Five new species of Trigonopeltastes Burmeister and Schaum from Central America with new country records for other New World Trichiini (Coleoptera Scarabaeidae Cetoniinae)

摘要

Five new species of Trigonopeltastes Burmeister and Schaum, 1840 are described: Trigonopeltastes arborfloricola >sp. n. from Nicaragua, Trigonopeltastes formidulosus >sp. n. from Costa Rica, Trigonopeltastes henryi >sp. n. from Costa Rica, Trigonopeltastes mombachoensis >sp. n. from Nicaragua, and Trigonopeltastes warneri >sp. n. from Belize and Guatemala. An updated key to species of Trigonopeltastes is presented. Trigonopeltastes nigrinus Bates, 1889 and Trigonopeltastes carus Bates, 1889 are placed in synonymy with Trigonopeltastes geometricus Schaum, 1841, >syn. n.. The males of Trigonopeltastes aurovelutinus Curoe, 2011 and Trigonopeltastes simplex Bates, 1889 are described for the first time.New country records are given for the following: Giesbertiolus ornatus Howden, 1988: Costa Rica; Paragnorimussambucus Howden, 1970: Guatemala; Trichiotinusbibens (Fabricius, 1775): Canada; Trigonopeltastesarchimedes Schaum, 1841: Guatemala and Costa Rica; Trigonopeltastesfrontalis Bates, 1889: Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras; Trigonopeltastesglabellus Howden, 1988: Guatemala; Trigonopeltastesgeometricus Schaum, 1841: Honduras; Trigonopeltastessallaeisallaei Bates, 1889: Guatemala and Honduras; Trigonopeltastessimplex Bates, 1889: Mexico; Trigonopeltastesvariabilis Howden, 1968: Honduras.