Euphoria lurida (Fabricius, 1775)

Rodrigues, Diego F., Grossi, Paschoal C. & Vaz-de-Mello, Fernando Z., 2024, Synopsis of Brazilian Euphoria Burmeister, 1842 (Scarabaeoidea: Cetoniidae: Cetoniinae: Cetoniini) with description of a new species, Revista Brasileira de Entomologia (e 20240057) 68 (3), pp. 1-8 : 6-7

Euphoria lurida (Fabricius, 1775)

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Cetonia lurida Fabricius, 1775 [original combination] Type at NHML, examined.

Cetonia sordens Gmelin, 1790 , 1573 [junior synonym]

Cetonia adspersa Weber, 1801 , 71 [junior synonym]

Cetonia fasciolata Eschscholtz, 1822 , 25 [junior synonym]

Cetonia bivittata Gory & Percheron, 1833 , 58 [junior synonym]

Cetonia rufescens Gory & Percheron, 1833 , 58 [junior synonym]

Diagnosis. Euphoria lurida has the clypeus emarginated, without apical teeths ( Fig. 2C ), whereas E. euridesi sp. nov., has distinct apical teeth on the clypeus ( Fig. 1C ). The head and pronotum of E. lurida is variably setose or glabrous ( Fig.2 A-D). The surface of the body is usually all black or coppery, sometimes with a greenish reflection ( Fig. 2 A-E).

Redescription. Male. Size: length:13- 10 mm; width: 8- 6 mm. Color: Body shiny, black, dark-brown, light brown, reddish-brown, sometimes partially dark-green. Pronotum, elytra, mesepimeron, metaventrite, metacoxae, sides of abdominal sternites, and pygidium with whitish to yellowish tomentose bands and/or markings. Setae yellowish to whitish. Head: Clypeus rugose, glabrous or setose; apex sinuate, slightly bent upwards ( Fig. 2C ); striated clypeolateral declivity, clypeolateral ridge weakly raised. Frons rugose and/or punctate, sparsely to densely setose ( Fig. 2C ); setae moderate to long. Antegenal protusion evident, eyecanthus setose ( Fig.2C ); Antennal scape shorter than club. Pronotum: Disc with margin on lateral border, concave median posterior lobe; surface moderately punctate; punctures round to lunulate, moderate in size, denser and confluent towards apex and sides, sparsely to moderately densely setose ( Fig. 2 A-E); setae short to moderately long. Scutellum : longer than wide, impunctate ( Fig. 2A ). Elytra: Surface with punctures bearing 2–3 rows of grooves, c-shaped punctures, and irregular punctures; punctures moderate in size; costae well defined. Posterior half of sutural costa raised in lateral view. Surface glabrous to sparsely setose ( Fig.2A, D, E ); setae short. Thoracic venter: Hypomerum strongly concave posteriorly; surface rugose or striate convergently and setose. Prosternum narrow anteriorly, forming a spine, with many long setae on anterior base. Mesoventrite rugose, setose laterally and posteriorly, around the mesometaesternal process. Mesometaventral process apex rounded, flat and extended beyond mesocoxae, process glabrous on lobe ( Fig.2B ). Mesepisternum rugose and setose. Mesepimeron rugose and setose, visible dorsally. Metaventrite impunctate and glabrous at middle, being rugose and setose laterally; median sulcus weakly evident ( Fig. 2B ). Metepisternum rugose, setose and with some parts covered by tomentum. Metepimeron inpunctate, weakly setose. Legs: With the last tarsomere longer than the others. Protibia dorsally rugose, differently punctate, having three setose lines in keels; setose; one spur apically and three denticles: one apical-lateral and two lateral, the central denticle closer to the apical than to the other or equidistant. Profemur partially striated dorsally and completely striated ventrally, striae with long setae. Mesotibia shorter than Metatibia, both dorsally striate or diferently punctate and setose, ventrally with c-shaped punctures, with two pairs of apical denticles and one proximal, that may be worn, and presenting a superficially rugose concavity between the proximal denticle and one of the apical pairs of denticles; two spurs apically. Metafemur wider and less setose than Mesofemur, which has more differentiated punctures. Trochanter setose; Procoxa and Mesocoxa rugose, with setae; Metacoxa rugose and setose. Abdomen: sternites sparsely punctate; punctures small; with tomentum and weakly setose laterally, weakly setose to glabrous medially; setae moderately long to long ( Fig. 2B ). Pygidium: surface rugose, frequently tomentose, glabrous to moderately setose. Aedeagus: Parameres long and parallel, with square tips, without spines or hooks ( Fig. 2F, G ).

