Review of the species of Macrodactylus Dejean (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae Melolonthinae) from the Central American Nucleus
Author
Arce-Pérez, Roberto
Author
Morón, Miguel Ángel
text
Zootaxa
2020
2020-05-11
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4772.3.7
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Macrodactylus tibialis
Arce-Pérez & Morón, 2005
Figs. 54, 75–77, 84
Material examined.
115 specimens
:
67 ♂
,
48 ♀
.
Diagnosis
. Body length 12.0–12.5 mm; clypeus, antennae, pronotum, elytra, pygidium, apical sternite, femora, and tibiae orange; frons, scutellum, pterothorax, abdomen, and tarsi black; dorsally glabrous (Fig. 54), male with a strong, acute spine near the middle of the inner edge of each protibia; tarsi without ring of white setae; parameres stout, glabrous, evenly curved externally, forming an oval in distal view; apices weakly lanceolate (Figs. 75–76); female similar to male except, protibiae without acute spine; pygidium short, weakly convex; genital plates (Fig. 77).
Natural history.
This species inhabits humid montane forests ranging from
1,000 to 1,800 m
(additional information in
Arce-Pérez & Morón 2005
,
2011
).
Geographical distribution
.
Honduras
(
El Paraíso
,
Olancho
) and
Nicaragua
(
Jinotega
,
Matagalpa
) (Fig. 84)
.