Chrysina maishei Monzon & Hawks 2017
Year: 2025
Type: other
Abstract: Chrysina maishei Monzón & Hawks, 2017 Original combination. Chrysina maishei Monzón & Hawks, 2017 (Fig. 5). Type material. Paratype [Chrysina maishei Monzón & Hawks, 2017]: “ HONDURAS: Ocotepeque / Dept. Güisayote Biological / Reserve; 2100–2300 m / 16–19.viii.1998; MV light / D. C. Hawks & R. D. Cave [p] // PARATYPE / Plusiotis corderoi / D. C. Hawks [p, yellow label] // BMNH(E) / 2009-95 [Scarabaeidae donation by David C. Hawks] [p] // NHMUK 014589830 [p]”. Distribution. HONDURAS: Ocotepeque. Remarks. The paratype of Chrysina maishei Monzón & Hawks, 2017 is labelled as “ Plusiotis corderoi ” as this was originally to be the species’ name. However, Hawks discovered Monzón was simultaneously describing the same species, and agreed to collaborate and to use instead the name chosen by Monzón (D.C. Hawks personal communication, 2022).
Authors: Bayfield-Farrell, William P., Matsumoto, Keita, Barclay, Maxwell V. L.
Institutions: Natural History Museum, University of Plymouth
Language: English
Subfield: Paleontology
Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6968580601
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