Macrodactylus nigripes Bates, 1887

Arce-Pérez, Roberto & Morón, Miguel Ángel, 2020, Review of the species of Macrodactylus Dejean (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae Melolonthinae) from the Central American Nucleus, Zootaxa 4772 (3), pp. 567-584 : 579

Macrodactylus nigripes Bates, 1887

Figs. 48, 57–59, 87

Material examined. 6 specimens: 2 ♂, 4 ♀.

Diagnosis. Body length 9–12 mm; integument of the body black; covered by dense gray or pale yellow vestiture; elytra with feeble striae; antennal flagellum reddish yellow, antennal club and legs black; tarsi with rings of long, white setae (Fig.48); parameres oval, with midsize setae on the distal half, with apices lanceolate and slightly rounded (Figs. 57–58). Female smaller, pronotum with dense velvety yellow or gray vestiture; genital plates (Fig. 59).

Natural history. This species inhabits cool, humid, and sub-humid forests between 1,000 to 2,500 m (additional information in Arce-Pérez & Morón 2000, 2011).

Geographical distribution. Central and southeastern Mexico, including Chiapas (Fig. 87).