Geographic distribution. Euphoria lurida is known from Brazil, in the Araucaria, Atlantic, Pampean, Parana Forest and Rondonia provinces ( Fig. 3 ).

Remarks. Some E.lurida specimens that we examined were found on the inflorescences of Eryngium sp. ( Apiaceae ) in open fields, as well as on Senna corymbosa (Lam.) H.S. Irwin & Barneby ( Fabaceae ). Other specimens were collected feeding on the sap flowers of Baccharis dracunculifolia DC.( Asteraceae ) in Paraná and of Indigofera suffruticosa Mill. ( Fabaceae ) in Minas Gerais.

With regard to synonyms of E. lurida , we checked de original descriptions to eliminate the possibility of it being an already described species, but their distribution and the descriptions don’t show the diagnostic features we developed for the new species described here.

Type Specimens Examined (1) Holotype of Cetonia lurida examined trought images: Labels: [1 handwritten text on cream label with black margin] Cetonia lurida Fabric. [?unreadable] / [2 printed text on white label] NHMUK014657880 (NHM).

Specimens Examined (123): ARGENTINA (2): Córdoba, Diqnecito , XI.1958, A.Martínez (1 MZSP 22059 ) ; Salta, Aquaray , XII.1959, A.Martínez (1 MZSP 22058 ) . BRASIL (115): Espírito Santo: Presidente Kennedy , i.1991, E. & P. Grossi. (3 EPGC, 3 CERPE) ; Mato Grosso: Porto Estrela , EE Serra das Araras, xi.2011, Souza & Gigliotti. (1 CEMT) ; Minas Gerais: Belo Horizonte , B. da Serra, x.1946, A. Penna F° (1 CERPE) , same but xi.1946 (1 CERPE) ; Conceição dos Outros, Rio Sapucaí , ii.2000, De-Paula & Almeida. (3 CEMT) ; Conceição dos Outros, Rio Sapucaí , iii.2000, De-Paula & Almeida. (1 CEMT) ; Conceição dos Outros, Rio Sapucaí , x.2000, De-Paula & Almeida. (1 CEMT) ; Conceição dos Ouros, Rio Sapucaí , 1.x.2000, De-Paula & Almeida. (1 CEMT) ; Cordisburgo , xii.1993, F.Z. Vaz-de-Mello. (1 CEMT) ; Inconfidentes, Coffea arabica plantation, 22°18’40”S, 46°20’09”W, 908m, FIT with ethanol and methanol (bait), 10.xii.2015, H.L. Rainho. (1 CEMT) ; Ingaí, Mata Boqueirão, near Poço Bonito , iii.2003, R.J. Silva. (1 CEMT) ; Ingaí, Poço Bonito , 21.x.2016, Grossi, Vaz-de-Mello, Frieiro, Silva, Furhmann & Mariano (1 CERPE) ; Itumirim, Serra do Janela , vi.2018, Psidium guajava, J.Louzada & L. Vieira. (6 CEMT) ; Lavras , 29.v, R.D. Guimarães. (1 CEMT) ; Lavras , 28.xii.1984, S.M. Pouda. (1 CEMT) ; Lavras , 13.iv.1995, N. Costa. (1 CEMT) ; Lavras , 10.xi.1985, J.A. Souza. (1 CEMT) ; Lavras , 10.iv.1987, Alessandra J.B. (1 CEMT) ; Lavras , 6.ix.2001, H.J. Andrade. (1 CEMT) ; Lavras , 03.iii.2002, Alves. (1 