Canthon (Goniocanthon) fulgidus subsp. pereirai Nunes & Nunes & Vaz-De 2018, subsp. nov.
Creators: name: Nunes, Luis Gabriel de O. A.
name: Nunes, Rafael V.
name: Vaz-De, Fernando Z.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Canthon
Canthon fulgidus
Canthon (goniocanthon) fulgidus pereirai

description: Canthon (Goniocanthon) fulgidus pereirai subsp. nov.
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Fig. 3 C–E, 8
Diagnosis
In the subgenus, C. (G.) fulgidus pereirai subsp. nov. is separated by the following combination of characters: meso- and metafemora ventral surface rugose on posterior half (Fig. 1D); dorsal surface of pronotum and elytral disc with similar metallic red colouration (Fig. 3C); metasternal anterior lobe slightly convex (Fig. 1E); profemur with a tooth on its anterior border. Paramera in lateral view (Fig. 1I): flattened; apex truncated; upper angle rounded; lower angle acute, forming a spine or tooth. Internal sac (identical to Canthon (G.) fulgidus martinezi subsp. nov., see Fig. 7): FLP involving A forming a central duct with spiniform apex. SA lateral to FLP + A complex present. MP distal to A, not divided, semicircular, widely emarginated; FLP + A complex involved by MP.
Etymology
The specific epithet refers to Francisco Silvério Pereira (1913–1991), priest, taxonomist, author of Goniocanthon and of several other taxa of Scarabaeinae.
Material examined
Holotype
BRAZIL: ♁, Pará, Redenção, Faz. Marajoara, 07°49.741′ S, 50°15.910′ W, 13 Oct. 1998, P. Scheffler leg. (CEMT).
Paratypes (141 specimens)
BRAZIL – Amazonas: 1 ♁, Borba, 1943, Parko leg. (CEMT); 1 ♁, Barreirinha, Rio Maués- Açu, 2º47′52″ S, 57º3′58″ W, 20 Nov. 1990, E. Grossi leg. (CEMT); 4 ♁♁, Carauari, Reserva do Desenvolvimento Sustentável do Uacari, 5°46′6″ S, 67°42′40″ W, 4 Aug. 2009, Nichols, Braga and Schiffler leg. (CEMT); 3 ♁♁, same data as for preceding, but 5°46′8″ S, 67°42′52″ W (CEMT). – Pará: 1 ♁, Óbidos (CEMT); 1 ♁, 1 ♀, Óbidos, G. Deslisle leg. (CEMT); 1 ♁, 1 ♀, Carajás, 22–29 Jan. 1984, N. Degallier leg. (CEMT); 8 ♁♁, Alter do Chão, RESEX Tapajós Arapiuns, FIT, 22 Dec. 1998 (CEMT); 16 ♁♁, 11 ♀♀, Redenção, Terra Indígena, 07°49′ S, 50°15′ W, up river, 27 Nov. 1998, P. Scheffler leg. (CEMT); 1 ♁, Redenção, tribo Pinkaiti–Aik, 7º46′00″ S, 51º58′00″ W, Nov. 1999, P. Scheffler leg. (CEMT); 1 ♀, Redenção, Fazenda Marajoara, 7º50′00″ S, 50º16′00″ W, Oct. 1998, P. Scheffler leg. (CEMT); 3 ♁♁, 1 ♀, same data as for preceding, but 07°49′ S, 50°16′ W, 28 Nov. 1999 (CEMT); 10 ♁♁, 11 ♀♀, same data as for holotype (CEMT); 14 ♁♁, 15 ♀♀, same data as for holotype, but 1 Dec. 1999 (CEMT). – Rondônia: 7 ♁♁, 5 ♀♀, ESEC Cuniã, 8º4′11.82″ S, 63º20′34.64″ W, 83 m a.s.l., L1-4500, human faeces, pitfall 2, 10–12 Nov. 2013, M.A.P.A. Silveira leg. (CEMT); 4 ♁♁, 1 ♀, Porto Velho, 1–12 Jun. 2012, R.M. Moraes leg. (CEMT); 1 ♁, 1 ♀, Porto Velho, Jun. 2011, R. V. Nunes and M.F. Souza leg. (CEMT). – Acre: 2 ♁♁, Xapuri, Reserva Ecológica Chico Mendes, 10º19′30″ S, 68º41′31″ W, Fl. Amazônica, human faeces, pitfall, 18 Oct. 2008, J. Silveira leg. (CEMT); 2 ♁♁, 4 ♀♀, same data as for preceding, but 10°24′39″ S, 68°59′55″ W, 17 Oct. 2008, R. Andrade leg. (CEMT). – Mato Grosso: 1 ♀, Cotriguaçú, Fazenda São Nicolau, 9º51′22″ S, 58º15′11″ W, 14 Dec. 2009, PROA Correa leg. (CEMT); 4 ♁♁, 3 ♀♀, Aripuanã, 10º3′10″ S, 59º29′42″ W, 320 m a.s.l., 26 Jan. 2012, H.A.B. Faria leg. (CEMT).
BOLIVIA: 1 ♀, Pando, Cobija, Reserva San Sebastian Tahuamanu, 11º24′27″ S, 69º01′04″ W, disturbed Amazon forest, day collected, along forest track, 20 Dec. 2003, D.J. Mann and A.C. Hamel leg. (OUMNH).
Distribution
Bolivia (Pando), Brazil (Acre, Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Pará and Rondônia) (Fig. 8).
description: Published as part of Nunes, Luis Gabriel de O. A., Nunes, Rafael V. & Vaz-De, Fernando Z., 2018, Taxonomic revision of the South American subgenus Canthon (Goniocanthon) Pereira & Martínez, 1956 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Deltochilini), pp. 1-31 in European Journal of Taxonomy 437 on pages 16-17, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2018.437, http://zenodo.org/record/3787887