Deltochilum (Deltochilum) dentipes Eschscholtz 1822
Creators: name: Génier, François
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Deltochilum
Deltochilum dentipes

description: Deltochilum (Deltochilum) dentipes Eschscholtz, 1822
(Figs. 1–2)
Eschscholtz 1822: 38 original description (combination: Deltochilum dentipes) Laporte 1840: 73 diagnosis, distribution (combination: Hyboma dentipes) Burmeister 1848: 134 diagnosis, distribution, comment (combination: Deltochilum dentipes) Guérin-Méneville 1855: 586 mention (combination: Hyboma dentipes) Lacordaire 1856: 80 mention (combination: Deltochilum dentipes)
Lucas 1859: 97 distribution (combination: Deltochilum dentipes)
Harold 1869: 995 catalogue (combination: Deltochilum dentipes)
Bates 1870: 176 comment (combination: Deltochilum dentipes)
Harold 1875: 59 comment (combination: Deltochilum dentipes)
Kolbe 1893: 193 diagnosis (combination: Deltochilum dentipes)
Shipp 1897: 196 mention (combination: Deltochilum dentipes)
Heyne 1900: 61 comment, distribution (combination: Deltochilum dentipes) Gillet 1911: 35 catalogue (combination: Deltochilum dentipes)
Lucas 1920: 228 mention (combination: Deltochilum dentipes)
Paulian 1938: 250 monograph (combination: Deltochilum (Meghyboma) dentipes) Pessôa & Lane 1941: 430 diagnosis, distribution (combination: Deltochilum dentipes) Blackwelder 1944: 202 catalogue (combination: Deltochilum dentipes)
FIGURES 1–12. Figs. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11: aedeagus lateral view; Figs. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12: parameres dorsal view. Figs. 1–2: D. dentipes (parameres length (p.l.) 8.0 mm); Figs 3–4: D. enceladus (p.l. 8.5 mm); Figs. 5–6: D. orbiculare (p.l. 4.0 mm); Figs. 7–8: D. rosamariae (p.l. 4.0 mm); Figs. 9–10: D. scabriusculum (p.l. 4.5 mm); Figs. 11–12: D. tumidum (p.l. 5.0 mm).
Lane 1946: 174 mention (combination: Deltochilum dentipes)
Lange 1947: 308 distribution (combination: Deltochilum dentipes)
Pereira & Martínez 1956: 121 mention (combination: Deltochilum dentipes) Vulcano & Pereira 1964: 640 catalogue (combination: Deltochilum (D.) dentipes) Vulcano & Pereira 1967: 555 identification key (combination: Deltochilum dentipes) Medina et al. 2001: 136 comment, distribution (combination: Deltochilum dentipes) Synonym: Anamnesis macleayii Vigors
Vigors 1826: 512 original description (combination: Anamnesis macleayii) Lacordaire 1856: 80 mention (as synonym) (combination: Anammesis Mac-Leayii) Shipp 1897: 194 mention (as synonym) (combination: Annamesis Macleayi) Gillet 1911: 35 mention (as synonym) (combination: Deltochilum Mac-Leayi) Blackwelder 1944: 202 mention (as synonym) (combination: Anamnesis macleayii)
Type locality. Brasilien, St. Catharina.
Distribution. Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay.
Material examined (1 male, 1 female). BRAZIL: PARANÁ, Col. Ing. Vitoria, x.1945, coll. F. Justus - 1 male (CMNC); PARAGUAY: CAAGUAZÚ, Caaguazú, (25°26'48''S, 56°1'43''W), x.1948, coll. F.H. Schade - 1 female (CMNC).
Remarks. Only two specimens have been examined. Easily separated from all other species by the shape of parameres (Figs. 1–2) and the lustreless dorsal surface, which is strongly contrasting with the small glossy bulges on elytra.
description: Published as part of Génier, François, 2012, A new species and notes on the subgenus Deltochilum (Deltochilum) Eschscholtz, 1822 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Deltochilini), pp. 25-36 in Zootaxa 3357 on pages 26-28, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.213648