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Acta zoológica mexicana
On-line version ISSN 2448-8445Print version ISSN 0065-1737
Abstract
BEVILAQUA, Marcus Vinícius Oliveira and FONSECA, Claudio Ruy Vasconcelos da. New species of Passalus (Mitrorhinus) Kaup, 1871 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea: Passalidae) from the extreme west of the Brazilian Amazon. Acta Zool. Mex [online]. 2017, vol.33, n.2, pp.345-349. ISSN 2448-8445.
Passalus (Mitrorhinus) nodifer sp. nov., from the extreme west of the Brazilian Amazon in the state of Acre is described and illustrated. The new species can be recognized by the head with conspicuous and strong single secondary tubercle; frontal ridges straight and well-marked; mandibles with two apical teeth; aedeagus with parameres reduced with large and rounded apical margin and basal piece with a deep V-shaped notched in the medial region.
Keywords : Passalinae; Acre; biodiversity; saproxilophages; taxonomy.