Canthidium aurifex Bates, 1887

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 : 586

Canthidium aurifex Bates, 1887

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Geographic distribution. Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, and Panama ( Morón and Aragón 2003, Solís and Kohlmann 2004, Noriega et al. 2013). In Colombia: Antioquia, Bolívar, Cauca, Cesar, Chocó, Córdoba, Magdalena, Meta, Sucre, and Vaupés ( Escobar 2000, Noriega 2004, Concha-Lozada et al. 2010, Noriega et al. 2013).

Material examined. Colombia, Sucre, Sincelejo, University of Sucre campus (09°18′52″N, 075°23′18″W), 2016/05/23, MZUSU E02591-95 (5, sex undetermined), MZUSU E02666 (1, sex undetermined).

Identification. This species can be differentiated from other species of the genus because having 2 teeth on the frontal edge of the head, 3 small conical protuberances in the frontoclypeal area, and interstriae with fine punctures.