Chrysina chrysargyrea ( Sallé, 1874 )

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 : 438-439

Chrysina chrysargyrea ( Sallé, 1874)

Original combination. Pelidnota chrysargyrea Sallé, 1874 ( Fig. 21 ).

Type material. Syntype [ Pelidnota chrysargyrea Sallé, 1874 ]: “SYN- / TYPE [p, circular, blue ring] // Costa Rica [p] // Sallé Coll. [p] // 1166 [p, green label] // Pelidnota / chrysargyrea, / apud Sallé Sallé [h] // B.C.A. Col.II. (2) / Plusiotis / chrysargyrea, Sallé [h & p] // NHMUK 014589520 [p]” . Additional material. Seven specimens. “ COSTA RICA. / Puntarenas Prov., Monteverde, 1400m., / 12–15. VI. 1974, / A. Watson. / BM 1974-405. [p] // Chrysina chrysargyrea / ( Sallé, 1874) / det. W. Bayfield-F, 2021 [p] // NHMUK 014589516 [p]”; “ V. de Chiriqui, / 4000–6000 ft. / Champion. [p] // B.C.A. Col.II. (2) / Plusiotis / chrysargyrea, Sallé. [h & p] // NHMUK 014589517 [p]”; “ V. de Chiriqui, / 4000–6000 ft. / Champion. [p] // B.C.A. Col.II. (2) / Plusiotis / chrysargyrea, Sallé. [h & p] // NHMUK 014589518 [p]”; “ COSTA RICA. / Puntarenas Prov., Monteverde, 1400m., / 12–15. VI. 1974, / A. Watson. / BM 1974-405. [p] // Chrysina chrysargyrea / ( Sallé, 1874) / det. W. Bayfield-F, 2021 [p] // NHMUK 014589519 [p]”; “ COSTA RICA. / Puntarenas Prov., Monteverde, 1400m., / 12–15. VI. 1974, / A. Watson. / BM 1974-405. [p] // Chrysina chrysargyrea / ( Sallé, 1874) / det. W. Bayfield-F, 2021 [p] // NHMUK 014589521 [p]”; “ COSTA RICA. / Puntarenas Prov., Monteverde, 1400m., / 12–15. VI. 1974, / A. Watson. / BM 1974-405. [p] // Chrysina chrysargyrea / ( Sallé, 1874) / det. W. Bayfield-F, 2021 [p] // NHMUK 014589522 [p]”; “Fry Coll. / 1905- 100. [p] // Panama / Chiriqui [h] // 11 [p] // 7 [h] // Chrysina chrysargyrea / ( Sallé, 1874) / det. W. Bayfield-F, 2021 [p] // NHMUK 014589523 [p]”.

Distribution. COSTA RICA (5): Puntarenas, No Data. PANAMA (3): Chiriquí.

Remarks. The syntype was not reported by Moore et al. (2017).

Figures

FIGURE 21. Syntype of Chrysina chrysargyrea (Sallé, 1874). A) Dorsal habitus; B) labels.