Abstract

BUSTAMANTE, Abdhiel; OROZ, Anahi  and  YABAR, Erick. LIST OF THE PASSALIDAE BEETLES (COLEOPTERA: SCARABAEOIDEA) OF PERÚ. Bol. Cient. Mus. Hist. Nat. Univ. Caldas [online]. 2019, vol.23, n.2, pp.316-338. ISSN 0123-3068.  https://doi.org/10.17151/bccm.2019.23.2.19.

The Passalidae family is a group of sub social saproxylophagous beetles of pantropical distribution that present two tribes in the Neotropics. They are important in the reincorporation of organic matter in the nutrient cycle and with potential use as ecological indicators. Based on secondary information and material deposited in the Entomological Collection of Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad in Cusco, Perú, the list of species of the family in Perú was made. The record includes 61 species distributed in 6 genera (Passalus Fabricius, Paxillus MacLeay, Spasalus Kaup, Verres Kaup, Popilius Kaup and Veturius Kaup), in the Passalini and Proculini tribes, being Passalus (30 spp.) the most abundant genus and Veturius (17 spp.) the most widely distributed. The records cover 12 departments of the country and 9 biogeographic provinces in an altitudinal range that exceeds 2600 m. The records of the family in Perú are smaller compared to neighboring countries in South and Central America, mainly due to the lack of collection work and systematic studies in the group, which would allow knowing the real diversity of the family in the country, which would allow knowing the real diversity of the family in the country which is probably greater than the diversity currently known.

Keywords : Scarabaeoidea; neotropical; Veturius; Passalus; Paxillus; Spasalus; Popilius; Verres; zoogeography.

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