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Classification ........Psilodon gilberti Boucher, 1993

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Scarabaeoidea
Lucanidae
Syndesinae

 
Syndesinae Genera

Ceruchus
Psilodon
Sinodendron


 

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Psilodon gilberti Boucher, 1993: 422 (orig. comb.)


........P. gilberti, male.
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Photo by P Grossi.

Distribution of P. gilberti.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 

Distribution: Bolivia: North Yungas.

 

Boucher, S. 1993. Two new Bolivian species belonging to the genera Beneshius Kleinreich and Psilodon Perty. Bulletin De La Societe Entomologique De France. 97(5): 419-424.

 
 

Onore, G., L. Bartolozzi, and M. Zilioli. 2011. A new species of the genus Syndesus Macleay, 1819 (Coleoptera, Lucanidae) from Ecuador. Kogane, Tokyo 2011; (12): 43-48

 
 

Remarks:

 

Onore et al. 2011 indicate that P. gilberti is distributed in the North Yungas of Bolivia. It is the only known New World species of Psilodon with 7-segmented antennal clubs.

 
 
 
 
 
 

 

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