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Descriptions of New Species of Anomala Samouelle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) from Costa Rica
No full textEight new species of Anomala Samouelle from Costa Rica are described: A. coffea Filippini, Galante, and Micó, new species, A. cyclops Filippini, Galante, and Micó, new species, A. divisa Filippini, Galante, and Micó, new species, A. mersa Filippini, Galante, and Micó, new species, A. mesosticta Filippini, Galante, and Micó, new species, A. robiginosa Filippini, Galante, and Micó, new species, A. strigodermoides Filippini, Galante, and Micó, new species, and A. unilineata Filippini, Galante, and Micó, new species. Habitus, protibia, distribution map, and male genitalia (aedeagus and endophallus) of each species are illustrated.Se describen ocho nuevas especies de Anomala Samouelle de Costa Rica: A. coffea Filippini, Galante y Micó, nueva especie, A. cyclops Filippini, Galante y Micó, nueva especie, A. divisa Filippini, Galante y Micó, nueva especie, A. mersa Filippini, Galante y Micó, nueva especie, A. mesosticta Filippini, Galante y Micó, nueva especie, A. robiginosa Filippini, Galante y Micó, nueva especie, A. strigodermoides Filippini, Galante y Micó, nueva especie y A. unilineata Filippini, Galante y Micó, nueva especie. Se ilustran una vista dorsal, protibia, el mapa de distribución y las genitalias masculinas (edeago y endofalo) para cada especie.Financial support was provided by the Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID) projects A/4426/05, A/6788/06, A/019887/08, and A/023060/09 and a PhD grant to V. Filippini from the Spanish Ministry of Education
Anomala mersa Filippini, Galante, and Mico, new species
No full textAnomala mersa Filippini, Galante, and Micó, new species (Figs. 4, 12, 20, 28, 34) Type Material. Holotype: ♂ " COSTA RICA, Prov. Guanacaste, Bagaces, P.N. Palo Verde, Sector Palo Verde. 0–50m. 29 NOV-15 DIC 1999. W. Porras. Manual L_N_260952_385020 #57243 / INB0003151362" deposited at MNCR. Paratypes (4): 4♂ " COSTA RICA, Prov. Guanacaste, Bagaces, P.N. Palo Verde, Sector Palo Verde. 0–50m. 29 NOV-15 DIC 1999. W. Porras. Manual L_N_ 260952_385020 #57243" / CEUA00106201, INB0003151360, INB0003151358 and INB000 3151412. Three paratypes are deposited at MNCR and one at Universidad de Alicante. Holotype. Male (Fig. 4). Body oval. Length 9.31 mm, width 4.73 mm. Head reddish brown. Pronotum dark brown with wide, ochre sides, with green luster. Scutellum brown. Elytra dark brown with large ochre maculae on basal part and 2 small, ochre maculae at apex. Pygidium light brown with ochre apex and sides at base. Legs ochre with reddish brown tarsus, metatibia, and apical part of pro- and mesotibiae. Venter ochre on sternum, with darker median suture, and reddish brown abdominal sternites. Head: Clypeus trapezoidal, surface densely punctate-reticulate, flat. Anterior margin straight, clypeus thin in frontal view, width/ length ratio 1.98. Frons densely punctate, convex on suture with clypeus. Ocular canthus long, thin, with rounded apex. Ratio of interocular width/ width of eye 3.46. Ratio antennal funiculus/club 0.71. Pronotum: Subtrapezoidal, basal portions of lateral margins nearly parallel. Ratio width/ length 1.66. Lateral margins angulated at 1/3 of pronotal length from the anterior margins. Anterior angles quadrate, posterior angles quadrate. Basal margin sinuate, subapical bead complete. Surface with dense punctures. Scutellum: Subtriangular, with rounded sides and acute apex. Ratio width/ length 1.24. Surface densely punctate. Elytra: With striae defined by regular rows of punctures. Subsutural interstice with 1–2 rows of sparse punctures, 2 nd –4 th interstices with 1 irregular, secondary stria. Surface covered with secondary punctures. Pygidium: Strigate with long setae on posterior margin. Ratio width/length 1.60. Venter: Space between mesocoxae narrow, slightly convex. Mesometasternal suture well-defined at base of mesocoxae. Abdominal sternites with 1 row of setae and 5–6 rows of punctures per sternite. Last sternite strigate, with subapical bead thin and sinuate, apical membrane thin. Legs: Protibia (Fig. 12) bidentate, apical tooth long and curved, basal tooth below internal apex