A new species of Oileus Kaup (Coleoptera, Passalidae) from Guatemala, with a key to the species of the genus

2012/05/17 by Enio B. Cano, Jack Schuster · 1 citation
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Scarabaeidae Beetle Taxonomy and Biogeography #Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies #Plant and soil sciences

paper · pdf · doi:10.3897/zookeys.194.2963

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Abstract

Oileus gasparilomisp. n. is described from nine specimens from the mountains of Quiché in Guatemala, from cloud forest at 1795 m elevation. This represents the second species of the genus for Guatemala, differing from the closely related Mexican species Oileus rimator (Truqui) in having a straight anterior clypeal border, the postocular sulcus divided by a keel and the pronotum almost straight (not clearly bilobed). A key to the species of Oileus is given.

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