Extinct or extant? A new species of Termitodius Wasmann, 1894, (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae: Rhyparini) with a short review of the genus Author Skelley, Paul E. Florida State Collection of Arthropods Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services P. O. Box 147100 Gainesville, FL 32614 - 7100 Author Clavijo-Bustos, Julian Entomology section, Biological Collections Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt Villa de Leyva, Boyacá, Colombia Author Keller, Oliver Florida State Collection of Arthropods Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services P. O. Box 147100 Gainesville, FL 32614 - 7100 text Insecta Mundi 2022 2022-02-24 2022 915 1 14 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.6391931 1942-1354 6391931 25B9843D-F0AA-4100-8E8E-DA0030EBE56D Termitodius chaki Reyes-Castillo and Martínez Figures 5–6 Termitodius chaki Reyes-Castillo and Martínez 1979: 125–128 ( Mexico ) . Chalumeau 1981: 13 , 16; Dellacasa 1988: 34 , 267, 426; Dellacasa 1989: 301 ; Galante et al. 2003: 309 ; Howden 2003: 393 ; Skelley 2007: 8 . Diagnosis. A species of Termitodius with the pronotal paramedian costa having the anterior lobe elongate in dorsal view and anteriorly sloping in lateral view ( Fig. 5–6 ), posterior part of discolateral pronotal costa absent medially, elytra intercostal areas entirely with transverse wrinkles, the nearly globe-like caudal bulbs on the elytra, and in distribution ( Mexico and Guatemala ). Type. Holotype male and allotype female: “ México : Lacanjá-Chansayab , Selva Lacandona , Chiapas , 25-I-1977 , P. Reyes , col., in nido de Coptotermes af. testaceus (Lin.) , selva alta perennefolia, alt. 350m . ” Reyes-Castillo and Martínez (1979) state the holotype is deposited in the collection of P. Reyes , now deposited in IEXA (not examined). Materials examined. MEXICO : Chiapas : Lacania-Chansayab , 28-I-1977 , P. Reyes-C. Col. selva alta perennifolia, alt. 350 m , en Hormiguero de Coptotermes ( 6 paratypes CMNC from Howden and Martínez collections; 1 paratype CEMT ; 1 paratype FSCA ) . GUATEMALA : Suchitepéquez : Patulul , Los Tarrales Private Reserve ; 1000m ; 14°31.942′, −91°08.799′; w/termites under bark; 8.VII.2009 ; M.J. Paulsen (1 UNSM ) . Distribution. Termitodius chaki is distributed in the Mexican transition zone at the Chiapas Highlands province, and in the Veracruzan province of the Mesoamerican dominion of the Brazilian subregion ( Fig. 33 ). Comments. “ Termitodius chaki R&M” illustrated in Galante et al. (2003) is not a Termitodius , it is a new species of Nanotermitodius Howden, 2003 , that is currently being described. This Oaxacan record needs to be removed.