Passalus (Passalus) serankuai Jimenez-Ferbans , Reyes-Castillo & Amat-Garcia , 2014

Jimenez-Ferbans, Larry, Maestre-Guerra, Ana, Villalba-Fuentes, Evelin, Barros-Barrios, Mayelis M. & Munoz-Montero, Jeison, 2023, Passalidae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea) from the Caribbean coast of Colombia: synopsis, key, and new species description, ZooKeys 1179, pp. 243-297 : 243

5. Passalus (Passalus) serankuai Jimenez-Ferbans, Reyes-Castillo & Amat-Garcia, 2014

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Diagnosis.

28.7-34.2 mm total length. Body slightly flattened. Anterior border of frons with two prominent secondary mediofrontal tubercles, almost completely fused. Mediofrontal and laterofrontal fused, large. Central tubercle with apex very free, reaching or surpassing anterior frons border. Lateroposterior tubercles small, distinct. Eyes large. Antennal club tri-lamellate, with lamellae long. Lacinia with apex bidentate. Mediobasal area of mentum protruding and pubescent. Marginal pronotal groove occupying 2/3 of the pronotum anterior border. Prosternellum rhomboidal, truncate. Mesosternum glabrous, with distinct and elongate scars. Metasternum pubescent anterolaterally, lateral groove glabrous; disc smooth and delimited by punctations excluding the anterior part. Humeri pubescent, epipleura with some setae basally. Last abdominal sternite with complete marginal groove. Anterior ventral border of the profemur with conspicuous groove. Meso- and metatibia with small spines or unarmed.

Comments.

Described from SNSM, this species seems to be endemic to this biogeographical province.

Figures

Figure 6. Passalus (Passalus) serankuai Jimenez-Ferbans Reyes-Castillo & Amat-Garcia, 2014 A head and pronotum in dorsal view B habitus dorsal C habitus ventral D habitus lateral. Scale bars: 2.0 mm (A); 3.0 mm (B, C, D).