The bess beetles (Coleoptera, Passalidae) of three subregions of the Department of Sucre, Caribbean region of Colombia

By

Taboada-Verona, Carlos
Murillo-Ramos, Leidys

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020-11-20

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

16

Series / Issue

Issue: 6

Pages

1581--1590

Subjects

Distribution , new records , Passalinae , Scarabaeoidea , species richness , taxonomy , tropical dry forest

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/16.6.1581

 

Abstract

We provide species lists and geographical occurrence records of the beetle family Passalidae for three subregions of the department of Sucre, northern Colombia. The sampling localities are lowland environments with typical tropical dry forest vegetation. We selected 15 sampling sites and examined decomposing trunks. We record seven species, four genera, and two tribes of Passalidae. The most abundant species were Passalus punctiger Lepeletier & Serville, 1825, P. interstitialis Eschscholtz, 1829, and P. interruptus (Linnaeus, 1758). We also provide new records for Passalus punctatostriatus Percheron, 1835, Paxillus leachi MacLeay, 1819, and Popilius marginatus (Percheron, 1835) in the department of Sucre. Veturius aspina Kuwert, 1898 was present only in the localities with well-preserved forests. Finally, the species number recorded in this study is low compared to other inventories in Neotropical regions.