Hoplopyga liturata (Olivier, 1789)

Taboada-Verona, Carlos, Sermeño-Correa, Carlos, Sierra-Serrano, Oscar & Noriega, Jorge Ari, 2019, Checklist of the superfamily Scarabaeoidea (Insecta, Coleoptera) in an urban area of the Caribbean Colombia, Check List 15 (4), pp. 579-594 : 582

Hoplopyga liturata (Olivier, 1789)

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Geographic distribution. Argentina, Belize, Brazil, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and Venezuela ( Maes and Orozco 2017). In Colombia: Antioquia, Atlántico, Boyacá, Caldas, Casanare, Cauca, Chocó, Córdoba, Cundinamarca, Guaviare, Meta, Norte de Santander, Quindío, Santander, Sucre, and Valle del Cauca ( Neita et al. 2006, Suárez and Amat-García 2007, García-Atencia et al. 2015, López-García et al. 2015).

Material examined. Colombia, Sucre, Sincelejo, University of Sucre campus (09°18′52″N, 075°23′18″W), 2016/05/07, MZUSU E02543 (1♂).

Identification. This species can be distinguished from other Hoplopyga species by its head which presents a very quadrangular clypeus, its matte body, and the elytra with punctures distributed in rows in the anterior and middle areas but more irregularly grouped in the posterior area.