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
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http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/15.4.579
journal article
10.15560/15.4.579
1809-127X
Eurysternus mexicanus
Harold, 1869
Figure 5K
Geographic distribution.
Belize
,
Colombia
,
Costa Rica
,
Guatemala
,
Guyana
,
Honduras
,
Mexico
, Nica- ragua,
Panama
,
Trinidad and Tobago
, and
Venezuela
(
Génier 2009
). In
Colombia
:
Antioquia
,
Atlántico
, Bolívar,
Boyacá
,
Caldas
,
Cesar
,
Córdoba
,
Guajira
,
Magdalena
,
Meta
,
Norte de Santander
,
Risaralda
,
Santander
, Sucre,
Tolima
, and
Valle del Cauca
(
Camero-Rubio 2010
,
Noriega et al. 2013
,
Pardo-Locarno and Camero 2014
).
Material examined.
Colombia
, Sucre, Sincelejo, University of Sucre campus (
09°18′52″N
,
075°23′18″W
),
2016/05/23
,
MZUSU
E02555
-65 (11, sex undetermined),
MZUSU
E02654
-56 (9, sex undetermined).
Identification.
This species can be distinguished from other
Eurysternus
species
by having several calli in the pronotal surface, of which only 3 of them are in the anteromedial area and are smooth.