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Checklist of the New World Hybosoridae

(Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea)

Federico C. Ocampo

University of Nebraska


Chaetodus piceus Westwood.

One of the objectives of my research is to provide a comprehensive, systematic review of the Hybosoridae and provide a basic foundation for those interested in the study of this group. The family Hybosoridae contains 15 genera and 58 species in the New World, including two fossil genera and species. The last catalog of the family was published by Allsopp (1984), and three genera and 11 species of New World hybosorids have been described since then. Aditionally, one genus was transferred to the family Hybosoridae, and two genera changed their status.

This checklist provides a list of the genera and species of the New World Hybosoridae. Type species are indicated by an asterisk. References to original descriptions, misspellings and invalid names, and an illustrated key to genera of the New World Hybosoridae are also provided.

 

 

New World Hybosoridae

 

Anaides Westwood, 1846

Aneides, Balthasar 1938

*Anaides fossulatus Westwood 1846; Venezuela

Anaides laticollis Harold 1863; Guatemala, Mexico

Anaides longeciliatus Balthasar 1938; Costa Rica

Anaides reticulatus Endrödi 1963; Surinam

Anaides rugosa Robinson 1948a; Peru

Anaides simplicicollis Bates 1887; Costa Rica

 

Apalonychus Westwood 1846

Hapalonychus, Lacordaire 1856

Haplonychus, Petrovitz 1973

Trichops Val, 1853; Chevrolat 1864

Apalonychus natterei Petrovitz 1973; Brazil

Apalonychus pusillus Arrow 1911; Paraguay

Apalonychus rufulus (Castelnau 1940); Dominican Republic

*Apalonychus waterhousei Westwood 1846; Cuba, Dominican Republic

syn. A. testaceus (Val) 1853

syn. A. rufulus Borre 1886b

 

Callosides Howden 1971

*Callosides campbelli Howden 1971; Colombia

Callosides bartolozzii Paulian and Cambefort 1995; Ecuador

Callosides genieri Howden 2000; Ecuador

 

Chaetodus Westwood 1846

Chaetodus (Borrochrus) ciliatus (Borre 1886); Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay

syn. Trichops ciliatus Borre 1886

Chaetodus (Borrochrus) mutilus (Petrovitz 1968); Paraguay

syn. Trichops mutilus Petrovitz 1968

Chaetodus (Chaetodopsis) asuai Martínez 1956; Bolivia

Chaetodus (Chaetodopsis) brancuccii Martínez 1994; Venezuela

Chaetodus (Chaetodopsis) venezolanus Martínez 1994; Venezuela

Chaetodus (Chaetodus) amazonicus Borre 1886; Brazil

Chaetodus (Chaetodus) apicipennis Petrovitz 1970; Brazil

Chaetodus (Chaetodus) bolivianus Martínez 1956; Bolivia

Chaetodus (Chaetodus) columbicus Petrovitz 1970; Colombia

Chaetodus (Chaetodus) exaratus Arrow 1909; Brazil

Chaetodus (Chaetodus) fraternus Martínez 1994; Boilivia

Chaetodus (Chaetodus) humerosus Petrovitz 1970; Venezuela

Chaetodus (Chaetodus) irregularis Westwood 1846 Brazil

Chaetodus (Chaetodus) lacandonicus Martínez and Morón 1990; Mexico, Guatemala

*Chaetodus (Chaetodus) piceus Westwood 1846; Brazil

Chaetodus (Chaetodus) striatus Borre 1886; Uruguay

Chaetodus (Chaetodus) villosicollis Benderitter 1923; Paraguay

Chaetodus (Pseudohybosorus) drifti Endrödi 1963; Surinam

Chaetodus (Pseudohybosours) allsoppi Martínez 1988; Peru

 

 

Coilodes Westwood 1846

Coelodes, Lacordaire 1856

Coilodes castaneus Westwood 1846; Colombia, Costa Rica,Nicaragua

Coilodes chilensis Westwood 1846; Chile

Coilodes fumipennis Arrow 1909; Brazil

*Coilodes gibbus (Perty 1830); Brazil

syn. C. testaceus Pic 1928

syn. Hybosorus brasiliensis (Castelnau 1840)

Coilodes humeralis (Mannerheim 1929); Brazil

Coilodes niger (Mannerheim 1929); Brazil

syn. Hybosorus auger, Westwood 1846

Coilodes nigripennis Arrow 1903; St. Vincent

Coilodes ovalis Robinson 1948; Venezuela

Coilodes parvulus Westwood 1846; Brazil

Coilodes punctipennis Arrow 1909; Ecuador, Peru

 

Cryptogenius Westwood 1846; Scholtz et. al., 1987

syn. Cremastochilodius Krikken 1975

*Cryptogenius miersianus Westwood 1846; Colombia, Panama

Cryptogenius fryi Arrow, 1909; Ide et. al., 1990; Brazil

Cryptogenius tristis (Krikken 1975); Brasil

 

Daimothoracodes Petrovitz 1970

Daimothoracodes confossus Ocampo and Vaz-de-Mello 2002; Brazil

Daimothoracodes magnificus Martínez 1994; Bolivia

*Daimothoracodes mirabilis Petrovitz 1970; Brazil

 

Dicraeodon Erichson 1947

Dicraedon, Bacchus 1978

syn. Aporolaus Bates 1887

*Dicraeodon basalis (Westwood 1846); French Guiana

Dicraeodon fimbriatus (Bates 1887); Panama

Dicraeodon punctatum Arrow 1911; Colombia, Guatemala

 

Hapalonychoides Martinez 1994

*Hapalonychoides similis Martínez 1994; Argentina, Paraguay

 

Hybochaetodus Arrow 1909

Hybochaetodus flaco Ocampo 2002; Peru

*Hybochaetodus obscurus Arrow 1909; Peru

 

Hybosorus Macleay 1819

*Hybosorus illigeri Reiche 1853; Kuijten 1983; Old World, New World: USA, Mexico, Bahamas, Haiti, Cuba.

syn. H. oblongus Dahlbon

syn. H. pinguis Westwood 1845

syn. H. roei Westwood 1845

syn. H. carolinus LeConte 1847

syn. H. nitidus Lansberge 1882

syn. H. illigeri var. nossibianus Fairmaire 1895

syn. H. illigeri Reiche subsp. palearcticus Endrödi 1957

 

Metachaetodus Borre 1886

Metachaetodus brunneicollis Borre 1886; Argentina

*Metachaetodus discus Borre 1886; Uruguay

 

Pachyplectrus LeConte 1874

*Pachyplectrus laevis LeConte 1874; U.S.A

 

Procoilodes Ocampo 2001

*+Procoilodes adrastus Ocampo 2001; Dominican Republic

 

Tyrannasorus Ratcliffe and Ocampo 2001

*+Tyrannasorus rex Ratcliffe and Ocampo 2001; Dominican Republic

 


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