Spodistes mniszechi (Thomson, 1860)

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 : 6

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5167847

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scientific name

Spodistes mniszechi (Thomson, 1860)
status

 

Spodistes mniszechi (Thomson, 1860)

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Specimens examined. 10 (4 males and 6 females). BMNH, MGCB and JKCE.

Localities. Las Cuevas (10)

Temporal data. June (10)

Distribution. Southern Mexico and northern Central America. Recorded from Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua ( Endrödi, 1970; Ratcliffe 2003). Also doubtfully recorded from Panama and Colombia (see comment in Ratcliffe 2003). NEW COUNTRY RECORD for Belize.

Remarks. Females of this species were more abundant than males in June 2006. No further biological data is available.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Dynastidae

Genus

Spodistes

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