Food Relocation Behavior and Synopsis of the Southern South American Genus Glyphoderus Westwood (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Eucraniini)
Author
Ocampo, Federico C.
text
The Coleopterists Bulletin
2004
2004-06-30
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/685
journal article
10.1649/685
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Glyphoderus monticola
Burmeister, 1861:67
.
Diagnosis.
Males. This species is separated from other
Glyphoderus
species
by the shape and placement of the pronotal horns and tubercles (
Fig. 4
).
Glyphoderus monticola
has the pronotum with two horns in middle and two transversally elongated tubercles (sometimes developed as horns) on the basal half; horns and tubercles on margin of medial depression; anteromedial horn with ‘‘arms’’ elongated, with two anteromedial teeth; distance between teeth as long as tooth base. No morphological characters were found to diagnose females of this species, females can be identified only by association with males.
Distribution
(
Fig. 6
).
ARGENTINA
:
Catamarca
:
El Recreo (3).
La Rioja
:
La Rioja (3); La Rioja (
20 km
N) (4); Mascasin (33); no more data (2).
Temporal Distribution.
January (31), February (4), March (3), November (2), December (1).