Bolbapium parcepunctatum (Arrow, 1913)

Celante, Gabriel Luiz, Carvalho, Adhan Gabriel, Jahyny, Benoit Jean Bernard, Araújo, Kaylla Brisley Silva & Santos, Paula Batista Dos, 2024, A new species of Athyreus MacLeay, 1819 (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae: Bolboceratinae: Athyreini) from northeastern Brazil, Zootaxa 5512 (3), pp. 389-401 : 398

Bolbapium parcepunctatum (Arrow, 1913)

Material examined. 1 male at MFCE labeled “24 L 634605 9078077 BRASIL, Pernambuco, Custódia , PML08, 14/iii/2019, pitfall, Pereira, G.C.N.” ( MFCE001930 ) ; 1 male at MFCE labeled “24 L 461488 9081283 BRASIL, Pernambuco, Cabrobó , PMN02, 01/05” ( MFCE001931 ) .

Distribution. BRAZIL: Ceará, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Bahia (Carvalho & Vaz-de-Melo 2022). ( Fig. 5D ).

Remarks. The specimens known from the state of Pernambuco were collected in the municipality of Igarassu, located on the coast of the state, and in an ’brejo de altitude’ (900 m) in the municipality of Caruaru, regions related to the Atlantic Forest. This study presents the first specimens of B. parcepunctatum collected in the Seasonally Dry Tropical Forest.

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FIGURE 5A–D. Distribution records of some Bolboceratinae species. A, Athyreus arretado new species, Athyreus vavini Boucomont, 1902 and Athyreus tuberifer Felsche, 1909 distribution records; B, Neoathyreus anthracinus (Klug, 1843) and Neoathyreus braziliensis Howden, 1985 distribution records; C, Neoathyreus centromaculatus (Felsche, 1909), Neoathyreus lanuginosus (Klug, 1843), and Parathyreus trituberculatus (Klug, 1843) distribution records; D, Bolbapium caesum (Klug, 1843), Bolbapium parcepunctatum (Arrow, 1913), and Bolbapium sulcifrons Ide & Martínez, 1993 distribution records. The black symbols represent new records, the unfilled symbols are literature records.