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Issue: Vol. 4604 No. 3: 15 May 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-05-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4604.3.2
Page range: 428–440
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Taxonomic synopsis of the genus Tomarus Erichson, 1847 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) in Peru

Instituto de Ecología A.C., Red de Interacciones Multitróficas, Carretera antigua a Coatepec 351, El Haya, C.P. 91070, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico.
Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Museo de Entomología Klaus Raven Büller, Av. La Molina s/n, Lima 12, Lima, Peru.
Instituto de Ecología A.C., Red de Interacciones Multitróficas, Carretera antigua a Coatepec 351, El Haya, C.P. 91070, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico.
Coleoptera Scarab beetles Pentodontini Ligyrus South America taxonomy key

Abstract

We provided a taxonomic synopsis of the species of the genus Tomarus Erichson, 1847 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Pentodontini) of Peru. Diagnosis, illustrations, photographs, and maps are presented for each species and a taxonomic key to known species in the country is also included.

 

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