Passalus (Pertinax) gonzalezae Jiménez-Ferbans, Reyes-Castillo & Schuster, 2019

Jiménez-Ferbans, Larry, Reyes-Castillo, Pedro & Bevilaqua, Marcus, 2022, The Brachypterous Species of Passalus (Pertinax) (Coleoptera: Passalidae), with the Description of a New Species from Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia, Neotropical Entomology 51 (5), pp. 722-741 : 737

Passalus (Pertinax) gonzalezae Jiménez-Ferbans, Reyes-Castillo & Schuster, 2019

Diagnosis: Anterior frontal edge straight, with a notch in the median region; latero + mediofrontal tubercles larger than inner tubercles; mediofrontal area, as long as wide, with three grooves forming an inverted “Y”; prepisternum with sparse pubescence; mesosternal scars elongated, wide, shallow and with opaque surface; metasternum punctuated posteriorly; metasternal lateral groove narrow and glabrous; epipleura and humeri glabrous; weak punctures on elytral striae 7–10.

This species was described from Bolivia, based on one female from 2000 m a.s.l. Bevilaqua and Fonseca (in prep.) complements the description with the male genitalia. It is brachypterous ( Fig. 3c ).

Figures

Fig. 3 Passalus (Pertinax) gaboi n.sp.: (a) head and pronotum in dorsal view; (b) aedeagus in ventral view; (c) aedeagus in lateral view