Uroxys sp. 1

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 : 832

Uroxys sp. 1

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Materials examined. COLOMBIA • 1, 6.17 mm (mean); Meta, Villavicencio, Vereda Buenavista, “El Porvenir” Farm ; 04°08ʹ40.44″N, 073°41ʹ05.84″W; 1201 m a.s.l.; 26 Apr. 2019; Cárdenas Johann and Parada Jenny leg.; wooded pasture; Bvpat1; UPTC-In-00069 . • 17, 6.17 mm (mean); Meta, Villavicencio, Vereda Buenavista, “El Porvenir” Farm ; 04°08ʹ42.33″N, 073°41ʹ09.20″W; 1147 m a.s.l.; 24 Apr. 2019; Cárdenas Johann and Parada Jenny leg.; riparian forest; Bvbrt7; UPTC-In-00070 .

Identification. This morphospecies can be distinguished from the other Uroxys morphospecies collected by the head with bidentate clypeus; large and visible eyes (pers. obs.). This morphospecies shows a marked sexual dimorphism. Males have a developed medial angle of the pronotum margin; long and thin anterior tibiae; and elytra apex rounded forming a projection in developed males (pers. obs.). In females the medial border of the pronotum is not angled and the anterior tibiae are short and robust (pers. obs.).

Distribution. This morphospecies was found in riparian forest (46 individuals), high secondary forest (321 individuals), and included some sporadic records in the wooded grasslands (three individuals). This was an abundant species in the study area and was found from 750 to 1200 m a.s.l.