Description of a new species of Coelosis Hope from Guajira Peninsula, northern Colombia (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Dynastinae, Oryctini)

By

Neita Moreno, Jhon César
Orozco, Jesus
Medina, Claudia A.

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

738

Pages

67-80

Subjects

distribución , Distribution , Macuira Mountains , Scarabaeoidea , Serranía de la Macuira , Taxonomía , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.738.22273

 

Abstract

A new species of Coelosis is described from the Macuira Mountains, Guajira Peninsula, northern Colombia. A character comparison between this new and other previously known Colombian species in the genus is presented. A key for the identification and distributional map for Colombian species of Coelosis is provided, as well as a key for the genera included in the tribe Oryctini in Colombia.