Inca clathratus

Inca clathratus is a species of flower chafer in the family Scarabaeidae, indigenous to Central and South America.[1] These beetles can be seen surrounding the sap flows from injured or diseased trees anytime in the day and sometimes at night. They mostly feed at the sap flows of the trees, including avocado and mango trees. Like other beetles they also feed off of rotting fruit. There are a few different subspecies of Inca clathratus including: Inca clathratus sommeri, Inca clathratus clathratus, and Inca clathratus quesneli.[1] The species name has been frequently misspelled as "clathrata"[2] but the genus name Inca is masculine.[1]

Inca clathratus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Subfamily:	Cetoniinae
Genus:	Inca
Species:	I. clathratus
Binomial name
Inca clathratus (Olivier, 1789)
Synonyms
Cetonia clathrata Olivier, 1792 Cetonia ynca Weber, 1801 Inca weberi LePeletier & Serville, 1828 Inca fabricii Perty, 1830

Traits of Inca clathratus quesneli

Male : Length is 37.5 mm for the typical male but can range from 34.1-43.9 mm (which is small compared to the largest rhinoceros beetle, Dynastes hercules, which is about 17 cm in length.[3]), horns are usually 5.5mm in length, width of body is normally about 19.3mm but can vary from 16–20.3 mm[2] Color is typically black but can vary from black to dark brown and have metallic green on the thorax. The pronotum usually has white markings ranging from weak to strong. The scutellum is black and in some cases spotted. The elytra also have a range of density in spotting. The pygidium has white bands.[2]

Female

Female : Range in length from 30.7-44.4 mm normal length is 42.4 mm. The typical width is 19.4 mm but can range from 13.8-19.5 mm. Horns are absent from head but instead clypeus is concave. Pronotum has marginal bead, largest in center and then gradually smaller in front and in rear, also with white markings either vague or well defined. Elytra have spots from small to large.[2]

References

1. Seidel, M.; Arriaga-Varela, E.; Sousa, R. (2018). "Catalogue of the Incini with the description of the first Archedinus species from Honduras (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae)". Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. 58 (2): 389–405. doi:10.2478/aemnp-2018-0031.
2. Boos, J.; Ratcliffe, B. C. (1985). "A new subspecies of Inca clathrata (Olivier) from Trinidad, West Indies, and range extensions for Inca clathrata sommeri Westwood (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Trichiinae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 39 (4): 381–389. JSTOR 4008449.
3. "Hercules Beetle." (Dynastes hercules). Web. 1 Dec. 2014. <http://a-z-animals.com/animals/hercules-beetle/>.