Tomarus fossor (Latreille, 1813)

Taboada-Verona, Carlos, Sermeño-Correa, Carlos, Sierra-Serrano, Oscar & Noriega, Jorge Ari, 2019, Checklist of the superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Insecta, Coleoptera) in an urban area of the Caribbean Colombia, Check List 15 (4), pp. 579-594 : 584-585

Tomarus fossor (Latreille, 1813)

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Geographic distribution. Antigua, Bahamas, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Curaçao, Ecuador, El Salvador, Jamaica, Panama, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela ( Endrödi 1969, Ratcliffe 2003, Ratcliffe and Cave 2006, Carvajal et al. 2011). In Colombia: Antioquia, Atlántico, Bolívar, Caldas, Cauca, Cesar, Córdoba, Guajira, Magdalena, and Sucre ( Endrödi 1969, Restrepo-Giraldo et al. 2003, Lopez- Garcia et al. 2015).

Material examined. Colombia, Sucre, Sincelejo, University of Sucre campus (09°18′52″N, 075°23′18″W), 2016/05/19, MZUSU E02501-02 (2♀). Colombia, Sucre, Sincelejo, University of Sucre campus (09°18′52″N, 075°23′18″W). 2016/05/27, MZUSU E02503 (1♂). Colombia, Sucre, Sincelejo, University of Sucre campus (09°18′52″N, 075°23′18″W), 2016/05/30 /, MZUSU E02504-06 (3♀). Colombia, Sucre, Sincelejo, Uni- versity of Sucre campus (09°18′52″N, 075°23′18″W), 2016/06/08 /, MZUSU E02507-08 (2♀).

Identification. This species can be distinguished from other Tomarus species by its small size, reddish color, pronotum without fovea nor tubercles, and deeper punctuation on pronotum.