A new giant species of Deltochilum subgenus Deltohyboma (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae) from Colombia, with notes on D. spinipes Paulian, 1938

Fernando A B Silva; Fernando Z Vaz-de-Mello

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3802.2.8

A new giant species of Deltochilum subgenus Deltohyboma (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae) from Colombia, with notes on D. spinipes Paulian, 1938

Zootaxa. 2014 May 26:(3802):276-84. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3802.2.8.

Authors

Fernando A B Silva¹, Fernando Z Vaz-de-Mello²

Affiliations

¹ Universidade Federal do Pará, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Campus Belém. Rua Augusto Corrêa, 01. Guamá. Belém PA 66075-110, Brazil.; Email: [email protected].
² Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Département Systématique et Évolution, Entomologie, 57 rue Cuvier, F-75231 Paris cedex 05, France. Permanent address: Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Biologia e Zoologia. Av. Fernando Correa da Costa, 2367. Boa Esperança. Cuiabá MT 78060-900, Brazil.; Email: [email protected].

PMID: 24871007
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3802.2.8

Abstract

Deltochilum (Deltohyboma) gigante sp. nov., from Parque Nacional Las Cuevas de los Guácharos, Huila, Colombia is described based on differences in external and genital morphology. Its diagnostic characters are provided and illustrated. Lectotype and paralectotypes for D. spinipes, a close relative to the new species, are designated.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Coleoptera / anatomy & histology*
Coleoptera / classification*
Colombia
Female
Male