Tomarus ebenus ( De Geer, 1774 )

López-García, Margarita M., Giraldo-Mendoza, Alfredo E. & Deloya, Cuauhtémoc, 2019, Taxonomic synopsis of the genus Tomarus Erichson, 1847 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae) in Peru, Zootaxa 4604 (3), pp. 428-440 : 430-431

Tomarus ebenus ( De Geer, 1774)

( Figs. 5–8 )

Scarabaeus ebenus De Geer, 1774: 317

Scarabaeus cordatus Fabricius, 1792: 31

Cyclocephala scarabaeina Perty, 1830: 46 Diagnosis. Tomarus ebenus can be recognized by the antennal club subequal in length to antennomeres 2–7; clypeus trapezoidal (base 2 times wider than apex); clypeal teeth widely separated and transverse; frontoclypeal tubercles transverse; pronotum with rounded tubercle and small fovea; pronotal punctation small and sparse; males with inner claw of the protarsi enlarged and bifid; protibia tridentate, without basal denticles; apex of metatibia dentate and with 6–7 spinules; parameres wide at the base, strongly narrowed at apical third and dilated at apex ( Figs. 6–7 ).

Locality records ( Fig. 8 ). 2 males and 3 females from FSCA and UNSM . 2 specimens from CMNC . Loreto (7): Explorama Inn, 25 mi NE Iquitos; Iquitos .

Temporal distribution. February (2), July (1), October (4).

Distribution. Mexico, Guatemala, Belize ( Ratcliffe et al. 2013), Honduras, Nicaragua ( Ratcliffe & Cave 2006), Costa Rica, Panama ( Ratcliffe 2003), Colombia ( López-García et al. 2015), Venezuela ( Escalona & Joly 2006), Trinidad, Guiana, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil (Endr̂di 1985), Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, and St. Lucia ( Ratcliffe & Cave 2015).

Natural history. The examined specimens were found at about 100 m elevation in the Amazon region.

Figures

FIGURES 5–8. Tomarus ebenus: 5, habitus; 6, parameres in frontal view; 7, parameres in lateral view; 8, locality records in Peru.