Dyscinetus dubius (Olivier, 1789)

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 : 582-584

Dyscinetus dubius (Olivier, 1789)

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Geographic distribution. Mexico to Argentina (Rat- cliffe 1986). In Colombia: Antioquia, Atlántico, Boyacá, Casanare, Caquetá, Cauca, Cesar, Chocó, Córdoba, Cundinamarca, Huila, Meta, Risaralda, Santander, Sucre, Tolima, and Valle del Cauca ( Restrepo-Giraldo et al. 2003, Pardo-Locarno et al. 2005, Neita-Moreno and Yepes 2011a, Neita-Moreno and Yepes 2011b, Pardo- Locarno et al. 2012, García-Atencia et al. 2015).

Material examined. Colombia, Sucre, Sincelejo, University of Sucre campus (09°18′52″N, 075°23′18″W), 2016/05/11, MZUSU E02547 (1♂).

Identification. This species can be distinguished from other Dyscinetus species by its dark reddish chestnut body with green overtones evident, the elytra with very fine and uniform punctures, the protibia with pointed teeth, and the rough pygidium.