Parapsammodius pseudointeger Verdú, Stebnicka & Galante, 2006

Bueno López, Karla & Clavijo-Bustos, Julián, 2024, A new sympatric record of two species of the genus Parapsammodius (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) in Colombia, Acta Zoológica Lilloana 68 (2), pp. 309-341 : 345

Parapsammodius pseudointeger Verdú, Stebnicka & Galante, 2006

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Diagnostic characters (partially based on Verdú et al., 2006).— length 3.5–3.9 mm; head with coarse granules; pronotum with shallow minute punctures equally spaced everywhere, punctures sometimes vanishing; elytra parallel; elytral striae relatively shallow; elytral intervals flat, impunctate; abdominal ventrites impunctate and smooth, indistinctly fluted along sutures; metatibia with a longitudinal row of small granules.

Material examined.— one specimen from Colombia, Putumayo, Puerto Asís, Vereda La Lea, Platanillo , Potreros inundables cerca a Bosque secundario, 00°28’36.32”N 76°17’30.07”W, 246 m, Trampa de luz UV, 10–21. vii.2019, J. Aguilar-Cano (1 Ÿ IAvH-E-213576) .

Distribution.— Colombia ( new country record) and Ecuador ( Verdú et al., 2006).

Figures

Figure 1. Parapsammodius species from Colombia. Parapsammodius integer (Bates, 1887): A. Dorsal view. B. Ventral view. C. Head and pronotum in dorsal view. Parapsammodius pseudointeger Verdú, Stebnicka & Galante, 2006: D. Dorsal view. E. Ventral view. F. Head and pronotum in dorsal view. G. Epipharynx in ventral view. H. Aedeagus in dorsal and lateral views.