THE ANCOGNATHA ERICHSON (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE: DYNASTINAE: CYCLOCEPHALINI) OF ECUADOR, WITH DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES

Authors

Aura Paucar-Cabrera, University of Nebraska State MuseumFollow
Brett C. Ratcliffe, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

2018

Citation

The Coleopterists Bulletin, 72(4): 665–687. 2018.

Comments

DOI.org/10.1649/0010-065X-72.4.665

Abstract

Descriptions, diagnoses, locality and temporal records, distributional maps, and illustrations of the 11 species of Ancognatha Erichson occurring in Ecuador are provided. Four new country records are reported for Ecuador, and a new species is described. A female lectotype at the Natural History Museum (London) for Ancognatha jamesoni Murray is designated. A key to the Ecuadorian species is included.

Se proporcionan descripciones, diagnosis, localidades y meses de colecta, mapas de distribuci´on e ilustraciones de las 11 especies de Ancognatha Erichson que se encuentran en Ecuador. Se reportan cuatro registros nuevos para el pa´ıs y se describe una especie nueva. Se designa el lectotipo hembra de Ancognatha jamesoni Murray del Natural History Museum (Londres). Se incluye una clave para las especies ecuatorianas.