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
2019
2019-07-26
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http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/15.4.579
journal article
10.15560/15.4.579
1809-127X
Liogenys quadridens
(Fabricius, 1798)
Figure 4M
Geographic distribution.
Brazil
,
Colombia
,
Guyana
,
Panama
, and
Venezuela
(
Restrepo-Giraldo et al. 2003
,
Evans and Smith 2009
). In
Colombia
:
Atlántico
,
Cesar
, and
Guajira
(
Restrepo-Giraldo et al. 2003
,
Pardo-Locarno et al. 2012
,
García-Atencia et al. 2015
,
Medina et al. 2018
).
Material examined, new record.
Colombia
, Sucre, Sincelejo, University of Sucre campus (
09°18′52″N
,
075°23′18″W
).
2015/05/19
,
MZUSU
E02551
-52 (
2♂
),
MZUSU
E02553
(
1♀
).
Identification.
This species can be distinguished from other
Liogeneys
species by the bicolor body, head and pronotum black and elytra reddish brown; the clypeus with 2 projections similar to teeth; pygidium subquadrate and narrower than the distance between the propygidial spiracles.