The Brachypterous Species of Passalus (Pertinax) (Coleoptera: Passalidae), with the Description of a New Species from Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia

Abstract

Brachypterism is a common condition cited in passalid beetles, mainly associated to species with strictly montane distributions. In the New World Passalids, brachypterism has been reported especially in the tribe Proculini, for which almost all genera have brachypterous species; meanwhile, in Passalini, the other Netropical tribe, it has been cited only for the genus Passalus, mainly in the subgenus Passalus (Passalus). Here we present a commented list of the brachypterous species of the subgenus Passalus (Pertinax); we redescribed Passalus gravelyi Moreira, P. quitensis (Kaup), P. striatissimus Luederwaldt, and P. sulcifrons (Kuwert) and describe a new species from Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia.

Passalidae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea) from the Caribbean coast of Colombia: synopsis, key, and new species description

“…The Caribbean region of Colombia is the most comprehensively know for passalids, based in amount of works published in the last two decades (e.g., Jiménez-Ferbans and Amat-García 2009 ; Jiménez-Ferbans et al 2010 ; Jiménez-Ferbans et al 2012 , 2014 , 2022 ; Taboada-Verona and Murillo-Ramos 2020 ). Jiménez-Ferbans and Amat-García (2009 , 2010 ), and Jiménez-Ferbans et al (2010) represented the first works that systematically studied the passalids of the region, registering 18 species and proposing a key and synopsis for their identification.…”

“… Jiménez-Ferbans and Amat-García (2009 , 2010 ), and Jiménez-Ferbans et al (2010) represented the first works that systematically studied the passalids of the region, registering 18 species and proposing a key and synopsis for their identification. Then, Jiménez-Ferbans et al (2012 , 2014 , 2022 ) described new species for the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, increasing the number of species to 21. Additionally, recent explorations have allowed the discovery of species not registered for the region and increasing the number of sites with records of passalids.…”

The world new taxa for extant Coleoptera in 2022

“…Orphnus (Orphnus) kenyensis [New Species]Type locality: KENYAAkhmetova & Frolov (2022) Diversity, 14(5),[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19].Orphnus (Orphnus) tanaensis [New Species]Barryfilius centralis[New Combination] Transferred from Lepidiota Allsopp (2022a) Zootaxa, 5213(5), 513-545.Kirprellius dentatus [New Combination]Transferred from Syrictes Allsopp (2022b) Zootaxa, 5165(2), 294-300.Macraspis maculataMacraspis maculata crosarai [NewSynonym] Bento et al (2022a) ZooKeys, 1124, 161-189. Neoserica debasriae [New Species] Type locality: INDIA Bhunia et al (2022) Zootaxa, 5200(2), 489-494.…”