Checklist of the superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Insecta, Coleoptera) in an urban area of the Caribbean Colombia
Author
Taboada-Verona, Carlos
Author
Sermeño-Correa, Carlos
Author
Sierra-Serrano, Oscar
Author
Noriega, Jorge Ari
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Check List
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http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/15.4.579
journal article
10.15560/15.4.579
1809-127X
Tomarus fossor
(Latreille, 1813)
Figure 4L
Geographic distribution.
Antigua
,
Bahamas
,
Bolivia
,
Brazil
,
Colombia
,
Cuba
,
Curaçao
,
Ecuador
,
El Salvador
,
Jamaica
,
Panama
,
Puerto Rico
, and
Venezuela
(
Endrödi 1969
,
Ratcliffe 2003
,
Ratcliffe and Cave 2006
,
Carvajal et al. 2011
). In
Colombia
:
Antioquia
,
Atlántico
, Bolívar,
Caldas
,
Cauca
,
Cesar
,
Córdoba
,
Guajira
,
Magdalena
, and Sucre (
Endrödi 1969
,
Restrepo-Giraldo et al. 2003
, Lopez- Garcia et al. 2015).
Material examined.
Colombia
, Sucre, Sincelejo, University of Sucre campus (
09°18′52″N
,
075°23′18″W
),
2016/05/19
,
MZUSU
E02501
-02 (
2♀
).
Colombia
, Sucre, Sincelejo, University of Sucre campus (
09°18′52″N
,
075°23′18″W
).
2016/05/27
,
MZUSU
E02503
(
1♂
).
Colombia
, Sucre, Sincelejo, University of Sucre campus (
09°18′52″N
,
075°23′18″W
),
2016/05/30
/,
MZUSU
E02504
-06 (
3♀
).
Colombia
, Sucre, Sincelejo, Uni- versity of Sucre campus (
09°18′52″N
,
075°23′18″W
),
2016/06/08
/,
MZUSU
E02507
-08 (
2♀
).
Identification.
This species can be distinguished from other
Tomarus
species
by its small size, reddish color, pronotum without fovea nor tubercles, and deeper punctuation on pronotum.