Ligyrus (Ligyrus) spinipenis (Neita & Ratcliffe, 2017 ) López-García & Deloya, 2022
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5211.1.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:5754769C-B747-4714-BDD9-7D5509D48BEB |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7345081 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A209493B-FD6D-FFB3-AFA6-1DD0FBF2BA27 |
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Plazi |
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Ligyrus (Ligyrus) spinipenis (Neita & Ratcliffe, 2017 ) |
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comb. nov. |
Ligyrus (Ligyrus) spinipenis (Neita & Ratcliffe, 2017) new combination
Tomarus spinipenis Neita & Ratcliffe, 2017: 11 . Original combination. Type material at Instituto Argentino de Investigaciones de Zonas Áridas , Mendoza, Argentina (not examined).
Diagnosis. For complete description see Neita-Moreno & Ratcliffe (2017). The species can be recognized by the subtriangular clypeus with 2 apical teeth; frontoclypeal carina incomplete at middle; pronotum without fovea or tubercle; apex of metatibia with about 29 spinules; coxite surface flat; and apical half of parameres with small spinules.
Geographic distribution. Ligyrus spinipenis is known from Argentina ( Neita-Moreno & Ratcliffe 2017).
Locality records ( Fig. 36 View FIGURE 36 ). Records from Neita-Moreno & Ratcliffe (2017). ARGENTINA (9). La Rioja (2): La Rioja. San Luís (1): San Antonio. Santiago del Estero (6): Parque Nacional Del Copo; Santiago del Estero .
Natural history. Adults are attracted to lights ( Neita-Moreno & Ratcliffe 2017).
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Dynastinae |
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Ligyrus |
Ligyrus (Ligyrus) spinipenis (Neita & Ratcliffe, 2017 )
López-García, Margarita M. & Deloya, Cuauhtémoc 2022 |
Tomarus spinipenis Neita & Ratcliffe, 2017: 11
Ratcliffe, B. C. & Cave, R. D. 2017: 11 |