICO [h & p] // Plusiotis ♀ / quetzalcoatli / Morón / PARATYPUS [h, pink label] // BM. 1987. / 209 [h] // M.A. MORÓN R., det. ‘86 / Plusiotis ♀ / quetzalcoatli Morón [h & p] // NHMUK 014589588 [p]”; “ GUATEMALA: / Sacatepequez, / Sta. Ma. Caucej , / vii-79. Alt. 1920m / E. Welling, leg. / COLECCION M.A. / MORON. MEXICO [h & p] // PARATIPO / Plusiotis / quetzalcoatli / M.A. Morón det ‘90 [h & p] // Plusiotis ♀ / quetzalcoatli / Morón / M. A. Morón, det. 1990 [h & p] // NHMUK 014589589 [p]” . Additional material. Three specimens. “ Guatemala. / Rodriguez. [p] // Godman-Salvin / Coll. [topside] / 1906: 247 [underside] [h & p] // 3 [h] // NHMUK 014589590 [p]”; “ Guatemala. / (J. Rodriguez) [h] // 1907-356. [p] // Plusiotis / adelaida / Hope [h] // 1 [h] // NHMUK 014589591 [p]”; “ S. Geronimo, / Guatemala, / Champion. [p] // B.C.A., Coll., II(2). / Plusiotis / adelaida. [p] // Plusiotis / quetzalcoatli / Morón / det. / D.C. Hawks 2000 [h & p] // 2 [h] // NHMUK 014589592 [p]”.

Distribution. GUATEMALA (5): Quiché, Sacatepéquez, Baja Verapaz, No Data.

Remarks. Moore et al. (2017) mentioned two paratypes of Plusiotis quetzalcoatli Morón, 1990 .

Figures

FIGURE 6. Paratype of Chrysina quetzalcoatli (Morón, 1990), female. A) Dorsal habitus; B) labels.