Species of the
familiar ruteline scarab beetle genus Chrysina are referred to as ‘jewel scarabs’
for their brilliant iridescent and metallic colors including green, pink,
purple, blue, and even silver and gold (Cave 2000, Hawks 2002). This group
of about 120 species (including several that are undescribed) is found
exclusively in the New World, mostly in México and Central America
(Hawks 2001).
The genera Plusiotis and Pelidnotopsis were placed into
synonymy under the older name, Chrysina (Hawks 2001). This synonymic
checklist of Chrysina species is arranged by species groups that
represent major monophyletic clades within Chrysina based on
well-supported phylogenetic relationships recovered by molecular and morphological
analyses (Hawks, Babcock & Heraty, submitted). Group names are from
the oldest valid taxon within the assemblage. Because taxonomic and phylogenetic
research is in progress, species groupings and synonymies presented in
the checklist are not necessarily complete for each taxon, and a few names
listed as valid species probably warrant junior synonym status. The original checklist (Hawks 2000) has been updated with more recently described species.
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Genus CHRYSINA
Kirby, 1828
Type Species: Chrysina
peruviana Kirby, by monotypy.
syn. Plusiotis
Burmeister, 1844: 417. Type Species: Pelidnota victorina Hope,
1840: 11, by subsequent designation (Ohaus, 1934: 61).
syn. Pelidnotopsis
Ohaus, 1915: 257. Type Species: Pelidnota plusiotina Ohaus,
1912: 304, by monotypy.
syn. Plusiotina
Casey, 1915: 84. Type Species: Plusiotina aeruginis Casey,
1915: 85, by subsequent designation.
Chrysina
"resplendens group"
C.
chalcothea (H. W. Bates, 1888)
C.
cupreomarginata (F. Bates, 1904)
C. resplendens (Boucard, 1875)
C. tapantina (Morón, 1992)
Chrysina "magnistriata group"
C.
beraudi (Warner, Hawks & Bruyea, 1992)
C. magnistriata (Morón,
1990)
Chrysina "adelaida group"
C.
adelaida (Hope, 1840)
....ornatissima (Sturm,
1843)
....adelaidae (Nonfried,
1891)
....pavonacea (Casey, 1915)
C. arellanoi Monzón, 2012
C. centralis (Morón, 1990)
C. citlaltepetlamayatli (Blackaller-Bages
& ....Delgado,1994)
C. clavellina Monzón et al., 2020
C. difficilis (Morón, 1990)
C. hawksi Monzón, 2010
....gaellae Ebrard and Soula, 2010
rutelidundeei Soula, 2012
C.
howdenorum (Morón, 1990)
C.
lecontei (Horn, 1882)ß
....aeruginis (Casey, 1915)
....subenodis (Casey, 1915)
....angusta (Casey, 1915)
....sonorica (Casey, 1915)
C.
lacordairei (Boucard, 1875)
....cosijoezai Ramirez-Ponce & Curoe, 2017
C. maishei Monzón & Hawks, 2017
C. miguelangeli (Nogueira and Curoe, 2012)
C. occidentalis (Robacker & Hawks, 2022)
C. pehlkei (Ohaus, 1930)
C.
plusiotina (Ohaus, 1912)
C.
purpurata (Morón, 1990)
C.
quetzalcoatli (Morón, 1990)
C. robackeri Hawks, 2020
C.
sallaei(Boucard, 1875)
....sallei (Nonfried, 1891)
....sallei (Morón,
1990)
C.
zapoteca (Morón, 1990)
Chrysina
"victorina group"
C.
auropunctata (Ohaus, 1913)
C.
aurofoveata (Morón, 1981)
C.
moroni (Curoe & Beraud, 1994)
C. purulhensis (Monzón &
Warner, 1993)
C.
spectabilis (Ratcliffe & Jameson, 1992)
C.
terroni (Morón, 1990)
C.
victorina (Hope, 1840)
Chrysina
"peruviana group"
C. aurilisternum Perez et al. 2016
C.
beckeri H. W. Bates, 1889
C.
beyeri (Skinner, 1905)
....ampliata (Casey, 1915)
....ocularis (Casey, 1915)
C. blackalleri Monzón & Garcia, 2011
C. brevis (Rothschild
& Jordan, 1894)
C.
colima (Morón, 1992)
C. confusa (Ohaus, 1913)
C.
crassimargo (Rothschild & Jordan, 1894)
C.
dianae (Ratcliffe & Taylor, 1992)
C. donthomasi Monzón & Garcia, 2011
C.
erubescens H. W. Bates, 1889
C.
expansa (Ohaus, 1913)
C. gorda (Delgado, 2003)
C. giesberti Monzón 2010
C.
intermedia (Ohaus, 1913)
C. juxtaprasina Hawks, 2017
C.
laniventris (Sturm, 1843)
....latipennis (Sturm, 1843)
....mniszechii (Boucard,
1875)
C.
