Chrysina erubescens H.W. Bates, 1889

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 : 417

Chrysina erubescens H.W. Bates, 1889

Material studied. 16 specimens. “68549 [h, green label] // Mexico [h] // Fry Coll. / 1905-100 [p] // Chrysina / aerubescens Bates / Mexico [h] // NHMUK 014589612 [p]”; “ Mexico [h] // 120 [p] // Chrysina / Erubescens. Bates. / v.viridis [h] // NHMUK 014589613 [p]”; “ Chrysina / erubescens Bates [h] // Mexico [h] // Levick Bequest / B.M. 1941-83. [p] // NHMUK 014589614 [p]”; “Palos Colorados / Dgo. Mex. 8000ft. / VIII-5-47 [p] // D. Rockefeller / Exp. Gertsch [p] // [male genitalia] // Brit. Mus. / 1951-34 [h & p] // NHMUK 014589615 [p]”; “[piece of internal abdomen, male] Palos Colorados / Dgo. Mex. 8000ft. / VIII-5-47 [p] // D. Rockefeller / Exp. Cazier [p] // Brit. Mus. / 1951-34 [h & p] // NHMUK 014589616 [p]”; “ Durango. / Mexico. [h] // Chrysina / erub cens. / Heyne. Bates. [h] // Nevinson Coll. / 1918-14. [p] // NHMUK 014589617 [p]”; “ Durango. / Mexico. [h] // Erubescens. / Heyne. Bates. [h] // Nevinson Coll. / 1918-14. [p] // NHMUK 014589618 [p]”; “ Chrysophora / amoena Dej. / aeruginosa Sturm / mexicana? Grey [h] // Nevinson Coll. / 1918-14. [p] // Chrysina / prob. amoena / Sturm ♀ / det. R. M. Young 1987 [h & p] // NHMUK 014589619 [p]”; “ Durango / Dgo. Mex. / Wickham. [p] // G. Bryant Coll. / B.M. 1926-86. [p] // NHMUK 014589620 [p]”; “Sierra de / Durango. [p] // Chrysina / erubescens / G. Men a? [unreadable] [h] // Nevinson Coll. / 1918-14. [p] // CHRYSINA / SPP. / det. M.L. Jameson 2009 [h & p] // Chrysina erubescens / Bates, 1889 / W. Bayfield-Farrell, 2021 [p] // NHMUK 014560475 [p]”; “ Plusiotis / erubescens / Mexica [sic!] [h] // Nevinson Coll. / 1918-14. [p] // Chrysina erubescens / Bates, 1889 / W. Bayfield-Farrell, 2021 [p] // NHMUK 014560476 [p]”; “119 [p] // Mexico. [h] // erubescens. / St. Bates. [h] // Nevinson Coll. / 1918-14. [p] // Chrysina erubescens / Bates, 1889 / W. Bayfield-Farrell, 2021 [p] // NHMUK 014560477 [p] // Nevinson Coll. / 1918-14. [p] // Chrysina erubescens / Bates, 1889 / W. Bayfield-Farrell, 2021 [p] // NHMUK 014560478 [p]”; Nevinson Coll. / 1918-14. [p] // Chrysina erubescens / Bates, 1889 / W. Bayfield-Farrell, 2021 [p] // NHMUK 014560479 [p]”; “Nevinson Coll. / 1918-14. [p] // Chrysina erubescens / Bates, 1889 / W. Bayfield-Farrell, 2021 [p] // NHMUK 014560480 [p]”; “Nevinson Coll. / 1918-14. [p] // Chrysina erubescens / Bates, 1889 / W. Bayfield-Farrell, 2021 [p] // NHMUK 014560481 [p]”.

Distribution. MEXICO (11): Jalisco, Durango, No Data. NO DATA (5).

Remarks. The specimen with the unique NHMUK number “014589613” has its left protarsus pinned in a separate gelatin capsule below the specimen. Specimen with the unique NHMUK number 014560477 is missing head and pronotum.