Chlorota Burmeister 1844
Creators: name: Medeiros, Rone Andrews Freitas
name: Grossi, Paschoal Coelho
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Rutelidae
Chlorota

description: Key to Brazilian species of Chlorota   
 (adapted from Soula, 2002b)   
 1. Mesosternal process extending beyond the mesocoxae;whole body with green metallic colors,green or coppery metallic reflexes,uniform coloration (Group aulica)....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 2   
 — Mesosternal process not extending beyond the mesocoxae;different colors,can present green metallic or coppery reflexes in some parts of the body (Group terminata)................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 3   
  2. Integument predominantly green,sometimes with strong brown or coppery reflections;apex of mesosternal process rounded................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. Chlorota aulica Burmeister,1844    
  — Integument predominantly or with some coppery-brown reflections;apex of mesosternal process suboval........................... Chlorota cuprea Burmeister,1844    
 3. Elytra and pronotum with lighter borders.................................................................................................................................................................................4   
 — Elytra lighter than other body parts or not,with or without lighter stains or borders............................................................................................................... 8   
 4. Clypeus rounded;apex of the pre-mentum clearly bilobed....................................................................................................................................................... 5   
 — Clypeus rounded or parabolic;apex of pre-mentum wide rounded........................................................................................................................................... 6   
  5. Integument with brown coloration;region near scutellum smooth............................................................................... Chlorota surinama lemoulti Soula,2002    
  — Integument with reddish-brown coloration;region near scutellum with a transversal sulcus.......................................... Chlorota surinama egana Soula,2002    
 6. Clypeus lighter than frons;basal tooth of protibia short and acuminate;elytra with the same color of the body...................................................................... 7   
  — Clypeus and frons brown,or lighter only on apex of the clypeus;basal tooth of protibia very short and almost truncate;elytra darker than the body............................................................................................................................................................................................................. Chlorota abdominalis Ohaus,1926    
  7. Elytral suture with borders not extending from base to apex........................................................................ Chlorota haemorrhoidalis solimoensis Ohaus,1908    
  — Elytral suture with borders extending from base to apex....................................................................................... Chlorota haemorrhoidalis touzoti Soula,2002    
 8. Venter moderately setose,especially on pygidium and abdomen;species from northeast and southeast region of Brazil........................................................9   
 — Venter sparsely setose,especially on pygidium and abdomen;species from northern and mid-north region of Brazil........................................................... 10   
  9. Right side of apex of paramere with larger pronounced projections;elytra brown.................................................................... Chlorota paulistana Ohaus,1912    
  — Right side of apex of paramere with short projections;elytra yellowish brown and apex with brown spots.................... Chlorota espiritosantensis Ohaus,1912    
  10. Clypeus rounded;clypeus,frons and elytra slightly punctate......................................................................................................... Chlorota parensis Soula,2002    
  — Clypeus parabolic with acuminate apex;clypeus,frons and elytra strongly punctate........................................... Chlorota cleidecostae Medeiros & Grossi,2019
description: Published as part of Medeiros, Rone Andrews Freitas & Grossi, Paschoal Coelho, 2020, A new species of Chlorota Burmeister (Melolonthidae: Rutelinae: Rutelini) from Cerrado and Amazon biomes transition, pp. 1-7 in Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (Pap. Avulsos Zool., S. Paulo) (Pap. Avulsos Zool., S. Paulo) 60 (26) on page 6, DOI: 10.11606/1807-0205/2020.60.special-issue.26, http://zenodo.org/record/4615231