Promacropoides bertrandi. Photo by Galo Zapata and Aura Paucar-Cabrera.	Distribution of Promacropoides species. .

Distribution: Ecuador and Panama.

Revision or Synopsis: Morón, M. A. 1987. Adiciones a los Heterosternina (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae, Rutelinae). Fol. Ent. Mexicana 73: 69-87.
Curoe, D and M. A. Morón.2003. A new species of Promacropoides Sigwalt (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae) from Panamá. Zootaxa 312:1-8.

Biological Data: In Panama, the specimen was collected at mercury vapor light, but it is possible that the species has diurnal or crepuscular flying habits. The vegetation at the type locality of P. gloriagaitalis is premontane moist forest (sensu Holdridge et al. 1971) on an isolated, extinct volcano in Central Panama. In Ecuador, P. bertrandi was collected at Parroquia Chontamarca, El Triunfo, Cañar (Ecuador) and La Troncal, Azuay (Ecuador) recorded at 500 m. Both localities are tropical areas.

Temporal Distribution: February, August, December.

Larvae: Not known.

Composition: 2 species .

Species profiles:

P. bertrandi Sigwalt P. gloriagaitalis Curoe and Morón