Tomarus maimon Erichson, 1847

López-García, Margarita M., Giraldo-Mendoza, Alfredo E. & Deloya, Cuauhtémoc, 2019, Taxonomic synopsis of the genus Tomarus Erichson, 1847 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) in Peru, Zootaxa 4604 (3), pp. 428-440 : 432-433

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Tomarus maimon Erichson, 1847: 96 Heteronychus fossator Burmeister, 1847: 101 . Designed as a subspecies by Dupuis (2016) and then synonymized by López- García & Deloya (2018).

Diagnosis. Tomarus maimon is characterized by the antennal club subequal in length to antennomeres 2–7; clypeus narrowed towards apex (base 2.5 times wider than apex); frontoclypeal tubercles conical; pronotal tubercle acute and prominent; pronotal fovea rounded (1/ 3x as wide as interocular distance); protibial tridentate, without an additional basal denticle; apex of metatibia with 16–20 spinules; parameres with a small, acute tooth each side, apical half strongly contracted and slender, apices expanded ( Fig. 14 View FIGURES 13–15 ).

Locality records ( Fig. 15 View FIGURES 13–15 ). 107 males and 94 females from CEUC, MNHUB, FSCA, MEKRB, SENASA, and USNM . 11 specimens from CMNC. Ancash (1): Santa, Moro. Arequipa (1): Camaná , Quilca. Cajamarca

(1): Baños del Inca. Ica (36): Chavín, Cerro Lindo; Chincha; Ica; Paracas, Santa Cruz; Topará; Villacurí. Junín (12): Chanchamayo; La Merced; Pichanaqui; Satipo, Mazamari. La Libertad (15): Ascope, Chócope; Libertad; Pacasmayo; Trujillo; Trujillo, Hacienda Casa Grande; Virú. Lambayeque (2): Chiclayo, Lambayeque. Huánuco (7): Aucayacu, Tingo María. Lima (87): Canta, Santa Rosa de Quives; Cañete; Huaura, Lachay; Huaura, Sayán/Andahuasi; Huaral, Huando; Huarochirí, Matucana; Huarochirí, San Pedro de Casta; Huarochirí, Santa Eulalia; Lima, La Molina ; Lurín; Quebrada Verde. Loreto (11): Alto Amazonas, Yurimaguas. Yanamono. Moquegua (1): Ilo, Río Osmore. Piura (11): Chira; Morropón, Chulucanas; Paita; Piura. Tambogrande/Progreso Bajo. Tacna (6): Jorge Basadre, Locumba; Tacna. San Martín (1): Tocache. Imprecise data (20): Peru .

Temporal distribution. January (10), February (8), March (1), April (8), May (20), June (7), July (23), August (7), September (16), October (28), November (23), December (23). No data (38).

Distribution. Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Brazil, and the Guianas (Endr̂di 1985).

Natural history. Ayquipa & Cueva (1979) cited T. maimon (as Bothynus maimon ) as a pest of sugar cane that affects the roots and stumps. It also attacks the roots of the sweet potato, known as camote in Peru ( Daza & Rincón 1993).

References

Ayquipa, G. E. & Cueva, M. A. (1979) Nombres cientificos y comunes de los insectos que atacan a la cana de azucar en el Peru. Revista Peruana de Entomologia, 22, 95 - 97.

Burmeister, H. (1847) Handbuch der Entomologie. Coleoptera Lamellicornia, Xylophila et Pectinicornia. Band 5. Enslin, Berlin, viii + 584 pp.

Daza, M. & Rincon, H. (1993) Perfil tecnologico del camote (Batata) en la costa central del Peru. Centro Internacional de la Papa, Lima, 38 pp.

Dupuis, F. (2016) Tomarus maimon fossator Burmeister, 1847, nouvelle sous-espece du bouclier Guyanais (Coleoptera, Dynastidae). Coleopteres, 22 (4), 30 - 37.

Erichson, W. F. (1847) Conspectus insectorum coleopterorum quae in Republica Peruana observata sunt. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte, 13, 67 - 185.