Passalus (Passalus) punctiger Lepeletier & Serville, 1825

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

4. Passalus (Passalus) punctiger Lepeletier & Serville, 1825

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Diagnosis.

28.4-41.7 mm total length. Body robust. Anterior border of the frons with two prominent secondary mediofrontal tubercles. Mediofrontal tubercles large, located on base of each laterofrontal tubercle. Central tubercle with apex slightly free. Lateroposterior tubercles conspicuous. Eyes large. Antennal club tri-lamellate, with lamellae long. Lacinia with apex bidentate. Mediobasal area of mentum protruding and glabrous. Marginal pronotal groove occupying 2/3 of the pronotum anterior border. Prosternellum rhomboidal, truncate. Mesosternum glabrous, with conspicuous and elongate scars. Metasternum pubescent anterolaterally and in lateral groove; disc smooth and delimited posteriorly to middle by punctations. Humeri pubescent, epipleura pubescent in basal 2/3. Last abdominal sternite with complete marginal groove. Anterior ventral border of the profemur with distinct groove. Meso- and metatibia with one or two small spines.

Comments.

Distributed from Mexico to Argentina. This the most common species for the lowlands of the Colombian Caribbean.

Figures

Figure 5. Passalus (Passalus) punctiger Lepeletier & Serville, 1825 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).