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Issue: Vol. 5752 No. 2: 27 Jan. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-01-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5752.2.6
Page range: 276-284
Abstract views: 77
PDF downloaded: 2

A synopsis and new species of Bolax Fischer von Waldheim, 1829 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Geniatini) from Central America

Laboratorio de Artrópodos Venenosos; Museo de Invertebrados G. B. Fairchild de la Universidad de Panamá; Campus Dr. Octavio Méndez Pereira; Ciudad de Panamá; Panama; Programa Centroamericano de Maestría en Entomología (PCMENT); Vicerrectoría de Investigación y Postgrado; Universidad de Panamá; Campus Dr. Octavio Méndez Pereira; Ciudad de Panamá; Panama
Sección Entomología; Colecciones Biológicas; Centro Colecciones y Gestión de Especies; Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt. Claustro San Agustín; Villa de Leyva; Boyacá; Colombia
Zweite Zoologische Abteilung; Naturhistorisches Museum Wien; Vienna; Austria
Coleoptera diversity scarabs Panama Neotropical taxonomy

Abstract

The Central American species of Bolax Fischer von Waldheim, 1829 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Geniatini) are presented, each with a diagnosis and photographs of adult habitus and aedeagus. Also, a new species from Panama is described and illustrated, raising the number of species of the genus in Central America to four: Bolax azurita new species, Bolax flaveola Bates, 1888, Bolax magna Bates, 1888, and Bolax variolosa Ohaus, 1917.

 

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How to Cite

Barria, M.D., Clavijo-Bustos, J. & Seidel, M. (2026) A synopsis and new species of Bolax Fischer von Waldheim, 1829 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Geniatini) from Central America. Zootaxa, 5752 (2), 276–284. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5752.2.6