Passalus (Pertinax) pertyi ( Kaup, 1869 )

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 : 501-503

Passalus (Pertinax) pertyi ( Kaup, 1869)

( Fig. 14 )

Type locality. Cuba.

Diagnosis. 39.5–40.9 mm total length. Clypeus hidden below frons, not visible dorsally; anterior angles well developed, larger than medio-frontal tubercles. Frons border with weak notch, without secondary medio-frontal tubercles. Frontal fossae glabrous. Medio-frontal tubercles not developed, not joined to interior tubercles. Internal tubercles small and located between medio-frontal tubercles and central tubercle. Central tubercle with apex not free; basolateral tubercles small but marked. Antennal club trilamellate, with large lamellae. Apex of lacinia bidentate. Mentum with medial base swollen and glabrous. Prosternal process rhomboidal, acute. Mesosternum glabrous with scars weak or absent. Antero-lateral metasternum and lateral groove glabrous, disc delimited by sparse punctures in posterior area. Humeri and epipleura glabrous.

Material examined. 16 specimens. CUBA: CNHM 1955, Karl Brancsik Colln. Ex Eduard Knirsch/ Passalus affinis det. : F.S Pereira 1959/ Passalus (Pertinax) pertyi ( Kaup, 1869) det.: Jiménez-Ferbans, 2015 (1 FMNH); Upper Yara Valley, 18-20.x.?/ T.P.R.F. Ent. No 3512/ Feeding in rotten logs/ l.C. Scaramuzza, coll./ Passalus pertyi Kaup Det. Hincks & Dibb (1 UVGC). Prov. Artemisa, Municipio San Cristóbal. Sierra del Rosario, Finca El Cuabalito, 25.2.2012, col. E. Pardi (3 IEXA); Prov. Camagüey, Monte Imias nr. California, at light, 7.VI.1959, col. M.W. Sanderson, Passalus (Pertinax) pertyi Kaup. Reyes-Castillo det. 80 (1 IEXA); Guantánamo, Collection Le Moult. Coll. R.I.Sc.N.B., Passalus (Pertinax) pertyi Kaup. Reyes-Castillo det. 1985 (2 RISNB); La Habana, Le Moult Vendit. Coll. R.I.Sc.N.B., Passalus (Pertinax) pertyi Kaup. Reyes-Castillo det. 85 (5 RISNB); Topas, St. Spiritus, coll. Escambray. 3-1987 Col.: Grillo, Passalus pertyi Det. Maes '95, ADN 0 0 45 (1 IEXA); Cuba / Pertinax pelliculatus / Passalus (Pertinax) pertyi Kaup. Reyes-Castillo , det. 87 (1 IEXA); 13 40 [green circular label]/ Passalus (Pertinax) pertyi Kaup 1869 . S. Boucher det. 1987 (1 IEXA).

Distribution. Endemic to Cuba ( Reyes-Castillo et al. 1995, Ivie & Gillogly 1998).

Comments. Reyes-Castillo et al. (1995) commented the erroneous citation from Hispaniola by Hincks & Dibb (1935). García et al. (2009) and Morffe & García (2011) described a species and genus of Hystrignathidae (Nematoda) parasitizing P. p e r t y i. Notwithstanding that Peck (2005) cited P. convexus Dalman as widespread in Cuba, we consider this to be erroneous. The specimens used were probably misidentified P. p e r t y i.

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.