Onthophagus parafuscus Zunino & Halffter 2005
Description
Onthophagus parafuscus Zunino & Halffter, 2005, new rank
Figs. 9–10, 18–20
Onthophagus fuscus orientalis Zunino & Halffter, 1988: 82 –83; Krajcik 2006: 106; Onthophagus fuscus parafuscus Zunino & Halffter, 2005: 149 (replacement name); Pulido-Herrera & Zunino 2007: 103; Moctezuma et al. 2016: 33, 35–36
Type material examined ( 1 male, 1 female ). Holotype male: “ México, Agua Blanca, Edo. de Hidalgo, 5/VII/70, J. Gimate col.” (GHC). Paratype. 1 female: “ México, Agua Blanca, Edo. de Hidalgo, 5/VII/70, J. Gimate col.” (GHC).
Non-type material examined. 1 male: “ México, Veracruz, Cruz Blanca, Carretera Xalapa Perote. 17/X/1989. L. Arellano col. Potrero. Alt. 2340 m. Colecta directa en excremento de vaca” (CEMT).
Remarks. Length: 9.1 ± 0.1 mm. The following set of characters support the new status of O. parafuscus (Table 1): pronotal and elytral pubescence sparse and short sized (more crowded and longer in O. fuscus); major male clypeal carina lacking (weakly developed in O. fuscus); major male frontal carina complete (not impressed laterally in O. fuscus); apex of the major male pronotal prominence blunt (acute in O. fuscus); female frontal carina complete (not impressed laterally in O. fuscus); apical-superior area of the parameres right angled, laterally concave (obtuse in O. fuscus); apex of the lamella copulatrix acute (claw shaped in O. fuscus). Onthophagus parafuscus occurs in the Southern Sierra Madre Oriental, Eastern Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt (Fig. 17).
Notes
Files
Files
(2.1 kB)
| Name | Size | Download all |
|---|---|---|
|
md5:46ec9db72b671b747a8eece798670cd1
|
2.1 kB | Download |
System files
(19.9 kB)
| Name | Size | Download all |
|---|---|---|
|
md5:2682ce80c223a2afc10c6e5d2af44ecc
|
19.9 kB | Download |
Linked records
Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- CEMT , GHC
- Event date
- 1970-07-05 , 1989-10-17
- Family
- Scarabaeidae
- Genus
- Onthophagus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Zunino & Halffter
- Species
- parafuscus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype , paratype
- Verbatim event date
- 1970-07-05 , 1989-10-17
- Taxonomic concept label
- Onthophagus parafuscus Zunino, 2005 sec. Joaqui, Moctezuma, Sánchez-Huerta & Escobar, 2019
References
- Zunino, M. & Halffter, G. (2005) Onthophagus fuscus parafuscus Zunino y Halffter, nuevo nombre para O. fuscus orientalis Zunino y Halffter 1988. Acta Zoologica Mexicana, New Series, 21, 149.
- Zunino, M. & Halffter, G. (1988) Analisis taxonomico, ecologico y biogeografico de un grupo americano de Onthophagus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali Torino, 9, 1 - 211.
- Krajcik, M. (2006) Checklist of Scarabaeoidea of the world. 1. Scarabaeinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae). Animma X, 3, 1 - 190.
- Pulido-Herrera, L. A. & Zunino, M. (2007) Catalogo preliminar de los Onthophagini de America (Coleoptera: Scarabaeinae). Sociedad Entomologica Aragonesa, Monografias Tercer Milenio, 7, 93 - 129. Available from: http: // sea-entomologia. org / PDF / PDFSM 3 MVOL 7 / Pdf 9093129 PulidoYZunino. pdf (accessed 28 October 2018)
- Moctezuma, V., Rossini, M., Zunino, M. & Halffter, G. (2016) A contribution to the knowledge of the mountain entomofauna of Mexico with a description of two new species of Onthophagus Latreille, 1802 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae). Zookeys, 572, 23 - 50. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 572.6763