Heterogomphus mniszechi (Thomson, 1859)

Gillett, Conrad P. D. T., 2009, New records of dynastine scarab beetles in the tribes Oryctini, Agaocephalini and Dynastini from Cayo district, Belize (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae), Insecta Mundi 2009 (99), pp. 1-9 : 5

Heterogomphus mniszechi (Thomson, 1859)

Specimens examined. 1 (1 female). MGCB.

Localities. Las Cuevas (1)

Temporal data. June (1)

Distribution. Southern Mexico to Bolivia and Brazil. (Ratcliffe and Cave 2006). NEW COUNTRY RECORD for Belize.

Remarks. Only this single specimen was captured in more than two weeks of collecting, indicating either the scarcity of this species or that the adults are preferentially active during another period of the year.