Chrysina orizabae (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 : 445

Chrysina orizabae (H.W. Bates, 1889)

Original combination. Plusiotis orizabae H.W. Bates, 1889 ( Fig. 25 ).

Junior synonym. Plusiotis alticola H.W. Bates, 1889 ( Fig. 26 ).

Type material. Holotype [ Plusiotis orizabae H.W. Bates, 1889 ]: “Type [p, red ring, circular] // Suapan. / V. de orizaba / Mexico. / Sallé Coll. [h & p] // 1181 [p, green label] // B.C.A.Coll.II.(2) [p] // Sp. figured. [p] // Plusiotis / orizabae / Bates [h] // HOLOTYPE / (by monotypy) / Plusiotis orizabae / Bates, 1889 / det. D.C.Hawks, 2000 [p, red label] // NHMUK 014589806 [p]” . Holotype [ Plusiotis alticola H.W. Bates, 1889 ]: “ Sierra nevado / de Colima / Mexico. 11,000ft / Richardson [h] // Sp. figured. [p] // Plusiotis / alticola / Bates [h] // B.C.A.Col. II.(2) [p] // Type [p, red ring, circular] // HOLOTYPE / (by monotypy) / Plusiotis alticola / Bates, 1889 / det. D. C. Hawks, 2000 [p, red label] // NHMUK 014589807 [p]”.

Distribution. MEXICO (2): Veracruz, Jalisco.

Remarks. The specimen with the unique NHMUK number “014589807” is the holotype of the synonym Plusiotis alticola H.W. Bates, 1889 ( Table 1 ).

Figures

FIGURES 25–26. Type specimens of Chrysina orizabae (H.W. Bates, 1889). 25A) Holotype, dorsal habitus; 25B) holotype, labels; 26A) Plusiotis alticola H.W. Bates 1889 (junior synonym) holotype, dorsal habitus; 26B) P. alticola H.W. Bates, 1889, holotype, labels.