Passalidae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea) from the Caribbean coast of Colombia: synopsis, key, and new species description Author Jimenez-Ferbans, Larry https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-2265 Facultad de Ciencias Basicas. Universidad del Magdalena, carrera 32 # 22 - 08, Santa Marta, Zip code 470004, Colombia larryjimenezferbans@gmail.com Author Maestre-Guerra, Ana https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2046-8036 Facultad de Ciencias Basicas. Universidad del Magdalena, carrera 32 # 22 - 08, Santa Marta, Zip code 470004, Colombia Author Villalba-Fuentes, Evelin https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3332-5384 Facultad de Ciencias Basicas. Universidad del Magdalena, carrera 32 # 22 - 08, Santa Marta, Zip code 470004, Colombia Author Barros-Barrios, Mayelis M. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2634-5408 Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales. Universidad de Caldas, Calle 65 # 26 - 10, Manizales, Zip code 170004, Colombia Author Munoz-Montero, Jeison https://orcid.org/0009-0003-2563-9388 Facultad de Ciencias Basicas. Universidad del Magdalena, carrera 32 # 22 - 08, Santa Marta, Zip code 470004, Colombia text ZooKeys 2023 2023-09-12 1179 243 297 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1179.104037 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1179.104037 1313-2970-1179-243 1C2AC35B27664077BA9B3EB4E8E8452A FD30B3684976524BBEFEED3F9C8679D1 16. Spasalus crenatus (MacLeay, 1819) Fig. 19 Diagnosis. 17.6-18.2 mm total length. Body robust. Mediofrontal and laterofrontal fused, large. Central tubercle with apex not free. Eyes large. Antennal with five lamellae. Lacinia with apex unidentate. Mediobasal area of mentum protruding, with setae along almost its entire extension. Marginal groove widened, occupying 2/3 of the anterior margin of the pronotum. Anterior border of mentum almost straight. Prosternellum rhomboidal. Anterior ventral border of the profemur with conspicuous groove. Figure 19. Spasalus crenatus (MacLeay, 1819) A head and pronotum in dorsal view B habitus dorsal C habitus ventral D habitus lateral. Scale bars: 1.0 mm ( A ); 2.0 mm ( B, C, D ). Comments. Distributed widely in South America, this species has been recorded also in Lesser Antilles and Puerto Rico ( Jimenez-Ferbans et al. 2015 ).