of protibia triangular, sharp. Metatibia slightly narrower subapically. Ratio length/ width 2.92. First external carina with a row of sparse setae. Surface rugose. Internal protarsal claw bifurcate, with upper branch slightly shorter and 2/3 width of lower one, inferior margin curved. Male genitalia: Parameres with blunt apex in lateral view (Fig. 20), ventral angle acute. Endophallus (Fig. 28) with a long sacculus covered with short setae, a patch of sclerotized spines at base. Ejaculatory duct opening on lateral inflation. Female. Unknown. Variation. Four paratypes. Posterior margin of pronotum dark or with two ochre median maculae, size of ochre maculae on elytra variable, pygidium varies from ochre to ochre with light brown maculae on lateral depressions to light brown; venter varies from ochre with brown bands on abdominal sternites to mainly brown. Body length 8.93–9.31 mm, body width 4.73–5.00 mm. Clypeal width/length ratio 1.80–2.02. Ratio of interocular width/width of eye 3.13–3.61. Ratio of antennal funiculus/club 0.57–0.71. Pronotal width/length ratio 1.66–1.70. Scutellar width/length ratio 1.21–1.37. Pygidial width/length ratio 1.54–1.62. Metatibial length/ width ratio 2.82–3.11. Etymology. From the past participle of the Latin verb mergo, dipped, for the black apical portion of the elytra, which appears as if it was dipped into black dye. Distribution. Anomala mersa inhabits the dry forest of Parque Nacional Palo Verde on the northern side of Golfo de Nicoya, Costa Rica, from 0 to 50 m elevation (Fig. 34). Diagnosis. This species is recognized by its small size, elytra dark brown with large, ochre maculae on the basal part, and parameres with blunt apex in lateral view and ventral angle acute. The particular elytral pattern easily sets this species apart from other Anomala. Species with similar patterns are dark specimens of Anomala pseudoeucoma Filippini, Micó, and Galante, 2013 (Costa Rica) and Anomala nigrosellata Ohaus, 1905 (Venezuela), which are much larger in size. The former species has the entire surface covered in dense setae and longer parameres with an acute apex and sinuate ventral margin. The latter species has a squared, dark macula on the elytra, hence the lateral elytral margins are ochre, coarser punctures on the elytra, and narrow parameres with a sinuate ventral margin.Published as part of Filippini, V., Galante, E. & Micó, E., 2015, Descriptions of New Species ofAnomalaSamouelle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) from Costa Rica, pp. 463-476 in The Coleopterists Bulletin 69 (3) on page 471, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065x-69.3.46
Anomala divisa Filippini, Galante, and Mico, new species
No full textAnomala divisa Filippini, Galante, and Micó, new species (Figs. 3, 11, 19, 27, 36) Type Material. Holotype: ♂ " Alajuela. Costa Rica Cinco Esquinas de Carrizal, 1800m 16 abril de 1988 Col: G. Barrantes / INBIOCRI002517128" deposited at MNCR. Paratypes (6): 2♂ " Zarcero, Alfaro Ruiz, 1700m Alajuela Pr. COSTA RICA. Apr - May 1989. A. Del Valle & A. Solis, L- N 240500, 493500" / INBIOCRI000022463 and CEUA00106199; 3♂ 1♀ " Est. Biol. Las Alturas 1500 m, Coto Brus, Prov. Puntarenas, Costa Rica, F. Araya, 23 mar a 2 may 1992, L- S 322500,591300" / CEUA00106198, INBIOCRI000909434, INBIO CRI000916198 and INBIOCRI000909406. Four paratypes are deposited at MNCR, and two paratypes are deposited at Universidad de Alicante. Holotype. Male (Fig. 3). Body oval. Length 12.87 mm, width 6.47 mm. Head reddish brown with ochre apical fringe and clypeus. Pronotum ochre with 2 large, trapezoidal, reddish brown maculae with bronze luster touching anterior and posterior margins. Scutellum ochre with thin, reddish sides. Elytra ochre with reddish suture. Pygidium ochre. Legs ochre with light to reddish brown apical part of tibia and tarsus. Venter reddish to dark brown, sternum with sides ochre. Head: Clypeus trapezoidal, anterior angles widely curved, surface densely punctate-reticulate, convex; anterior margin straight, thin in frontal view, ratio width/length 1.99. Frons densely punctate, flat. Ocular canthus long, thin, with acute apex. Ratio of interocular width/width of eye 3.52. Ratio antennal funiculus/club 0.79. Pronotum: Subtrapezoidal. Ratio