Ateuchus guatemalensis (Bates), 1887

Kohlmann, Bert & Vaz-de-Mello, Fernando Z., 2018, A new key for the species of Ateuchus Weber (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) occurring in Mexico, with a description of the first North American inquiline species from a rodent burrow (Rodentia: Geomydae) and new distribution records, Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 62 (2), pp. 131-134 : 134

Ateuchus guatemalensis (Bates), 1887

This species has been recorded from Chiapas, Guatemala and Honduras. It is here recorded for the first time from Nicaragua.

Nicaragua: Jinotega: Cerro Kilambe, Camp 5, Las Torres , UTM–16P–1500283–0639500, 1200 m, 23/ 30-IV-2001, col. J. Sunyer y B. Hernández (5 specimens at CEMT); Masaya: Las Flores, VII–1998, col. J. Téllez (1 specimen at CEMT) .

Ateuchus hornai ( Balthasar, 1939) , new combination (valid species)

( Fig. 5 )

This species was previously considered a synonym of A. illaesum based on the original description, since the holotype was not available for study at the time ( Kohlmann, 1984). The examination of the female holotype found in the Natural History Museum in Prague, Czech Republic ( Bezdek and Hajek, 2011), allowed us to consider it a valid species, distinguishable by the characters in the key presented herein. We suspect the type locality (Necaxa, Puebla, México) to be wrong, and we hope that a male will be collected in order to prepare a more thorough description of this interesting species.

Figures

Figures 4–5. A. tuza sp. nov.; 4, drawing of the internal sac, line equals 1 mm; 5, A. hornai (Balthasar, 1939), dorsal habitus of the female holotype.