28 • INSECTA MUNDI 0129, July 2010 EDMONDS AND ZIDEK Figure 63-68. Coprophanaeus horus. 63-65) Male habitus. 66) Aedeagus (dorsal view on left; lateral view on right). 67-68) Female habitus.
REVIEW OF COPROPHANAEUS INSECTA MUNDI 0129, July 2010 • 29 Female (Fig. 67-68) – Pronotum with transverse, weakly margined ridge followed by midlongitudinal groove. Pronotum finely granulorugose on disk and sides, punctate posteromedially. Specimens examined – 31. Distribution. Chaco and Cerrado provinces (Fig. 62). Collection Records. ARGENTINA: Buenos Aires – General Sarmiento (Jan); General Belgrano. Córdoba – Cruz Alta (Feb, Nov); Leones (Feb). Misiones – Loreto (Jan, Nov). Tucuman – Los Ralos. BRAZIL: Distrito Federal – Brasilia (Nov). Minas Gerais – 100 km SSE Lavras [Carrancas, Chapada das Perdízes] (Dec). Paraná – Mamborê (Feb). Rio Grande do Sul – Canôas (Oct); Colorado (Dec); Botucatu (Feb). PARAGUAY: Boquerón – Nueva Asunción (Jan, Apr, Dec). Caaguazú – Caaguazú (Dec). Presidente Hays – Laguna Capitan (Jan). Comments. This is the only Metallophanaeus species whose female lacks an anteromedian transverse crest adjacent to anterior pronotal margin, a departure from “normal” female pronotal type also seen in C. cerberus (q.v.) References to C. horus by Pessôa (1934) and Pessôa and Lane (1941) are actually to C. pessoai (Pereira, 1949). Martínez (1959) reported C. horus to be strictly necrophagous. Felsche’s species (Phanaeus sericeus) was based on specimens from the southern part of the range, where individuals take on a more muted color tone than in the central Cerrado. Coprophanaeus (Metallophanaeus) saphirinus (Sturm, 1826) Fig. 50, 59, 62, 69-74 Phanaeus saphirinus Sturm, 1826: 65 Phanaeus chabrillaci Thompson, 1857: 117 (syn. by Harold 1869: 65) Metallophanaeus saphirinus (Sturm) (recomb. by Blackwelder 1944: 209) Phanaeus machadoi Pereira and d’Andretta, 1955: 257, New Synonymy Coprophanaeus saphirinus (Sturm) (recomb. by Edmonds 1972: 841) Type. P. saphirinus – holotype male, Zoologische Staatssammlung, Munich; P. chabrillaci – unknown to us; P. machadoi – holotype male, Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo. Diagnosis. General – Paraocular areas (genae) mostly smooth, at most only weakly convex, not carinate lateral to eyes. Pronotum smooth posteromedially, otherwise weakly granulorugose; posterior angle flattened, slightly explanate, basal fossae and inner portions of sulcus paralleling posterior margin effaced. Anteromedian angle of metasternum (seen in profile, Fig. 59) rounded, not salient; angle capped with elongate thickening (bead) usually visible from below as broad V. Elytral interstriae flat; striae (x5) simple, very fine, superficial, not at all impressed (x5); bases of striae 1-4 distinctly fossate, fossae progressively larger laterally. Ventral surface of protibia lateral to longitudinal carina paralleling inner margin entirely punctatorugose (Fig. 50). Pygidium lacking basal groove. Length 12-22 mm. Color (Fig. 69-74) shining metallic blue, violet, red or rarely green. Male (Fig. 69-71) – Head with evenly tapering long horn, base not abruptly swollen. Pronotum with pair of closely set, apically convergent processes near posterior margin, separated by strong concavity; disk anterior to processes with deep, round concavity on each side, otherwise slightly convex, rarely with pair of closely set small acute tubercles about midway to anterior margin. Pronotal sculpturing limited to weak rugosity on lateral margins; otherwise surface nearly smooth. Apical processes of parameres rounded. Female (Fig. 73-74) – Pronotum with small, weakly trituberculate crest adjacent to anterior margin followed by weak concavity bounded posteriorly by pair of weak tumosities near middle of disk. Pronotum finely granulorugose on disk and sides, punctate posteromedially. Specimens examined – 381. Distribution. Paranaian subregion (Fig. 62).
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