Rhyparus opacus Cartwright & Woodruff, 1969

Mora-Aguilar, Eder F. & Delgado, Leonardo, 2019, A new Mexican species of Rhyparus Westwood (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae), with new records and a key to the Mexican and Guatemalan species, Zootaxa 4609 (1), pp. 196-200 : 197

Rhyparus opacus Cartwright & Woodruff, 1969 new state record

This species is endemic to Mexico, and is only know from Veracruz ( Cartwright & Woodruff, 1969; Delgado et al. 2012). One specimen represents a new state record, labeled: “ MEXICO: Oaxaca, Uluapa, 4 km NE Ayautla, 11-VI-2016, Alt. 805 m, 18.06216º N, - 96.64861º W, lowland forest, winkler leaf litter, J. Valenzuela et al. cols.” (IEXA) ( Fig. 10 ).

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FIGURE 10. Geographical distribution of Mexican and Guatemalan species of Rhyparus. Rhyparus chimalapensis (black circle), R. costaricensis (black triangle), R. mexicanus (open triangle), R. opacus (open circle), and R. suspiciosus (open square). Elevational limits each 600 m; darker and punctate lines indicate higher elevation.