Passalus rugosus
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Passalidae
Genus: Passalus
Name
Passalus rugosus Gravely, 1918 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
Diagnosis
20.1–23.2 mm total length. Body subcylindrical. Anterior border of the frons with strong middle indentation, suggesting secondary mediofrontal tubercles. Mediofrontal and laterofrontal fused, large. Central tubercle with apex not free. Lateroposterior tubercles large, conspicuous, and conical. Eyes large. Antennal club tri-lamellate, with lamellae long. Lacinia with apex bidentate. Mediobasal area of mentum protruding and glabrous. Marginal groove narrow, occupying 2/3 of the anterior margin of the pronotum. Prosternellum rhomboidal, acute. Mesosternum glabrous; mesosternal scars distinct and elongated. Metasternum glabrous anterolaterally and in lateral groove; disc smooth and delimited by punctations posteriorly to laterally. Humeri pubescent and epipleura pubescent in basal third. Anterior ventral border of the profemur with conspicuous groove. Meso- and metatibiae with small spines or unarmed.
Comments
Jiménez-Ferbans et al. (2018b)[1] considered this species as endemic to the western Andes of Colombia. However, the present records extend its distribution to the eastern Andes.
Taxon Treatment
- Jiménez-Ferbans, L; Maestre-Guerra, A; Villalba-Fuentes, E; Barros-Barrios, M; Muñoz-Montero, J; 2023: Passalidae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea) from the Caribbean coast of Colombia: synopsis, key, and new species description ZooKeys, 1179: 243-297. doi
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Other References
- ↑ Jiménez-Ferbans L, Reyes-Castillo P, Schuster J (2018b) Passalidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) of the Biogeographical Province of Chocó and the West Andean Region of Colombia, with the Description of Two New Species.Neotropical Entomology47(5): 642–667. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13744-017-0584-1
