Paxillus pentaphyllus

Jiménez-Ferbans, Larry, Reyes-Castillo, Pedro & Schuster, Jack C., 2015, Passalidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) of the Greater and Lesser Antilles, Zootaxa 3956 (4), pp. 491-512 : 504-505

Paxillus pentaphyllus (Palisot de Beauvois, 1805)

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Type locality. Santo Domingo.

Diagnosis. 24.7–26.2 mm total length. Clypeus hidden below frons, not visible dorsally, with anterior angles slightly developed. Frons border straight, without secondary medio-frontal tubercles, with weak notch. Frontal fossae glabrous. Medio-frontal tubercles developed, joined to interior tubercles by a ridge. Internal tubercles smaller than medio-frontal tubercles. Central tubercle with apex not free; basolateral tubercles small but marked. Antennal club with five lamellae, first lamellae reduced. Apex of lacinia unidentate. Mentum with medial base flat and glabrous. Prosternal process pentagonal. Mesosternum glabrous with oval scars. Antero-lateral metasternum and lateral groove pubescent, disc entirely delimited by punctures. Humeri pubescent and epipleura fully pubescent.

Material examined. Six specimens. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Engombe, 23.IV.1971, Abud, Paxillus pentaphyllus (Beauv.) Reyes-Castillo , det. 88 (1♂ IEXA); La Altagracia, Nisibon, Finca Papagayo, 4–7.iv.2000, blacklight trap, 150’, R.E. Woodruff, T.J. Henry/ Paxillus pentaphyllus (Beauv.) Det. : Jiménez-Ferbans (1 UVGC). S. Domingo, Higueral, dibujo cabeza Castillo, IX.1988 (1♂ IEXA). HAITI: I. de La Tortue Aux Palmiste, 17.III.1979, Coll. M. Langworthy, T. Dowhan, Paxillus pentaphyllus P.B. Reyes-Castillo , det. 1982 (1♀ IEXA); same data, det.: J. Schuster IX.2002 (1 UVGC); Ennery, W.M. Mann, (1 UVGC).

Distribution. Endemic to Hispaniola and I. de La Tortue ( Reyes-Castillo & Fonseca 1992, Reyes-Castillo et al. 1995, Ivie & Gillogly 1998).

Figures

FIGURES 14 – 17. Head and pronotum, dorsal view. 14. Passalus pertyi. 15. Passalus doesburgi. 16. Paxillus jamaicensis. 17. Paxillus pentaphyllus. Scale bars: 1 mm.