New species of Bolbapium Boucomont, 1910 (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae) from Brazil

Caique Dantas; André da Silva Ferreira; Freddy Bravo

doi:10.12741/ebrasilis.v17.e1075

Authors

Caique Dantas Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5887-4200
André da Silva Ferreira Universidade de Pernambuco, Petrolina, PE, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7003-0772
Freddy Bravo Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Feira de Santana, BA, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0959-0767

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12741/ebrasilis.v17.e1075

Keywords:

Bahia state; Semi-arid region; Scarabaeoidea; Bolboceratinae; Athyreini

Abstract

Bolbapium Boucomont, 1910 is a Neotropical genus of Geotrupidae with 22 known species. In this paper, we describe Bolbapium vazdemelloi sp. nov. in Southwestern Bahia, Brazil. This new species is distinguished from congeneric species by its unique combination of morphological characters: cephalic tubercle adjacent to each eye; pronotum with little expanded bidentate tubercle; parameres symmetric, with acute and divergent apex. The new species was incorporated into a previously published identification key for Bolbapium.

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