G. it. Ent., 16 (67): 451-494
March 2022
March 2022
A revisional study of the genus Theodosia J. Thomson, 1880
from Southeast Asia
(Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae)
by
TERUO OCHI (1), KAORU SAKAI (2), KUNIO ARAYA (3), SHOWTARO KAKIZOE (4)
& MAHADIMENAKBAR BIN MOHAMED DAWOOD (5)
(1) Kôhûdai 5-21-6, Toyono-chô, Toyono-gun, Osaka, 563-0104 JAPAN.
(2) Higashiyaguchi 2-9-18, Ohta-ku, Tokyo, 146-0094 JAPAN.
(3) Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Global Society, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 819-0395 JAPAN.
(4) Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Kyushu University, Motoka 744, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, 819-0395 JAPAN.
(5) Institute for Tropical Biology & Conservation, University Malaysia Sabah, Kota Kinabalu, MALAYSIA.
Abstract - The genus Theodosia J. Thomson, 1880 is revised. The taxa, Theodosia rothschildi Janson, 1903, which has been treated as a junior synonym of T. telifer (Bates, 1889), and Theodosia viridicollis (Kraatz, 1898), which has been treated as a junior synonym of T. howittii (Castelnau, 1873), are considered good species. The taxon Theodosia maindroni kaorui Nagai, 1998 is synonymized with the nominotypical subspecies. The subgenus Hemitheodosia of the genus Theodosia is redescribed in detail. Besides, a key to the subgenera and species of the genus Theodosia is made based on exoskeletal and aedeagal characteristics.
