Chrysina bruyeai (Hawks, 1999)

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 : 428-429

Chrysina bruyeai (Hawks, 1999)

Original combination. Plusiotis bruyeai Hawks, 1999 ( Fig. 16 ).

Type material. Paratype [ Plusiotis bruyeai Hawks, 1999 ]: “[male genitalia] // Costa Rica: Cartago / Pacuare / May 1994 [h] // PARATYPE / Plusiotis / bruyeai / Hawks [p, yellow label] // BMNH (E) / 2009-95 [p] // NHMUK 014589701 [p]” . Additional material. Four specimens. “ NICA: Zelaya: / Cerro Saslaya: / Camp 2: 700m - IV-1999

/ UTM-714750/1518900 / Col.J.M. Maes & / B.Herrnández [p] // BMNH (E) / 2009-95 [h] // NHMUK 014589702 [p]”; “ At light [p] // N.W. COSTA RICA: / Guanacaste Prov., / Estac.Pitilla 700m m., / 9 km. S. Santa Cecilia. / v.vi. vii.1989. BM (NH) [p] // Brit.Mus.(N.H.). / 1989-210. [p] // Plusiotis / bruyeai / Hawks / det. / D.C. Hawks 1999 [h & p] // NHMUK 014589703 [p]”; “At light [p] // N.W. COSTA RICA: / Guanacaste Prov., / Estac.Pitilla 700m m., / 9 km. S. Santa Cecilia. / v.vi. vii.1989. BM (NH) [p] // Brit.Mus.(N.H.). / 1989-210. [p] // NHMUK 014589704 [p]”; “[male genitalia] // COSTA RICA: / Cartago Province / Pacuare; May 1994 [p] // Plusiotis / bruyeai / Hawks / det. / D.C. Hawks 2000 [h & p] // NHMUK 014589705 [p]” .

Distribution. NICARAGUA (1): Cerro Saslaya National Park (Jinotega, North Caribbean Coast Autonomous Region). COSTA RICA (4): Cartago, Guanacaste.

Remarks. The paratype is reported by Moore et al. (2017).

Figures

FIGURE 16. Paratype of Chrysina bruyeai (Hawks, 1999), male. A) Dorsal habitus; B) labels.