Synopsis of the aroid scarabs in the genus Peltonotus Burmeister (Scarabaeidae, Dynastinae, Cyclocephalini) from Sumatra and description of a new species

Authors

Mary Liz Jameson, Wichita State UniversityFollow
Stanislav Jakl, Praha, Czech Republic

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

2010

Comments

Published in ZooKeys 34: 141–152 (2010); doi: 10.3897/zookeys.34.302 http://www.pensoftonline.net/zookeys
Copyright (c) 2010 M.L. Jameson, S. Jakl. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Abstract

We provide a synopsis of the Sumatran species in the scarab beetle genus Peltonotus Burmeister (Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Cyclocephalini), describe a new species of Peltonotus from Sumatra, and describe the male of P. cybele Jameson & Wada from Sumatra (previously known only by the female holotype). To enable identification, we include a key to the five Sumatran species of Peltonotus, comparative images and diagnoses for all species, and temporal and geographical distributions.