The scarab beetle tribe Pentodontini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) of Colombia: taxonomy, natural history, and distribution
Author
López-García, Margarita M.
Author
Gasca-Álvarez, Héctor J.
Author
Amat-García, Germán
text
Zootaxa
2015
4048
4
451
492
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4048.4.1
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1175-5326
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Euetheola
Bates, 1888
Euetheola
Bates 1888
: 314
.
Type
species:
Heteronychus humilis
Burmeister 1847
: 93
.
Diagnosis.
The species of this genus are differentiated from other pentodontines by having the mandibles hidden under the clypeus and the pronotum without an apical fovea or tubercle. The species of
Euetheola
can be mistaken for some
Stenocrates
species (
Cyclocephalini
) by their general appearance and by having a frontal carina. However,
Stenocrates
species do not have clypeal teeth.
Distribution.
Euetheola
contains four species widely distributed in the New World, ranging from the southern
United States of America
to South
America
, and two occur in
Colombia
.