Liogenys quadridens (Fabricius, 1798)

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 : 585

Liogenys quadridens (Fabricius, 1798)

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Geographic distribution. Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Panama, and Venezuela ( Restrepo-Giraldo et al. 2003, Evans and Smith 2009). In Colombia: Atlántico, Cesar, and Guajira ( Restrepo-Giraldo et al. 2003, Pardo-Locarno et al. 2012, García-Atencia et al. 2015, Medina et al. 2018).

Material examined, new record. Colombia, Sucre, Sincelejo, University of Sucre campus (09°18′52″N, 075°23′18″W). 2015/05/19, MZUSU E02551-52 (2♂), MZUSU E02553 (1♀).

Identification. This species can be distinguished from other Liogeneys species by the bicolor body, head and pronotum black and elytra reddish brown; the clypeus with 2 projections similar to teeth; pygidium subquadrate and narrower than the distance between the propygidial spiracles.