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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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
Vol. 69 • No. 1
March 2015
Vol. 69 • No. 1
March 2015
key to species
Neotropics
new species
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