A new species of Athyreus MacLeay, 1819 (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae: Bolboceratinae: Athyreini) from northeastern Brazil Author Celante, Gabriel Luiz Laboratório de Mirmecologia do Sertão, Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco, Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil & Programa de pós-graduação Ciências da Saúde e Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco, Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil Author Carvalho, Adhan Gabriel Laboratório de Mirmecologia do Sertão, Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco, Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil Author Jahyny, Benoit Jean Bernard Laboratório de Mirmecologia do Sertão, Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco, Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil Author Araújo, Kaylla Brisley Silva Museu de Fauna da Caatinga, Centro de Conservação e Manejo de Fauna, Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco, Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil Author Santos, Paula Batista Dos Museu de Fauna da Caatinga, Centro de Conservação e Manejo de Fauna, Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco, Petrolina, Pernambuco, Brazil text Zootaxa 2024 2024-09-20 5512 3 389 401 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5512.3.4 journal article 303905 10.11646/zootaxa.5512.3.4 62d0ec74-9f6d-4eef-94df-8e5b3011e05f 1175-5326 13848909 39FED4E6-2067-4D95-AA9F-FF3D8449019A Bolbapium parcepunctatum (Arrow, 1913) Material examined. 1 male at MFCE labeled “24 L 634605 9078077 BRASIL , Pernambuco , Custódia , PML08, 14/iii/2019 , pitfall , Pereira, G.C.N.” ( MFCE001930 ) ; 1 male at MFCE labeled “24 L 461488 9081283 BRASIL , Pernambuco , Cabrobó , PMN02, 01/05” ( MFCE001931 ) . Distribution. BRAZIL : Ceará , Rio Grande do Norte , Paraíba , Pernambuco , Bahia (Carvalho & Vaz-de-Melo 2022). ( Fig. 5D ). Remarks. The specimens known from the state of Pernambuco were collected in the municipality of Igarassu, located on the coast of the state, and in an ’brejo de altitude’ ( 900 m ) in the municipality of Caruaru, regions related to the Atlantic Forest. This study presents the first specimens of B. parcepunctatum collected in the Seasonally Dry Tropical Forest.