Phileurus didymus (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

Phileurus didymus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Geograpich distribution. Mexico to Paraguay ( Endrödi 1978). In Colombia: Amazonas, Antioquia, Atlántico, Boyacá, Cauca, Chocó, Cundinamarca, Tolima, and Valle del Cauca ( Restrepo-Giraldo et al. 2003, García- Atencia et al. 2015).

Material examined, new record. Colombia, Sucre, Sincelejo, University of Sucre campus. (09°18′52″N, 075° 23′18″W). 2015/10/2015, MZUSU E02548 (1♀).

Identification. This species can be distinguished from other Phileurus species by the nearly obsolete basal tooth on the protibia and the stout tooth at apex of metatibia.