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26 • INSECTA MUNDI 0129, July 2010 EDMONDS AND ZIDEK
Figure 50-61. Characters of the Coprophanaeus subgenus Metallophanaeus. 50) Ventral view of left protibia of C.
saphirinus. 51) Same, C. pertyi. 52) Dorsal view of posterior portion of pronotum of C. thalassinus. 53) Same, C.
pessoai. 54) Dorsal view of left elytron of C. punctatus. 55) Same, C. pessoai. 56) Posterior view of pygidium of C.
horus. 57) Lateral view of metasternal angle of C. pertyi. 58) Same, C. pessoai. 59) Same, C. saphirinus. 60) Dorsal
view of right side of head of C. horus. 61) Same, C. pessoai.
Striae (x5) simple, weakly impressed; bases of striae 1-4 impressed, not distinctly fossate. Elytral interstria
usually distinctly convex, first, second and/or fourth often more strongly so. Ventral surface of protibia
lateral to longitudinal carina paralleling inner margin entirely punctatorugose. Pygidium (Fig. 56) with
broad basal groove. Length 15-22 mm. Color green or yellowish green with strong golden highlights.
Male (Fig. 63-65) – Head with evenly tapering long horn whose base is not abruptly swollen. Pronotum
with pair of closely set, apically convergent processes near posterior margin, separated by strong concavity;
disk anterior to processes with pair of conspicuous round concavities. Pronotal disk punctate
posteromedially, otherwise granulorugose. Apical processes of parameres angulate.