Diplotaxis multicarinata(Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), A New Species from a Relict Forest in Oaxaca, Mexico

Abstract

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Figure 17 from: Delgado L, Toledo-Hernández VH (2020) Three new species of Diplotaxis Kirby from Guatemala and Mexico (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Melolonthinae), with a key to the species of the trapezifera group. ZooKeys 993: 35-46. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.993.49434

“…This genus contains 237 described species distributed from Canada through the West Indies to Brazil. Mexico has the highest diversity with 181 species, followed by the United States with 105 species (Vaurie 1958(Vaurie , 1960McCleve 1993;Delgado and Mora-Aguilar 2012;Cherman et al 2016). The species of this genus are arranged in 37 species-groups, with nine species unassigned to any group (Vaurie 1958(Vaurie , 1960Delgado and Capistrán 1992;Davidson and Davidson 2006).…”

First record of the genus Diplotaxis Kirby, 1837 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Diplotaxini) in South America

“…Diplotaxis Kirby, 1837 is the second most diverse genus of the tribe Diplotaxini worldwide with 241 known species (Evans and Smith 2009, Delgado 2011, Delgado and Mora-Aguilar 2012. They occur from Canada to Panama and the West Indies (Vaurie 1958), and the major representation is in Mexico and the southwestern United States, with 183 and 108 species, respectively (Vaurie 1960).…”