Veturius (Veturius) standfussi Kuwert, 1891

Jimenez-Ferbans, Larry, Maestre-Guerra, Ana, Villalba-Fuentes, Evelin, Barros-Barrios, Mayelis M. & Munoz-Montero, Jeison, 2023, Passalidae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea) from the Caribbean coast of Colombia: synopsis, key, and new species description, ZooKeys 1179, pp. 243-297 : 243

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1179.104037

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:1C2AC35B-2766-4077-BA9B-3EB4E8E8452A

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Veturius (Veturius) standfussi Kuwert, 1891
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28. Veturius (Veturius) standfussi Kuwert, 1891 View in CoL

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Diagnosis.

41.4-46.5 mm total length. Anterior border of the labrum straight or slightly concave. Frontoclypeus almost straight. Frontal-clypeal suture absent. Internal tubercles small, joined to central tubercle by V-shaped ridges. Central tubercle small, with apex not free; lateroposterior tubercles large, distinct, and transverse. Frontal fossae with some setae. Postfrontal groove complete. Mediobasal area of the mentum glabrous. Marginal groove over anterior border of the pronotum expanded. Mesosternum glabrous. Metasternum pubescent anterolaterally and in lateral groove; disc not delimited by punctations. Meso- and metatibiae with a small spine. Humeri and epipleura glabrous; anterior vertical face of elytra pubescent.

Comments.

Originally described from Venezuela, this species is distributed in the Andes of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela ( Boucher 2006).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Passalidae

Genus

Veturius