Strategus aloeus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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 : 584

Strategus aloeus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Geographic distribution. Southern USA to Brazil ( Ratcliffe 1976). In Colombia: Amazonas, Antioquia, Atlán- tico, Boyacá, Caldas, Caquetá, Casanare, Cauca, Chocó, Córdoba, Cundinamarca, Guajira, Guaviare, Huila, Magdalena, Meta, Nariño, Norte de Santander, Quindío, Santander, Sucre, Tolima, Valle del Cauca, Vaupés, and Vichada ( Restrepo-Giraldo et al. 2003, Sanabria-García et al. 2012, García-Atencia et al. 2015).

Material examined. Colombia, Sucre, Sincelejo, University of Sucre campus (09°18′52″N, 075°23′18″W), 2016/05/11, MZUSU E02536-38 (3♀). Colombia, Sucre, Sincelejo, University of Sucre campus (09°18′52″N, 075° 23′18″W), 2016/05/14, MZUSU E02539-40 (2♀).

Identification. Females of this species can be distinguished from other Strategus species by the presence of a fovea in the pronotum that is densely dotted, the protibia with 4 quadridentate projections, and the metatibia with 3 teeth.