Passalus (Passalus) abortivus Percheron, 1835

(Fig. 1)

Type locality. Unknown (Percheron 1835).

Diagnosis. 28.2–30.6 mm total length. Clypeus hidden below frons, not visible dorsally, with anterior angles developed. Frons border with two secondary median-frontal teeth united basally. Frontal fossae pubescent. Medialfrontal tubercles developed; internal tubercles large, not united by a ridge to the medial-frontal tubercles, located at half the distance between the median frontal structure (MFS) and the medial-frontal tubercles. Central tubercle of MFS with apex not free, basolateral tubercles marked. Antennal club trilamellate. Apex of lacinia bidentate. Medial-basal mentum elevated and glabrous. Prosternal process rhomboidal, angled sharply. Mesosternal scar (as defined in Reyes-Castillo 1970) pubescent, marked, and oval. Metasternum pubescent anterolaterally and in lateral groove; disc delimited by punctures from posterior to middle. Humeri pubescent, epipleura pubescent basally.

Material examined. Two specimens. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: Trinidad: Arima-Blanchisseuse Rd. Simla Research Station, collected at mercury vapor light, 10°42'N 61°17'W, 800', 22.V–3.VI.2000 Kriska, Katovich (1 UVGC); Asa Wright Nature Ctr. 7.5 mi N. of Arima on Blanchisseuse Road. 21.VI.1984, P.J. Clausen, Passalus abortivus Perch. Det.: JCS 2002 (1 UVGC).

Distribution. Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela, (Luederwaldt 1931, Reyes-Castillo 1973, Amat-García et al. 2004).