Three New Species of Dichotomius Hope, 1838 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) from Mexico and Central America

Authors

Ángel Solís, BioAlfa Barcoding Project Santo Domingo de Heredia, Costa RicaFollow
Burt Kohlmann, BioAlfa Barcoding ProjectFollow

ORCID IDs

Solís https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8622-4555

Kohlmann https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3441-3933

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

6-27-2025

Citation

Insecta Mundi (June 27, 2025) 1129

ZooBank registration: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:38F6BD25-71AD-4D92-8FCD-CCAA80D89BCA

Comments

Copyright 2025, the authors. Open access

License: CC BY-NC 3.0

Abstract

Three new species assigned to the satanas species-group of Dichotomius Hope (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) are described from North and Central America: Dichotomius pisuicas Solís and Kohlmann, new species, from the Caribbean slope of Honduras to Panama; D. lucifer Solís and Kohlmann, new species, from the Costa Rican and Panamanian Pacific rainforests; and D. chamuco Solís and Kohlmann, new species, from Mexico to Honduras. A description, diagnosis, images, and distributional map are presented for each species.