Passalus paucuvillosus
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Passalidae
Genus: Passalus
Name
Passalus paucuvillosus Jiménez-Ferbans, Reyes-Castillo & Schuster, 2018 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
Diagnosis
22.9–25.5 mm total length. Body robust. Anterior border of the frons straight, with small and irregular tubercles, without secondary mediofrontal tubercles. Mediofrontal and laterofrontal fused, small, projected forward. Central tubercle small, with apex not free. Lateroposterior tubercles small, slightly distinct. Eyes large. Antennal club tri-lamellate, with lamellae short. Lacinia with apex bidentate. Mediobasal area of mentum protruding and glabrous. Marginal groove widened, occupying 2/3 of the anterior margin of the pronotum. Prosternellum rhomboidal, truncate. Mesosternum glabrous; mesosternal scars absent. Metasternum glabrous anterolaterally and in lateral groove; disc smooth and delimited by punctations posteriorly. Humeri and epipleura glabrous. Anterior ventral border of the profemur with thin groove. Meso- and metatibiae with small spines or unarmed.
Comments
Described from the Chocó department of Colombia (Jiménez-Ferbans et al. 2018b[1]), this species seems to be endemic to the Chocó-Magdalena province.
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