width/length 1.81. Lateral margins angulated at 1/3 of pronotal length from the anterior margins. Anterior angles quadrate, posterior angles quadrate. Basal margin sinuate, subapical bead complete. Surface with deep, dense punctures. Scutellum: Subtriangular, with rounded sides and acute apex. Ratio width/length 1.56. Surface sparsely punctate. Elytra: Costae defined by regular rows of punctures. Subsutural interstice with 2–4 rows of sparse punctures, 2 nd –4 th interstices with 1–2 irregular, secondary stria(e). Surface covered with secondary punctures. Pygidium: Finely granulated with long setae on posterior margin. Ratio width/length 1.57. Venter: Space between mesocoxae narrow, slightly convex. Mesometasternal suture well-defined at base of mesocoxae. Abdominal sternites with 1 row of setae (2 rows on second sternite) and 5–7 rows of punctures per sternite. Last sternite strigate, with subapical bead thin and sinuate, apical membrane wide. Legs: Protibia (Fig. 11) bidentate, apical tooth long and curved, basal tooth below internal apex of protibia triangular, acute. Metatibia slender, fusiform, length/width ratio 3.39. First external carina with a row of sparse setae, surface punctate. Internal protarsal claw bifurcate, with upper branch of same length and half width of the lower one; inferior margin with a sharp angle at half length. Male genitalia: Parameres with blunt apex in lateral view (Fig. 19), ventral angle defined. Endophallus (Fig. 27) with 1 ventral and 1 dorsal inflation. On dorsal inflation, a long curved, claw and a patch of sclerotized, thick setae; ejaculatory duct opening located on ventral inflation. Median lobes very thin and long, a dorsally located sclerotized plate between their apices. Female. Similar to male except protibia (Fig. 11) with wider teeth; internal protarsal claw narrower with curved inferior margin; last sternite with curved apex. Variation. Six paratypes. Maculae on pronotum can fuse into one large macula with a bronze or green luster. Venter of female specimen is ochre. Claw on endophallus can have a bifurcated tip. Body length 12.04–13.56 mm, body width 6.47–7.18 mm. Clypeal width/length ratio 1.85–2.01. Ratio of interocular width/width of eye 3.42–3.93. Ratio of antennal funiculus/club 0.70–0.79. Pronotal width/length ratio 1.79–1.87. Scutellar width/length ratio 1.22–1.56. Pygidial width/length ratio 1.57–1.66. Metatibial length/ width ratio 3.16–3.61. Etymology. From the past participle of the Latin verb divido, to divide. The ochre median line on the pronotum and dark suture on the elytra visually divide in half the dorsal aspect of this species. Distribution. Anomala divisa occurs in the Central and Talamanca mountain ranges of Costa Rica, from 1,500 to 1,800 m elevation (Fig. 36). Diagnosis. This species is recognized by the presence of two large, trapezoidal, dark maculae on the pronotum and the parameres with blunt apex and defined ventral angle. Similar species, also present in Costa Rica, are Anomala jansoni Ohaus, 1897 and Anomala quiche Ohaus, 1897. The former species is slightly larger, with smaller maculae on the pronotum and long, slender, curved parameres in lateral view. The latter species has smaller and more separated maculae on the pronotum, maculae on the elytral calli, and parameres with a wider and blunter apex (aedeagi illustrated in Filippini et al. 2015a).Published as part of Filippini, V., Galante, E. & Micó, E., 2015, Descriptions of New Species ofAnomalaSamouelle (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) from Costa Rica, pp. 463-476 in The Coleopterists Bulletin 69 (3) on pages 470-471, DOI: 10.1649/0010-065x-69.3.46
Palermo. La villa dei Padri Filippini
No full textPresentazione del rilievo della villa dei Padri Filippini a Palermo. Il rilievo, condotto con metodi diretti, è stato restituito digitalmente
Economia e famiglia in Giappone: dinamiche e prospettive
