Verres corticicola
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Passalidae
Genus: Verres
Name
Verres corticicola Kaup, 1871 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
Diagnosis
32.9 mm total length. Anterior border of the labrum deeply concave, with an excavation in labrum behind concavity of margin. Frontoclypeus slightly curved, with a central notch. Frontal-clypeal suture absent. Internal tubercles large, with free apex projecting forward, not joined to central tubercle. Central tubercle short, with apex free projected forward; lateroposterior tubercles conspicuous and transverse. Frontal fossae glabrous. Postfrontal groove complete. Mediobasal area of the mentum glabrous. Marginal groove over anterior border of the pronotum expanded. Mesosternum glabrous. Metasternum pubescent anterolaterally and in lateral groove, pubescence extending beyond lateral groove; disc delimited by punctations posteriorly. Meso- and metatibiae unarmed. Humeri with scarce setae; epipleura glabrous; anterior vertical face of elytra glabrous.
Comments
Marshall (2000)[1] cited this species from Mexico to Costa Rica, indicating that it is common to collect. In the Colombian Caribbean it seems to be relegated to the humid forests of the biogeographical province of Chocó-Magdalena.
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
- ↑ Marshall C (2000) The taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of the Neotropical genus, Verres Kaup (Coleoptera: Passalidae, Proculini). PhD Thesis, Cornell University. Ithaca, NY.
