A Revision of the Neotropical Genus Allorrhina Burmeister, 1842 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Gymnetini)

Brett C. Ratcliffe

doi:10.1649/0010-065X-69.1.91

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18 March 2015 A Revision of the Neotropical Genus Allorrhina Burmeister, 1842 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Gymnetini)

Brett C. Ratcliffe

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The Coleopterists Bulletin, 69(1):91-113 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-69.1.91

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The South American genus Allorrhina Burmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Gymnetini) is comprehensively revised. Redescriptions, diagnoses, distributions, and illustrations of nine species are provided. Allorrhina denotata Abadie and Ratcliffe from Brazil is described as a new species. The following new synonyms are established: Cotinis amazonica Thomson is Allorrhina carmelita (Burmeister); Gymnetis rhinoceros Gory and Percheron, Gymnetis cornifrons Gory and Percheron, Allorrhina baeri Bourgoin, Allorrhina viridicans Bourgoin, and Allorrhina gounellei Bourgoin are all Allorrhina menetriesii (Swederus); Gymnetis lugubris Thomson is Allorrhina nigerrima Burmeister.

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Brett C. Ratcliffe "A Revision of the Neotropical Genus Allorrhina Burmeister, 1842 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Gymnetini)," The Coleopterists Bulletin 69(1), 91-113, (18 March 2015). https://doi.org/10.1649/0010-065X-69.1.91

Received: 22 October 2014; Accepted: 1 January 2015; Published: 18 March 2015

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