No full textIl volume V della Classe di Studi sull’Estremo Oriente dell’Accademia Ambrosiana si apre con una Prefazione diDonatellaDolcini e una Prolusione del neoaccademico Padre saveriano Marino Rigon, dedicata all’opera poetica di Rabindranath Tagore. Seguono 16 Saggi ripartiti secondo le Sezioni di studi e approfondimenti della Classe, con Introduzioni di Giuliano Boccali, Annibale Zambarbieri e Anthony Dicks, nei quali vengono approfonditi aspetti della società e della famiglia nelmondo indiano, nel Giappone contemporaneo, nella Cina e in Asia centrale.Nella prima parte sono pubblicati saggi di Shyam Manohar Pandey, Rana P.B. Singh, Marco Restelli e CristianaNatali; nella seconda parte compaiono gli studi di Vittorio Volpi, Carlo Filippini, Giorgio Colombo e Paola Scrolavezza, mentre la terza e ultima parte comprende le ricerche diWang Xiaochao,Wang Yuesheng, Emanuele Banfi, Filippo Fasulo, Sara D’Attoma; completa l’opera una serie di approfondimenti frutto delle ricerche diMaria Angelillo, EdoardoCanetta e Roman Malek. L’opera introduce a molti e diversi aspetti e problemi della famiglia, che sono oggi vivamente dibattuti in ambito accademico e sociale, non solo in Asia orientale, come fa rilevareD.Dolcini: «L’impressione
generale che si ricava dalla lettura e dalla riflessione sugli scritti qui raccolti è che in buona sostanza gli elementi portanti del fenomeno famiglia differiscano da un’area culturale all’altra, non importa se europea o asiatica, solo a un livello di costumi più omeno stabilmente seguiti, non nei reali fondamenti della sua natura ed esistenza. Bisogna allora rendersi conto che l’altro va conosciuto senza pregiudizi, e assumere a linea guida della reciproca condotta il rispetto».
Wang Xiaochao conclude la sua riflessione con una analoga apertura al dialogo costruttivo tra religioni e culture inCina: «Chinesemodern societymainstreamethics require people, according to inner moral requirements of the social market economy, to insist on principles of self-determination and independence, fair competition, equality in exchange, honest and trustworthy. Via the demonstration and syntheses of the ethicists, Catholic ethics and Chinese modern mainstream ethics could be organically integrated and become the basic content of existing ethical rules in Chinese society». Gli fa eco il
commento di A. Zambarbieri che sottolinea i rapidi cambiamenti in corso nella società giapponese ma non solo: «Da spazio d’impermeabilità e di resistenza al cambiamento, la famiglia diventa alveo per metamorfosi nelle attitudini e nella condotta sia dell’individuo che delle istituzioni. Maschile e femminile perdono collaudate caratteristiche, acquisendone altre, in particolare per le figure paterne ematerne: corrispettivamente nuove collocazioni occupano i figli, la cuimaturazione attraversa stadi prima sconosciuti»
Felix progenies Constantini Aug: alcune osservazioni intorno a RIC VII, Treviri, 442
No full textThis paper aims to provide a different identification of the figures represented on the Felix progenies Constantini Aug reverse of a gold multiple from the mint of Trier, struck in the name of Crispus in AD 324, usually interpreted as showing the empress Fausta flanked by the two elder sons of emperor Constantine, Crispus (son of Minervina, a concubine or the first wife of Constantine I) and Constantine II (born from Fausta, the emperor’s second wife). However, in order to assert and consolidate the dynastic succession of the line of descent from Fausta, the reverse type of this two-solidi piece seems to be referable, in a more convincing way, to the representation of the empress between her two sons Constantine II and Constantius II, the latter raised to the rank of Caesar at the end of November 324, when also the title of Augusta was probably conferred on Fausta
Presupposti, prerogative e aspetti cultuali del ruolo pubblico femminile nell'ambito della monarchia seleucide tra III e II sec. a.C.: il caso di Laodike V
No full textAttraverso l'analisi di alcuni documenti epigrafici di età ellenistica particolarmente significativi, il presente contributo intende esaminare i presupposti e le prerogative della regalità femminile e alcuni aspetti peculiari del ruolo pubblico della basilissa nell'ambito della monarchia seleucide, tra III e II sec. a.C., con riferimento specifico al personaggio di Laodice V, moglie di Antioco III
One year follow up of spinal cord injury patients using a reciprocating gait orthosis: Preliminary results
No full textOne year follow up of spinal cord injury patients using a reciprocating gait orthosis: preliminary report.