CEMT) ; Lavras , 15.ix,2006, Gabriel (1 CEMT) ; Lavras , 18.vi.2007, T.Q. Pedroso. (1 CEMT) ; Lavras , campus UFLA, cow dung, 05.i.2012, A. Diaz-Rojas. (1 ♂ 1 CEMT) ; Lavras, near Poço Bonito , xi.2007, F.Z. Vaz-de-Mello. (1 CEMT) ; Lavras, Serrinha , 21°19’S, 45°00’W, ii.2008, M.F. Souza. (1 CEMT) ; Passa Quatro, near FloNa Passa Quatro , 15-17.xi.2007, F. Frieiro (2 CEMT) ; São João del Rei , ii.2002, D. Brighenti. (1 CEMT) ; Paraná: Campo Mourão, Parque Estadual do Lago Azul , 1.x.2010, Dolibaina, Carneiro, Mielke & Dias (1 CERPE) ; Entre Rios do Oeste , 23.xii.2010, M.E. Maldaner. (1 CEMT) ; Jaguariaiva, P.E. do Cerrado , 01-04.ii.2011, Grossi, Parizotto, Leivas, Herzog & Manfio (9 CERPE) , same but, 18- 19.xi.2009, P. Grossi (1 CERPE) , same but 18.xi.1999, S. Laroca & M.C. Almeida (1 CERPE) ; Rancho Alegre, Faz. Congonhas, Capoeira , Canopy banana, 26.xii.2012, J. Lopes & P.M. Félix. (1 CEMT) ; Rancho Alegre, Faz. Congonhas , 22°47’45”S, 51°00’12”W, 580m, canopy banana, 29.i.2013, P.M. Felix. (11 CEMT) ; Rancho Alegre, Faz. Congonhas , 22°47’45”S, 51°00’12”W, 580m, 28.ii.2013, P.M. Felix. (3 CEMT) ; Telêmaco Borba, Klabin Papele Celulose ethanol baited multiple funnel FIT Pinus taeda stand, 2.iii.2002, C.A.H. Flechtmann. (1 CEMT) ; Terra Rocha , 23.vii.2008, C. Martins. (1 CEMT) ; Tunas do Paraná, Pq. Est.de Campinhos , 17.xii.2008, G. Weiss (2 CERPE) . Rio de Janeiro: Miguel Pereira , i.2002, J.Carlos (1♂ CEMT) ; Nova Friburgo , ii.1995 (4 CERPE) ; Rio Grande do Sul: Bagé, BR 293, 10.xii.2008, MG Hermes (5 CERPE) ; Bagé, Palmas 17.xi.2008, DR Parizotto (1 CERPE) ; Caçapava do Sul, 16.xi.2008, DR Parizotto (1 CERPE) ; Encruzilhada do Sul, 30°26’04”S, 52°47’28”W, xii.2019, V. Costa-Silva & L. Malta-Borges (14 CEMT) ; Santa Maria , 22.ix.1977, D. Link, Cassia corymbosa. (1 CEMT) ; [Santa Maria] UFMS campus Sta Maria 29°43’S, 53°42’W, xii.2019, V. Costa-Silva. (1 CEMT) ; Santana do Livramento , 11.xi.2007, MG Hermes (1 CERPE) , same but 11.xii.2008 (1 CERPE) . Santa Catarina: Bom Jardim da Serra, Distr. Mantiqueira , xii.2001, C.Arioli. (4 CEMT) ; Tubarão , 06.ix.2007, R.B.Goulart. (1 CEMT) . São Paulo: Cerqueira César , xii.1994, J. Carlos (1 CEMT) ; Cerqueira César , xii.1999, J. Carlos (1 CEMT) ; Ilha Solteira , 15.v.1991, E. Borrmann. (1 CEMT) ; Ilha Solteira, Faz. Piracicaba , vi-xii.1999, R.A.P. Filho. (1 CEMT) ; Jundiaí , 30.i.2000, Clara. (1 CEMT) ; Piracicaba , 18.x.2002, G. Libardi. (1 CEMT) . no data: (1 ZMMU). URUGUAY (1): Maldonado: Piriápolis , x.1998, J. Carlos. (1 CEMT) . NO DATA (5): (1 CEMT, 4 ZMMU).

