Five Unusual New Species of Rhyparus Westwood, 1845 from Mexico and Central America (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae: Rhyparini)

Authors

Paul E. Skelley, Florida State Collection of ArthropodsFollow
Andrew B. T. Smith, Canadian Museum of NatureFollow

ORCID IDs

Skelley 0000-0003-2687-6740

Smith 0000-0002-8059-5133

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

2024

Citation

Insecta Mundi (2024) 1091

December 20, 2024

ZooBank registration: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D5B7D848-4BC0-4719-A8EA-086DD57232B6

Comments

United States government work

Abstract

Five new species of Rhyparus Westwood, 1845 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae: Rhyparini) are described: R. cucullatus Skelley and Smith from Guatemala, R. hexadentatus Skelley and Smith from Mexico and Guatemala, R. loughlini Skelley and Smith from Mexico, R. platypygus Skelley and Smith from Guatemala and Honduras, and R. pteronellus Skelley and Smith from Mexico. A description, diagnosis, images, and distributional map are presented for each species.