Scivoletto G, Petrelli A, Lucente LD, Giannantoni A, Fuoco U, D'Ambrosio F, Filippini V.
Source
Spinal Cord Unit, I.R.C.C.S., S. Lucia, via Ardeatina 306, 00179 - Rome, Italy.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE:
To examine the influence of social, physical and psychological factors in determining the usage/non usage of reciprocating gait orthosis (RGO) in spinal cord injury (SCI) patients.
DESIGN:
Prospective clinical trial.
SETTING:
A large rehabilitation hospital in Rome, Italy.
PARTICIPANTS:
Twenty four SCI patients of traumatic aetiology (all fulfilling the criteria to prescribe the device). Methods: Social, physical and neurological examination according to ASIA standards; psychological enquiry by means of the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ) and the scale for self rating anxiety and depression of the Cognitive Behavioural Assessment.
RESULTS:
After 1 year follow up 11 (46%) of our patients no longer used the RGO. There was no statistically significant difference between patients who used the RGO and those who rejected the orthosis with regard to social and physical data. There was a significant difference (P=0.005 at the end of training and P=0.003 at 1 year follow up) with regard to functional ambulation level. With regard to psychological enquiry RGO-non users showed a higher frequency of values over the mean in the E scale (extroversion) of the EPQ than RGO-users (P=0.05).
CONCLUSIONS:
None of the identified parameters were useful to predict the use/rejection of the orthosis. Although they need to be confirmed, our psychological data suggest that extensive psychological testing could be useful to sharpen the ability to predict
Callistethus yalizo Filippini, Galante
No full text<i>Callistethus yalizo</i> Filippini, Galante, & Micó, new species <p>Fig. 6</p> <p> <b>Type material.</b> Holotype: ♂ "P.N. Tapanti, La Represa, A. C. Amistad, Prov. Carta, COSTA RICA. 1650 m. 23 Mar 1994, G. Mora, A. Solis, E. Ulate, L N 185900_563360 # 2783 / INBIOCRI001964129" deposited in INBIO. Paratypes (8): 1♂ "R. Grande de Orosi, desde Puente R. Dos Amigos hasta la Represa, Prov. Carta, COSTA RICA. 1400-1800m. MAR 1995. R. Delgado. L_N_186600_562000 #4418 / INBIOCRI002253282"; 1♂ " Costa Rica, Cartago Prov., Tapanti N. Pk. Dam area, vi-4-1997 RW Hamilton / RWHC " INBIO; 1♂ "Cerro Chompipe, Res. Biol. Chompipe, Prov. Here, COSTA RICA, J. F. Corrales, 7 Abr 1991, L- N 230000_528000 / INBIOCRI000183743"; 1♀ "Quebrada Segunda, P. N. Tapanti, 1250M, Prov. Cartago, Costa Rica, Mar 1992, R. Vargas, L-N 194000,560000 / INBIOCRI000894947"; 1♂ "Esperanza del Guarco, Cartago, Costa Rica. 2300 m 5/ 6/2008 Leg. A. García, M.Zumbado / CEUA 00106167"; 1♀ " COSTA RICA. Prov. Cartago. P.N. Tapanti. La Esperanza del Guarco. 2334m. 5 MAY 2008. A. García, M.A. Zumbado. Tp. Luz 2. L_N_188418_552219 #93739 / CEUA 00106168"; 1♂ "V. Platanar P.N. Juan Castro Blanco (Costa Rica) 1800 m 29-1-2006. T. luz (18:30-21:00). Leg.: Micó, García, Galante / CEUA 00003201"; 1♂ " MUSEO DE INSECTOS UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA. COSTA RICA, PROV. Cartago. Río Macho, Orosí. 4 may. 1973. E. Monge." MUCR.</p> <p> <b>Holotype male description.</b> Body shape oval. Length 15.1 mm; width 8.6 mm.</p> <p>Color. Head, pronotum, and scutellum metallic green. Margins of pronotum yellow, with green/bronze luster. Elytra and pygidium metallic green with brown luster. Metasternum metallic green, legs (including coxae) and lateral sternites yellow, with green base and apex; protibiae and tarsi metallic green, claws red. Abdominal sternites reddish brown with green/bronze luster. Antennae red with club dark brown.