Uroxys sp. 2

Cárdenas-Bautista, Johann Stephens, Parada-Alfonso, Jenny Andrea & Carvajal‑Cogollo, Juan E., 2020, Dung beetles (Scarabaeidae, Scarabaeinae) of the Foothills-Andean Forest strip of Villavicencio, Colombia, Check List 16 (4), pp. 821-839 : 833

Uroxys sp. 2

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Materials examined. COLOMBIA • 1, 5.19 mm (mean); Meta, Villavicencio, Vereda Buenavista, “El Porvenir” Farm ; 04°08ʹ40.44″N, 073°41ʹ05.84″W; 1201 m a.s.l.; 11 Feb. 2019; Cárdenas Johann and Parada Jenny leg.; wooded pasture; Bvpat1; UPTC-In-00071 . • 7, 5.19 mm (mean); Meta, Villavicencio, Vereda Buenavista, “El Porvenir” Farm ; 04°08ʹ39.48″N, 073°40ʹ43.50″W; 1143 m a.s.l.; 13 Oct. 2018; Cárdenas Johann and Parada Jenny leg.; high secondary forest; Bvbt4; UPTC-In-00072 .

Identification. This morphospecies can be distinguished from the other morphospecies of collected Uroxys by the head with quadridentate clypeus and slightly dotted pygidium (pers. obs.). Uroxys sp. 2 , shows a marked sexual dimorphism, in males the anterior medial margin of the angled pronotum; long and thin anterior tibiae (pers. obs.). In females the anterior medial margin of the pronotum is rounded; short and robust anterior tibiae (pers. obs.).

Distribution. In the study area the morphospecies was found in habitats such as riparian forests (22 individuals), high secondary forests (79 individuals), and some sporadic records in the wooded pasture (one individual collected). This species was found from 750–1200 m a.s.l. in the study area.

Tribe Eurysterninii

Eurysternus Dalman, 1824