Ephebus Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836: 439.

Type species: Ephebus cardinalis Gerstaecker, 1858 .

A Neotropical genus with 9 species distributed from Central México to South America . There is little information regarding the habits of these beetles. A larva tentatively identified as Ephebus was described by McHugh & Pakaluk (1997).

According to Bousquet (2004) the name Ephebus was first validated by Chevrolat (1836) in the fifth release of Dejean's second edition of his catalogue, not by Gerstaecker (1858) as previously suggested. One species in México.

31. E. sulcatus Strohecker, 1975 . Figs. 9, 24.

Ephebus sulcatus Strohecker, 1975: 336 .

Type locality: México: Veracruz, Coyame, Lago Catemaco. Type material: holotype in FSCA.

Distribution: México: VER, QRO*; Colombia.

The first record of this species for the State Querétaro is based on a specimen collected with a flight intercept trap.