</p> <p>Clypeus nearly rectangular, ratio width/length 2.3; surface granulate; anterior margin slightly sinuate. Frons with dense, coarse punctures; rest of head with sparse, fine punctures. Ocular canthus long, tapering towards apex; apex acute. Eyes small, interocular ratio (interocular width/width of eye) 3.0. Antenna: ratio funiculus/club 0.6.</p> <p>Pronotum width 1.8 times length; in dorsal view broadest at base. Lateral margins rounded. Anterior angles quadrate, with rounded vertex; posterior angles obtuse, with rounded vertex. Basal margin without subapical sulcus, sinuate. Entire surface with small, shallow, sparse punctures.</p> <p>Scutellum. Shape subpentagonal, with a median sulcus and sparse, deep punctures on the entire surface; ratio width/length 1.5.</p> <p>Elytra. Surface with costae defined by rows of shallows punctures. Interstices with 3–4 (1st interstice) or 1–2 (2nd–5th interstices) rows of sparse shallow punctures.</p> <p>Pygidium granulate with a shallow median sulcus, setae short on disc and longer on margins. Ratio width/ length 1.6.</p> <p>Mesosternal process short, not going beyond anterior margin of mesocoxae, uniformly wide (half as wide as metafemura) with rounded apex; width at base: 0.6 mm (Fig. 26). Mesometasternal suture well defined. Abdominal sternites with sparse, shallow punctures; laterally forming 6–7 rows of punctures. Short, blonde setae arranged in 1 row per sternite, denser on sides (in 2–3 rows). Terminal sternite with sparse, shallow punctures; apical margin height 2/3 of basal portion, surface smooth; apical membrane narrow. Abdominal spiracle 6th convex.</p> <p>Legs. Protibia bidentate (Fig. 12); apical tooth long, oblique in relation to the vertical axis of protibia, nearly straight. Basal tooth obtuse, blunt, positioned at same level with internal apex of protibia. Metatibia very thin, slightly narrower subapically. Ratio length/width 5.1. Both external carinae well defined. Surface punctate. Protarsal claws: external claw curved; internal claw bifurcate, with branches strongly diverging; upper branch of equal length and 2/3 the width of the lower branch, inferior margin sinuate.</p> <p>Aedeagus (Fig. 18). Parameres nearly bilobed in a lateral view, ventral plate partially fused with parameres. Endophallus (Fig. 24): with 1 long, sinuate sacculus, with a row of small, globoid diverticles in basal half, partially covered with setae; ejaculatory duct opening ventrally at base, laterally with a small diverticle covered in long setae.</p> <p> <b>Variation.</b> Elytra from red with green luster to metallic green. Abdominal sternites from ochre to dark brown with green or bronze luster. Female similar to male. Antennal club slightly shorter than in male. Eyes smaller than in male. Protibia (Fig. 12): apical tooth longer and wider, basal tooth above the internal apex. Protarsal claw: internal claw narrower than in male, bifurcation narrower, inferior margin curved. Margin of terminal sternite narrower than in male.</p> <p>Body length 15.1–16.2 mm; width 8.6–9.5 mm. Clypeus w/l: 2.2–2.3. Interocular ratio: 3.0–3.1 (male), 3.5–4.2 (female). Antenna: ratio funiculus/club: 0.6–0.8. Pronotum w/l: 1.8–1.9. Scutellum w/l: 1.3–1.5. Pygidium w/l: 1.5–1.7. Width of mesosternal process at base: 0.4–0. 6 mm. Metatibia w/l: 4.6–5.4.</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis.