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Issue: Vol. 1012 No. 1: 28 Jun. 2005
Type: Articles
Published: 2005-06-28
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1012.1.3
Page range: 23–37
Abstract views: 37
PDF downloaded: 26

New species and new records of species of Macrodactylus Dejean (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Melolonthinae: Macrodactyini) from Honduras and Nicaragua

Departamento de Entomología, Instituto de Ecología, A.C. Apdo. Postal 63, Xalapa, Veracruz 91000, México
Departamento de Entomología, Instituto de Ecología, A.C. Apdo. Postal 63, Xalapa, Veracruz 91000, México
Coleoptera Macrodactylini Macrodactylus taxonomy key Honduras Nicaragua

Abstract

The species of Macrodactylus from Honduras and Nicaragua are reviewed. Two new species are described and illustrated: Macrodactylus tibialis sp. nov. from Honduras (Olancho and El Paraíso) and Nicaragua (Jinotega, Madriz, and Matagalpa) and M. hondurensis sp. nov. from Honduras (Cortés). Macrodactylus dimidiatus Guérin-Méneville, M. costulatus Bates, and M. montanus Arce-Pérez and Morón are recorded for the first time from Honduras (Lempira, El Paraíso, Santa Bárbara, and Ocotepeque). Macrodactylus sericeicollis Bates is recorded by the first time from Honduras (Morazán) and Nicaragua (Matagalpa). A key to the nine known species of Macrodactylus from Honduras and Nicaragua is included.

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