Coleoptera, Passalidae: Ogyges Kaup, revisión de un género mesoamericano de montaña.

Abstract

This revisión of the genus Ogyges ineludes 12 species distributed in distinct mountain Systems of Nuclear Central America from Chiapas, México to northern Nicaragua. The 5 previously known species, O. laevior (Kaup, 1868), O. laevissimus (Kaup, 1868), O. crassulus (Casey, 1897), O. politus (Hincks, 1953) and O. mar/Vucasae Reyes-Castillo and Castillo, 1986, are redescribed and illustrated. Proculejus Champion! Bates, 1886 is synonymized with O. laevior Kaup. Seven new species are described and illustrated: O. adamsi sp. nov. (Santa Bárbara and Francisco Morazán Depts., Honduras); O. hondurensis sp. nov. (Ocotepeque and Intibuca Depts., Honduras; San Salvador Volcanoe, El Salvador); O. furcillatus sp. nov. (Zacapa Dept., Guatemala): O. cakchiqueli sp. nov. (Huehuetenango Dept., Guatemala). O. tzutuhili sp. nov. (Alta Verapaz Dept., Guatemala); O. kekchii sp. nov. (Alta and Baja Verapaz Depts., Guatemala): and O. quichensis sp. nov. (El Quiché Dept., Guatemala and 2