Veturius aspina
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Ordo: Coleoptera
Familia: Passalidae
Genus: Veturius
Name
Veturius aspina Kuwert, 1898 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
Diagnosis
47.5–50.4 mm total length. Anterior border of the labrum straight or slightly concave. Frontoclypeus almost straight. Frontal-clypeal suture absent. Internal tubercles small, joined to central tubercle by V-shaped ridges. Central tubercle small, with apex slightly free, upward projected; lateroposterior tubercles large, conspicuous, and transverse. Frontal fossae glabrous. Postfrontal groove complete. Mediobasal area of the mentum pubescent. Marginal groove over anterior border of the pronotum expanded. Mesosternum glabrous. Metasternum pubescent anterolaterally and in lateral groove; disc not delimited by punctations. Meso- and metatibiae unarmed. Humeri and epipleura glabrous; anterior vertical face of elytra pubescent.
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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