Synopsis and key to the genera of Dynastinae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea, Scarabaeidae) of Colombia
Author
Gasca-Álvarez, Héctor
Researcher Corporación Sentido Natural ,, Colombia
Author
Amat-García, Germán
Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá ,, Colombia
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Key to the genera of adult
Pentodontini
of
Colombia
1. Body black or dark brown, almost black ....................................................
2
– Body brownish-yellow, brown, red or reddish brown .................................
6
2. Mandibles with 3 teeth (
Fig. 22
). Propygidium with stridulatory area........
3
– Mandibles with 2 teeth or without teeth. Propygidium without stridulatory area............................................................................................................
4
Figure 22.
Right mandible of
Bothynus complanus
(Burmeister)
(scale bar: 1 mm).
3. Protibia quadridentate. Pronotum with apical tubercle, subapical fovea deep (
Fig. 23
). Elytra smooth or moderately punctate. Propygidium elongated, pygidium short ...................................................................
Bothynus
Hope
– Protibia tridentate. Pronotum convex, without tublercle. Elytra with rows of impressed punctures. Propygidium short, pygidium normal......................... ...................................................................................
Hylobothynus
Ohaus
4. Clypeus truncate or relatively contracted at apex, bidentate. Pronotum with or without apical tubercle and subapical fovea............................................
5
– Clypeus acuminate, strongly reflexed. Pronotum with large apical tubercle, fovea wide and deep. Both sides of pronotum with obtuse carina................. ........................................................................................
Oxyligyrus
Arrow
5. Mandibles with 2–3 teeth, third tooth obtuse. Pronotum with apical tubercle and deep subapical fovea (
Fig. 24
)...................................
Tomarus
Erichson
– Mandibles without teeth, external edge sinuate, rounded. Pronotum convex, without tubercle and fovea (
Fig. 25
)....................................
Euetheola
Bates
6. Mandibles small, narrow, external edge curved. Clypeus truncate. Pronotum convex, with deep transverse fovea or with 2 small tubercles behind anterior margin. Protibia tridentate.........................................................................
7
– Mandibles broad, with 2 apical teeth. Clypeus contracted, emarginate. Pronotum in males with high and wide knob, apex bifurcate. Fovea broad. Females with convex pronotum. Head of males with small horn, apex rounded; females with tubercle. Protibia quadridentate............
Thronistes
Burmeister
7. Frontal suture impressed (
Fig. 26
). Frons without tubercles or horns. Pronotum convex, with 2 small tubercles behind anterior margin ......................... .........................................................................................
Parapucaya
Prell
– Frontal suture absent. Frons with tubercle or semiconical horn close to each eye. Pronotum binodose, with transversal fovea (
Fig. 27
) ......
Pucaya
Ohaus