Other localities in Orozco, 2012 and Di Iorio 2013: ARGENTINA: Bueno Aires: Buenos Aires; Coronel Suárez. Catamarca: Amadores (Dto. Paclín); Ampajango; Andagalá; Catamarca; La Merced; Miraflores; Ramblones. Chaco: Charata; J.J.Castelli; Roque Sáenz Peña; San Bernardo; Tres Estacas . Córdoba: Alta Córdoba; Alta Gracia (La Granja); Capilla del Monte (Aguas Azules); Chepes; Córdoba; Cosquín; Cruz del Eje; Dto. Calamuchita; El Sauce; Embalse; La Cumbre; La Falda; La Paz; Los Cocos; Los Molinos; Los Reartes; Punilla; Río Ceballos ; Río Cuarto ; Río Tercero ; Salinas Grandes; San Clemente; San Javier; Santa María; Santa Rosa; Sierra [de] Córdoba; Tanti; Unquillo; Valle Hermoso; Villa Cabrera; Villa Carlos Paz. Corrientes. Santo Tomé. Entre Rios: Colonia Hughes; Concepción del Uruguay ; Concordia; Diamante; Liebig; Paraná (Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Paraná); Pronunciamiento; Salto Grande; Victoria; Villa Elisa (Arroyo Perucho Verna). Jujuy: León; San Juancito; San Salvador de Jujuy ; Santa Bárbara, Villamontes. La Pampa: Cereales; General Pico; Santa Rosa; Toay. La Rioja: Anillaco; Chepes. Mendoza . Misiones: 25º40’S, 54º10’W; Aristóbulo del Valle; Azara; Cuñapirú; Dos de Mayo; El Dorado; Loreto; Misiones; Montecarlo; Parque Nacional Iguazú; Posadas; Pindapoy; Puerto Bemberg [currently Puerto Libertad]; Puerto Magdalena; Reserva Yacutinga; San Javier. Salta: Campo Durán (Destilería); Campo Quijano; Coronel Moldes; El Naranjo; General Güemes; Las Lajitas; Rosario de Lerma. San Luis: Carpintería; Merlo; Villa Elena. Santa Fé: Cañada El Sauce; Carcarañá; Laguna El Cristal; Piquete; Reconquista; Rosario; Santa Fé; Santo Tomé; “Saray”; Sunchales. Santiago del Estero: El Colorado (Lagunas El Cisne); La Banda; Laprida; National Route 9, 30 km S Santiago del Estero city, “La María”; Río Salado ; Sachayoj; Saladillo. Tucumán: between 7 de Abril and Nueva Esperanza; Las Cejas; Las Tipas; San Pedro de Colalao ; Tafí Viejo; Tapia; Ticucho; Tucumán . BOLIVIA: Beni: Santa Rosa; Santiago Tarija: Carapari . BRAZIL: Distrito Federal: Brasília. Mato Grosso: Chapada. Mato Grosso do Sul: Corumbá. Minas Gerais: Belo Horizonte; Congonhas; Cordisburgo; Diamantina ; Ipatinga; Lavras; Monte Verde; Parque Nacional Serra do Cipó; Sete Lagoas; Viçosa. Pará: Prainha. Paraná: Araucaria; Caviuna; Curitiba; Foz do Iguaçu; Irati; Pato Branco; Rolândia. Rio de Janeiro: Niteroi; Nova Friburgo; Petrópolis; Rio de Janeiro. Rio Grande do Sul: Canabarro; Canela; Capão do Leão , ( Estação Experimental de Terras Baixas ); Chapada; Cruz Alta; Passo Fundo; Pelotas; Porto Alegre; Santo Augusto; Três Cachoeiras; Triunfo (Distr, Barreto, Horto Florestal, 29°52’00”S, 29°56’00”S; 51°45’00”W, 51°41’00”W). Santa Catarina: Anita Garibaldi; Corupá; Joinville; Lança; Mafra; Nova Teutônia; Santa Cecilia; Rio Natal ; Rio Negrinho ; Rio Negunlio ; Rio Vermelho ; São Bento do Sul. São Paulo: Batatais; Campinas; Campos do Jordão ; Cipó-[Guaçu]; Guanabara; Guarulhos; Itu; Jundiaí; Monte Alegre [do Sul], (Fazenda Santa María & Fazenda N.S. Encarnação); Piracicaba; Rio Claro (Horto Florestal); Santo Antônio do Pinhal ; São Jose dos Campos; São Paulo; Serra da Cantareira ; Tremembé . COLOMBIA: Antioquía; Cesar. Atlántico: Barranquilla; Limón. Magdalena: Valledupar . FRENCH GUIANA: Cayenne. PARAGUAY: Icuá Pindo[?]; Travi[?]. Alto Paraná. Caaguazú: Coronel Oviedo. Central: Asunción. Cordillera: Peribebuy; San Bernardino. Guairá: General Eugenio Garay; Paso Yobai; Villarica .

Itapúa: Encarnación ; Pirapó . Paraguarí: Sapucaí . San Pedro: Cororo; San Estanislao. URUGUAY: La Sierra [?] . Canelones: Canelones . Cerro Largo: Plácido Rosas . Colonia: Colonia . Lavalleja: Cerro Campanero . Montevideo: Montevideo . Paysandú: Paysandú . Rio Negro: Menafra . Rocha: Castillo [= Castillos] .

Figures

Figure 1 Holotype of Euphoria euridesi sp. nov., male. A.Habitus, dorsal view.B.Habitus,ventral view.C.Head, dorsal view.D.Habitus, dorsolateral view.E.Habitus, lateral view. F.Aedeagus, lateral view. G.Parameres. Scale bars = 1 mm.

Figure 2 Euphoria lurida, male, specimen from Rio de Janeiro. A. Habitus, dorsal view. B. Habitus, ventral view. C. Head, dorsal view. D. Habitus, dorsolateral view. E. Habitus, lateral view. F.Aedeagus, lateral view. G.Parameres. Scale bars = 1 mm.

Figura 3Known distribution map of Euphoria euridesi sp.n.(orange triangles) andEuphoria lurida (green diamonds).The black spots indicate records ofEuphoria lurida specimens not examined by us.