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......Amithao Thomson, 1878
......Amithao Thomson 1878: 10.
......Hologymnia Schoch 1895: 28.
......Desicasta Schoch 1895: 75.
......Melasictes Thomson 1880: 268.
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Amithao cavifrons (Burmeister). Photo by J. Orozco |
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Distribution of Amithao. |
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Distribution: Mexico through Venezuela, including Jamaica, Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
Composition: A. albopictus van de Poll, A. cavifrons (Burmeister), A. decemguttatun (Waterhouse), A. distigma Schoch, A. erici Mitter, A. erythropus (Burmeister), A. haematopus Schaum, A. incerta (Gory & Percheron), A. lafertei (Thomson), A. metallicum (Janson), A. niveosparsus Moser, A. obscurus Schoch, A. pyrrhonotus (Burmeister), A. sparsus Casey, A. spence (Gory & Percheron), A. staudingeri Schürhoff,and A. thomsoni Janson.
Larvae: Described for A. haematopus.
References:
KRAJCIK, M. 1988. Cetoniidae of the World. Catalogue-Part I. Most, Czech Republic.
MORÓN, M.A. & R. ARCE. 2002. Descriptions of the immature stages of five Mexican species of Gymnetini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 104: 1036-1054.
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