nogueirai (Morón, 1992)
C.
peruviana Kirby, 1828
....amoena (Sturm, 1843)
....aeruginosa (Sturm, 1843)
....hoegei (Boucard, 1895)
C.
prasina (Boucard, 1878)
C.
taylori (Morón, 1990)
Chrysina
"macropus group"
C.
adolphi Chevrolat, 1859
C. alexae Monzón, 2017
C. baileyana Monzón 2010
C.
cavei Hawks & Bruyea, 1999
C. cusuquensis (Curoe,
1994)
C.
halffteri (Morón, 1990)
C.
karschi (Nonfried, 1891)
C.
macropus (Francillon, 1795)
....macropus (Gyllenhal,
1817)
....mexicana Gray, 1832
....henrybatesi Hawks, 2001
C.
modesta (Sturm, 1843)
....aenigmatica (Morón,
1990)
C. prototelica (Morón & Howden,
1992)
C. triumphalis Morón, 1990
C. woodruffi Monzón, 2017
Chrysina
"marginata group"
C. bruyeai
(Hawks, 1999)
C. clypealis (Rothschild & Jordan,
1894)
C.
diversa (Ohaus, 1912)
C. falcifera Hawks, 2017
C. marginata (Waterhouse, 1871)
C. ofidiodontophallica Curoe, 2011
C.
ratcliffei (Morón, 1990)
C. sirenicola (Solís & Morón,
1995)
Chrysina "optima group"
C.
optima (H. W. Bates, 1888)
....melior (Rothschild &
Jordan, 1894)
C.
tricolor (Ohaus, 1922)
C. valentini Zubov & Ivshin 2019
Chrysina "quiche group"
C. benesi Pokorný & Curoe, 2012
C. chimalapensis Mora-Aguilar et al., 2018
C.
quiche (Morón, 1990)
C. tecunumani (Cano & Morón,
1995)
Chrysina "rodriguezi group"
C.
rodriguezi (Boucard, 1878)
C. schusteri (Monzon, Cano & Bailey, 1999)
Chrysina "auripes group"
C.
alphabarrerai (Morón, 1981)
C.
auripes Gray, 1832
....auripes (Hope, 1840)
....chalchihuitli (Morón,
1990)
C.
costata (Blanchard, 1850)
C. misteca (Morón, 1990)
C. paulseni Hawks, 2017
....neotenochca Morón & Nogueira, 2017
Chrysina "flohri group"
C.
flohri (Ohaus, 1905)
C.
xalixteca (Morón, 1992)
Chrysina "boucardi group"
C.
boucardi (Sallé, 1878)
....magnifica (Arrow, 1919)
C. cunninghami (Curoe, 1999)
Chrysina "batesi group"
C.
batesi
(Boucard,
1875)
C.
curoei (Warner, LeBlanc, Hawks & Bruyea,
1992)
C. guaymi (Curoe, 2001)
C. ohausi (Franz, 1928)
Chrysina "badeni group"
C.
alfredolaui (Hawks, 1995)
C.
badeni (Boucard, 1878)
C.
turckheimi (Ohaus, 1913)
Chrysina "chrysargyrea group"
C.
aurigans (Rothschild & Jordan, 1894)
....keithi (Linell, 1895)
C.
chrysargyrea (Sallé, 1874)
C. ericsmithi Monzón & Cano, 1999
C. limbata (Rothschild & Jordan, 1894)
C. pastori (Curoe, 1994)
C. porioni Monzón & Hawks, 2020
C.
strasseni (Ohaus, 1924)
Chrysina
"psittacina group"
C.
gloriosa (Leconte, 1854)
C.
psittacina (Sturm, 1843)
....laeta (Sturm, 1843)
C.
woodi (Horn, 1885)
Chrysina
"aurora group"
C.
argenteola (H. W. Bates, 1888)
....wolfi (Ohaus, 1912)
C. aurora (Boucard, 1875)
C.
chrysopedila (H. W. Bates, 1888)
C. chloreis (H. W. Bates, 1888)
C. dzidorhum (Arnaud, 1994)
C. eyai Curoe, 2012
C. gaitalica Curoe & Hawks, 2012
C. luteomarginata (Ohaus, 1913)
Chrysina "orizabae group"
C. antonkozlovi Monzón, 2017
C.
orizabae (H. W. Bates, 1889)
....alticola (H. W. Bates,
1889)
C. pricei Hawks, 2020
C. sagacita Hawks, 2017
Chrysina "guatemalensis group"
C.
guatemalensis (Monzon, Cano & Bailey, 1999)
Chrysina "veraguana group"
C. galbina Hawks, 2017
C. mercedesae Barria, 2022
C. veraguana (Ohaus, 1922)
Chrysina incertae sedis
C.
amalia (Burmeister, 1844)
C. oreicola (Morón, 1992)
C. transvolcanica (Morón & Nogueira, 2016)
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