</b> Metallic green color; elytra with shallow punctures that give an irregular appearance; mesosternal process short; parameres nearly bilobed in a lateral view, ventral plate partially fused with parameres.</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> Latinized from the Greek verb <i>yalízo</i>, to be green like glass, treated as a noun in apposition, for the green shiny color of this species.</p> <p> <b>Distribution.</b> Central and Talamanca mountain ranges, Costa Rica, from 200–2300 m (Fig. 37).</p>Published as part of <i>Filippini, Valentina, Galante, Eduardo & Micó, Estefanía, 2015, Description of six new species of Anomalini from Costa Rica (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) in Zootaxa 3948 (1)</i>, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3948.1.2, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/244003">http://zenodo.org/record/244003</a>
Callistethus ruteloides Filippini, Galante
No full text<i>Callistethus ruteloides</i> Filippini, Galante, & Micó, new species <p>Fig. 5</p> <p> <b>Type material.</b> Holotype: ♂ "Quebrada Segunda, P. N. Tapanti, 1250 m, Prov. Cartago, Costa Rica, G. Mora, May 1992 L-N 194000_560000 / INBIOCRI000959028" deposited in INBIO.</p> <p>Paratypes (6): 1♂ "Est. Biol. Las Alturas, 1500 m, Coto Brus, Prov. Puntarenas, Costa Rica. M. Ramirez. Mar 1992 L-S 322500, 591300 / INBIOCRI000987456"; 1♀ "Tapantí (Costa Rica) 1300 m 29-9-06 T. luz 17:00-23:00 Leg.: Micó, García, Galante / CEUA 00019649"; 1♀ "El Copal, Prov. Cartago, Costa Rica. 17/06/2007 Leg. M. Moraga / CEUA 00106211"; 1♀ " COSTA RICA. Prov. Alajuela. Upala. P.N. Volcán Tenorio. Alb. Heliconias. Send. a Laguna Danta. 900 m. 16 JUN 2007. J. D. Gutiérrez. Tp. Luz 2. L_N_299100_424000 #92208 / CEUA 00106212"; 1♀ "Q. Segunda, P.N. Tapantí, Prov. Carta, COSTA RICA. 1300 m. Set 1993. G. Mora, L N 194000_559800 #2326 / INBIOCRI001669692"; 1♀ " PANAMA - CHIRIQUI Santa Clara env. 1546 m 08°51'42,2"N; 082°44'36,5" W 17.6.- 4.7.06; V. Malý lgt. P 7 / coll. Vladislv Malý Česká Rep. Praha" Vladislv Malý (Česká, Czech Republic), personal collection.</p> <p> <b>Holotype male description.</b> Body shape oval. Length 17.5 mm. Width 9.8 mm.</p> <p>Color. Head pale ochre with a sinuate brown macula on frons. Pronotum pale ochre with 2 lateral brown bands. Scutellum pale ochre with red margins. Elytra pale ochre with 2 transversal sinuate beige bands, 1 median and 1 apical. Pygidium and legs ochre. Venter orange-ochre.</p> <p>Head large, almost 2/3 of the width of pronotum. Clypeus rectangular, with anterior angles widely curved. Clypeus ratio width/length 2.1; surface densely punctate-reticulate, convex; anterior margin straight, nearly as long as frons. Frons moderately punctate, flat. Ocular canthum long, thin, with rounded apex. Interocular ratio (interocular width/width of eye): 3.0. Antenna: ratio funiculus/club 0.6. Mandibles with apex curved ventrally, maxillae with 2nd and 3rd tooth fused together. Labium and labrum quadrilobulate.</p> <p>Pronotum trapezoidal. Width 1.9 times length. Lateral margins curved. Anterior angles quadrate with blunt vertex; basal angles obtuse, blunt. Basal margin narrow, sinuate, and obliterated in the middle. Surface with fine and dense punctures.</p> <p>Scutellum. Shape subtriangular, surface sparsely punctate; ratio width/length 1.6.</p> <p>Elytra with striae defined by regular rows of punctures. Marginal membrane very narrow.