Description of the Female of Tomarus rostratus Dupuis and New Synonyms and Records for the Genus Tomarus Erichson (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae)
Author
López-García, Margarita M.
Author
Deloya, Cuauhtémoc
text
The Coleopterists Bulletin
2018
2018-06-20
72
2
331
338
http://dx.doi.org/10.1649/0010-065x-72.2.331
journal article
10.1649/0010-065X-72.2.331
1938-4394
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Tomarus similis
(
Endrödi, 1968
)
Distribution.
Panama
,
Venezuela
,
Trinidad
,
Guyana
,
Suriname
, French Guiana,
Colombia
,
Ecuador
,
Peru
, and
Brazil
(Prance and Arias 1975;
Endrödi 1969
;
Ratcliffe 2003
;
López-Garc´ıa
et al.
2015
). Here it is reported as a
NEW COUNTRY RECORD
from
Costa Rica
.
Specimens Examined.
COSTA RICA
:
Coto
,
23.iv.1957
[16,
FSCA
]
.
Comments.
This record is the northernmost locality for the species (
ca
.
400 km
north of the known locality in
Panama
), which could be a result of dispersion as it is a South American species.