Hoplopyga antilliana Ratcliffe, new species, is described from Grenada and Union Island in the Lesser Antilles. It resembles Hoplopyga liturata (Olivier) from Central and South America and is distinguished from that species. Species of Hoplopyga Thomson are known from Mexico to Argentina, but this species represents the first known occurrence for the genus in the West Indies.
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20 June 2012
First Reported Occurrence of Hoplopyga Thomson, 1880 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae: Gymnetini) from the West Indies, with Description of a New Species
Brett C. Ratcliffe
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The Coleopterists Bulletin
Vol. 66 • No. 2
June 2012
Vol. 66 • No. 2
June 2012
distribution
Neotropics
scarab beetle
taxonomy