Dichotomius

Arias-Buriticá, Jorge Armando & Vaz-de-Mello, Fernando Z., 2019, Redefinition and taxonomic revision of the “ buqueti ” species-group, Dichotomius Hope, 1838 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae), Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 63 (1), pp. 43-52 : 46

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1016/j.rbe.2018.11.002

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3681277

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038C4B64-1B39-4F62-FF8C-ED16D30CFAEA

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Valdenar

scientific name

Dichotomius
status

 

Key for the species of the “ buqueti View in CoL ” species-group and species that may be confused *

1. Males andfemales with calluseson head, elytra andpronotum givingacorrugatedappearance ....................... D. ribeiroi View in CoL *

- Males and females without calluses on head, elytra and pronotum ................................................................ 2

2. Males and females with elytral striae of one through five widenedinthebasalarea ( Fig. 7A View Fig ) .............. D. nutans View in CoL ( Fig. 7 View Fig )

- Malesand femaleswithout widenedelytralstriae ( Figs.5 View Fig A–6A) ..................................................................... 3

3. Large size (27–37 mm), elytra withblue overtones. Males with long, acute cephalic lateral processes (2 mm or more), females with fourpointprocess ................................ D. buqueti View in CoL ( Fig. 5 View Fig )

- Medium size (18–28 mm), black elytra. Males with small lateral cephalic processes (less than 1 mm), females with cephalic processsimilartotheprocessesof themale ............. D. haroldi View in CoL ( Fig. 6 View Fig )

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Scarabaeidae

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