Passalus (Pertinax) dominicanus

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

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scientific name	Passalus (Pertinax) dominicanus
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Passalus (Pertinax) dominicanus van Doesburg, 1953

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Type locality. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Diagnosis. 27.9–30.56 mm total length. Clypeus hidden below frons, slightly visible dorsally, with anterior angles well developed, larger than medio-frontal tubercles. Frons border with notch, without secondary mediofrontal tubercles. Frontal fossae glabrous. Medio-frontal tubercles developed, not joined to interior tubercles. Internal tubercles larger than medio-frontal tubercles. Central tubercle of MFS with apex not free; basolateral tubercles weak. Antennal club trilamellate, with short lamellae. Apex of lacinia bidentate. Mentum with medial base swollen and glabrous. Prosternal process rhomboidal, acute. Mesosternum glabrous without scars. Anterolateral metasternum pubescent and lateral groove glabrous, disc delimited by sparse punctures in posterior area. Humeri glabrous and epipleura with sparse setae in basal area.

Material examined. Nine specimens. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: La Vega, Constanza, 12.VII.1978 Chalumeau, Passalus (Pertinax) dominicanus V. Doesburg Reyes-Castillo, Det. 1993 (1 IEXA); La Vega, 20.IX.1973, col. J. Schuster (1 IEXA); La Vega PR. 3 km E Jima, 7.V.1985, coll E. Giesbert (1 UVGC); S.W. of La Vega. 20-IX-1973, J. Schuster, Passalus (Pertinax) dominicanus det.: J. Schuster (3♀♀, 3♂♂ UVGC).

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

Comments. Schuster (1983) described two kinds of sounds produced by adults of this species in three behavioral contexts. Boucher (2005) analyzed the homoplasic character state of clypeus dorsal exposure among P. dominicanus and the Proculini .