Vol. 32 Núm. 2 (2016)
Artículos originales

Passalus coarctatus Percheron, 1835 (Coleoptera: Passalidae): redescription and new distributional records

Larry Jiménez-Ferbans
Universidad del Magdalena
Pedro Reyes-Castillo
Instituto de Ecología, A.C.
Jack C. Schuster
Universidad del Valle de Guatemala
Carmen Upegui-Vélez
Particular

Publicado 13-12-2016

Palabras clave

  • Coleoptera,
  • larval diagnosis,
  • key to species,
  • geographic

Cómo citar

Jiménez-Ferbans, L., Reyes-Castillo, P., Schuster, J. C., & Upegui-Vélez, C. (2016). Passalus coarctatus Percheron, 1835 (Coleoptera: Passalidae): redescription and new distributional records. ACTA ZOOLÓGICA MEXICANA (N.S.), 32(2), 168–173. https://doi.org/10.21829/azm.2016.322944

Resumen

Passalus (Passalus) coarctatus Percheron, 1835 was described from Brazil without precise locality data; except for its inclusion in catalogues, nothing is known of this species and only one publication has provided specific locality data. We provide precise localities for P. coarctatus in Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela, Brazil and Bolivia, we describe the third instar larva, discuss its taxonomic status and correct errors of previous publications.

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