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Issue: Vol. 3869 No. 5: 3 Oct. 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-10-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3869.5.8
Page range: 579–584
Abstract views: 65
PDF downloaded: 3

A new species of Tomarus Erichson, 1847 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Pentodontini), with a key to the species in Colombia

Grupo de Investigación Insectos de Colombia, Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
Programa de Doctorado en Biodiversidad y Sistemática. Red de Interacciones Multitróficas Instituto de Ecología, INECOL, Xalapa, México.
Grupo de Investigación Insectos de Colombia, Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
taxonomy scarab beetles pentodontines morphology South America

Abstract

A new Tomarus Erichson, 1847 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Pentodontini) species is described from western Colombia. The new species is compared with Tomarus laevicollis (Bates, 1888) from Central America. An identification key is also provided to the species occurring in the country.