Open AccessDescription of a new species of Chrysina Kirby, 1828 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) from optima group, based on morphological characters and mtDNA COX I molecular marker
Author(s) -
A.S. Zubov,
N. Ivshin,
A. Yu. Titarenko,
Д. А. Романов
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
acta biologica sibirica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2412-1908
DOI - 10.14258/abs.v5.i4.7176
Subject(s) - biology , scarabaeidae , mitochondrial dna , zoology , genetics , gene
A new species of the genus Chrysina Kirby, 1828 is decribed from Panama. Chrysina valentini sp.n. is related to Chrysina tricolor (Ohaus, 1922) and Chrysina optima (H. W. Bates, 1888) in morphology and mtDNA COX I molecular marker. Three related species differ in elytra colour, elytral striae, and number of tubercles on foreleg femur. The morphological divergence of the compared species is supported by distances in mtDNA COI molecular marker.