OGYGES AND VETURIUS (COLEOPTERA: PASSALIDAE) IN CENTRAL AMERICA: SYNONYMIES, RANGE EXTENSIONS AND NEW SPECIES

Jack C. Schuster; Enio B. Cano; Stéphane Boucher

doi:10.21829/azm.2005.2121990

OGYGES AND VETURIUS (COLEOPTERA: PASSALIDAE) IN CENTRAL AMERICA: SYNONYMIES, RANGE EXTENSIONS AND NEW SPECIES

Authors

Jack C. Schuster Universidad del Valle de GuatemalaApartado Postal 82, 01901Guatemala, C.A. GUATEMALA
Enio B. Cano Universidad del Valle de GuatemalaApartado Postal 82, 01901Guatemala, C.A. GUATEMALA
Stéphane Boucher Laboratoire d’EntomologieMuseum National d’Histoire NaturelleLaboratoire d’Entomologie45 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris, FRANCE

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21829/azm.2005.2121990

Keywords:

Passalidae, Ogyges, Veturius, Central America, Key

Abstract

The following nomenclatural changes in passalid taxonomy are made: Veturius laevior (Kaup 1868) n.stat., bona sp.; V. lineatosulcatus Luederwaldt 1941, n. syn. of V. laevior; Ogyges championi (Bates 1886) n. stat., bona sp.; and O. laevior (Kaup 1868) sensu auct., n. syn.of O. championi. New distribution records are given for V. sinuatocollis Kuwert 1890 (Honduras), O. crassulus (Casey) (Guatemala, Honduras), O. championi, O. cakchiqueli Schuster & Reyes-Castillo 1990, O. tzutuhili Schuster & Reyes-Castillo 1990, O. hondurensis Schuster & Reyes- Castillo 1990, O. quichensis Schuster & Reyes-Castillo 1990 and O. politus (Hincks 1953) (Guatemala). O. crassulus is redescribed and O. coxchicopi n. sp., O. monzoni n. sp., O. aluxi n. sp. and O. nahuali n. sp. are described, all species from cloud forests between 900 and 2064m altitude in Guatemala and Honduras. A key to the species of Ogyges is given.

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Published

07-05-2005

How to Cite

Schuster, J. C., Cano, E. B., & Boucher, S. (2005). OGYGES AND VETURIUS (COLEOPTERA: PASSALIDAE) IN CENTRAL AMERICA: SYNONYMIES, RANGE EXTENSIONS AND NEW SPECIES. ACTA ZOOLÓGICA MEXICANA (N.S.), 21(2), 115–132. https://doi.org/10.21829/azm.2005.2121990