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
Omorgus suberosus
(Fabricius, 1775)
Figure 5P
Geographic distribution.
America (
Argentina
,
Brazil
,
Chile
,
Colombia
,
Costa Rica
,
Ecuador
,
Guatemala
,
Panama
,
Paraguay
,
Peru
,
Mexico
,
Nicaragua
, and Venezu- ela) (
Scholtz 1990
,
Deloya 2000
,
Ratcliffe 2002
,
Aballay et al. 2008
,
Diéguez 2008
,
Correa et al. 2013
,
Baena et al. 2015
,
Salazar and Donoso 2015
). In
Colombia
:
Atlántico
,
Cesar
, Chocó,
Cundinamarca
,
Magdalena
, and
Norte de Santander
(
Scholtz 1990
, Neita-Moreno 2011).
Material examined, new record.
Colombia
, Sucre, Sincelejo, University of Sucre campus (
09°18′52″N
,
075°23′18″W
),
2016/05/23
,
MZUSU
E02646
(
1♀
).
Identification.
This species can be distinguished from the other
Omorgus
species
by its 10-segmented antennae and a 3-segmented club, an abdomen with 5 visible sternites, the pygidium covered by the elytra, the elytra with a rough appearance and protruding longitudinally arranged tubercles.