The genus Gromphas Brullé, 1837 in Peru (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Phanaeini)

Authors

Luis Figueroa, Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, PeruFollow
W. D. Edmonds, Marfa, Texas 79843, USAFollow
Felipe Meza-Velez, Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, PeruFollow

Date of this Version

8-24-2012

Citation

Insecta Mundi 0248: 1-8

Comments

Published in 2012 by Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc. P. O. Box 141874 Gainesville, FL 32614-1874 USA http://www.centerforsystematicentomology.org/

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Abstract

The genus Gromphas Brullé (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) comprises four species, of which G. aeruginosa (Perty) and G. amazonica Bates are known to occur in Peru. This paper presents a revised description of Gromphas as well as illustrated diagnoses and distributional and ecological data on the Peruvian species.