Hylobothynus columbianus Endrödi, 1969

López-García, Margarita M., Gasca-Álvarez, Héctor J. & Amat-García, Germán, 2015, The scarab beetle tribe Pentodontini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) of Colombia: taxonomy, natural history, and distribution, Zootaxa 4048 (4), pp. 451-492 : 466

Hylobothynus columbianus Endrödi, 1969

( Figs. 40 – 44 )

Hylobothynus columbianus Endrödi, 1969: 42 .

Diagnosis. According to Endrödi (1985) Hylobothyus columbianus and H. obesus can be differentiated by the absence of a pronotal basal margin in the former, whereas in H. obesus the pronotum is strongly bordered at its base. Furthermore, the pygidium is strongly punctate in H. columbianus and nearly smooth in the other species. The parameres of H. columbianus are longer and narrower ( Figs. 41–42 ) than those of H. obesus ( Figs. 46–47 ). Locality records. ( Fig. 48 ) Holotype, 1♂. Putumayo (1): Mocoa, 530 m, ii.1921, Werner Hopp [ZMHU]. Distribution. Colombia ( Endrödi 1969) and Peru ( Dechambre 1979; Ratcliffe 1981).

Natural history. The species was found in Amazonia at about 530 m elevation.

Figures

FIGURES 40 – 48. Hylobothynus columbianus (holotype): 40) habitus in dorsal view, 41) parameres in frontal view, 42) parameres in lateral view, 43) maxillary apical palpomere, 44) habitus in lateral view. Hylobothynus obesus (holotype): 45) habitus in dorsal view, 46) parameres in frontal view, 47) parameres in lateral view, 48) locality records of Hylobothynus in Colombia.