Abstract

LOPEZ-GARCIA, Margarita M.; GARCIA-ATENCIA, Sandy  and  AMAT-GARCIA, Germán. PHYTOPHAGOUS BEETLES (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEIDAE "PLEUROSTICTI") OF THE EASTERN ANDES OF COLOMBIA (SANTANDER, BOYACÁ AND CUNDINAMARCA). Bol. Cient. Mus. Hist. Nat. Univ. Caldas [online]. 2015, vol.19, n.2, pp.322-358. ISSN 0123-3068.  https://doi.org/10.17151/bccm.2015.19.2.20.

A commented list of phytophagous beetles present in the Departments of Cundinamarca, Boyacá, and Santander, located in the Colombian Eastern Cordillera is presented. One hundred-fifty (150) species belonging to 56 genera were found. Notes about their distribution, biology, some taxonomic comments, and photographs are included for most species. Cyclocephala longa and Pelidnota xanthopyga are recorded for the first time in Colombia, whereas P. paralella, P. polita, P. prasina and Stenocrates bicarinatus are new records for Colombian Eastern Andes.

Keywords : Cetoniinae; Dynastinae; Melolonthinae; Rutelinae; Eastearn Andes; biodiversity; Colombia.

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