Abstract

JIMENEZ-FERBANS, Larry; REYES-CASTILLO, Pedro  and  AMAT-GARCIA, Germán. Three new Colombian species of Passalidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea). Rev. Mex. Biodiv. [online]. 2014, vol.85, n.1, pp.31-37. ISSN 2007-8706.  https://doi.org/10.7550/rmb.40501.

Three new species of Passalus of Colombia are described and illustrated. All of them are from mountain areas above 1 500 m asl. One species belongs to the subgenus Pertinax and the other 2 to the subgenus Passalus s. str., Petrejus species group. A key to the identification of Colombian species of Petrejus is proposed.

Keywords : bess beetles; Passalini; Passalus; biodiversity.

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