</p> <p>Pygidium strigate. In lateral view slightly convex. Triangular in shape; with short setae on disc, long setae at apical margin.</p> <p>Mesosternal process long, with tapering apex in ventral view; width at base: 1.0 mm (Fig. 25). Mesometasternal suture at about half the length of the process.</p> <p>Abdominal sternites with 1–3 rows of setae, denser at sides, and 4–6 rows of punctures per sternite. Terminal sternite strigate, with apical margin thick and sinuate; apical membrane wide.</p> <p>Legs. Protibia bidentate (Fig. 11); apical tooth long and straight; basal tooth below internal apex of protibia triangular in shape, obtuse. Metatibia slender, slightly narrower subapically. Ratio length/width 4.1. First external carina well developed. Surface rugose. Protarsomere 1 equal in length to protarsomeres 2–4, tarsomeres stout. Protarsal claws: external claw curved, internal claw bifurcate, upper branch equal in length and 2/3 the width of the lower branch, inferior margin sinuate.</p> <p>Aedeagus (Fig. 17): parameres with a narrow and acute apex in a lateral view, pointing downwards, flattened dorsoventrally; apical portion of ventral plate membranous. Endophallus (Fig. 23) short, with patches of short and long setae in different positions. Ejaculatory duct opening frontal.</p> <p> <b>Variation.</b> Background color from pale ochre to orange; transversal bands on elytra more or less evident. Female similar to male, antennal club shorter than in male; protibia with longer and wider apical tooth (Fig. 11); internal protarsal claw narrower with curved inferior margin; terminal sternite with slightly sinuate apex.</p> <p>Body length 17.5–20.1 mm, body width 9.8–11.4 mm. Clypeus w/l: 1.9–2.1. Interocular ratio (interocular width/width of eye): 3.2–4.2. Pronotum w/l: 1.8–1.9. Scutellum w/l: 1.5–1.6. Pygidium w/l: 1.5–1.6. Metatibia w/l: 3.8–4.1. Width of mesosternal process at base: 1.0– 1.2 mm.</p> <p> <b>Diagnosis.</b> Size large, color pale ochre with darker bands on pronotum and elytra, clypeus long, head large, pronotum short, mesosternal process long, parameres flattened dorsoventrally.</p> <p> <b>Etymology.</b> Latinized from the name of genus <i>Rutela</i> and suffix -oides, for its general resemblance with species of the tribe Rutelini.</p> <p> <b>Distribution.</b> Guanacaste and Talamanca mountain ranges, Costa Rica and northern Panama from 900–1600 m, (Fig. 36).</p> <p> <b>Note</b>. This species is tentatively placed in the genus <i>Callistethus</i>, as it has some distinct features not found in other <i>Callistethus</i> species. It could be placed in a separate genus, but the lack of known similar species would make a proper description and diagnosis of the new genus difficult. Singular characters are: long clypeus (nearly as long as frons); head large (2/3 of pronotum width); mandibles with apex curved ventrally; maxillae with second and third tooth fused together; labrum and labium quadrilobulated; pronotum short; tarsomeres short and stout; mesometasternal suture high, nearly at half the length of the mesosternal process; aedeagus with parameres flattened dorsoventrally.</p>Published as part of <i>Filippini, Valentina, Galante, Eduardo & Micó, Estefanía, 2015, Description of six new species of Anomalini from Costa Rica (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) in Zootaxa 3948 (1)</i>, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3948.1.2, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/244003">http://zenodo.org/record/244003</a>
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