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
Megasoma elephas
(Fabricius, 1775)
Figure 4H
Geographic distribution.
Southern Mexico to Ven- ezuela (
Morón and Deloya 2001
,
Ratcliffe and Morón 2005
). In
Colombia
:
Antioquia
,
Córdoba
,
Magdalena
, and
Norte de Santander
(
Restrepo-Giraldo et al. 2003
, Neita-Moreno 2011).
Material examined, new record.
Colombia
, Sucre, Sincelejo, University of Sucre campus (
09°18′52″N
,
075°23′18″W
),
2017/11/29
,
MZUSU
E02554
(
1♂
).
Identification.
Females of this species can be distinguished from other
Megasoma
species
by presenting bright black tegument, completely covered by reddish yellow pubescence, the males with a cephalic horn covered with pubescence, a strong and acuminate horn in anterior angles of pronotum, and a dentate and widely truncated clypeus.