Tomarus rubripes ( Boheman, 1858 )

Neita-Moreno, Jhon César, Alexander, Recursos Biológicos, Agustín, San, de, Villa, Leyva, Boyacá, Ratcliffe, Brett C., Collections, Systematics Research, of, University, Museum, Nebraska State, Hall, Nebraska, of, University, Nebraska, Lincoln, Ne & Usa, 2017, The genus Tomarus Erichson (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Pentodontini) in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay, Insecta Mundi 2017 (547), pp. 1-36 : 11

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5172580

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5185990

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scientific name

Tomarus rubripes ( Boheman, 1858 )
status

 

Tomarus rubripes ( Boheman, 1858)

( Figures 19a–e View Figure 19 )

Podalgus rubripes Boheman 1858: 57 (original combination).

Ligyrus guianucai Dechambre and Lumaret 1985: 107 (New Synonymy).

Tomarus rubripes was described from, supposedly, Montivideo, Uruguay, although this simply may have been a port-of-call for the frigate Eugenie on which the specimens were transported back to Sweden. The male holotype is in NHRS, and we examined multiple images, including the parameres. In our examination of numerous collections holding Tomarus specimens from the study area, we have never seen specimens of T. rubripes from Uruguay or Argentina, although we have seen specimens from Brazil. We have no definitive evidence that T. rubripes occurs in the study area.

Tomarus guianucai was described by Dechambre and Lumaret (1985) from Cassino Beach, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; this locality is adjacent to Uruguay. Examination of the types of both species reveals that they are conspecific, and T. guianucai is here reduced to junior synonymy with T. rubripes . Dechambre and Lumaret made no mention of examining the type of T. rubripes when they described T. guianucai and so did not recognize the similarities between the two.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Dynastidae

Genus

Tomarus

Loc

Tomarus rubripes ( Boheman, 1858 )

Neita-Moreno, Jhon César, Alexander, Recursos Biológicos, Agustín, San, de, Villa, Leyva, Boyacá, Ratcliffe, Brett C., Collections, Systematics Research, of, University, Museum, Nebraska State, Hall, Nebraska, of, University, Nebraska, Lincoln, Ne & Usa 2017
2017
Loc

Ligyrus guianucai

Dechambre, R. - P. & P. Lumaret 1985: 107
1985
Loc

Podalgus rubripes

Boheman, C. H. 1858: 57
1858
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