New species of Bolbapium Boucomont, 1910 (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae) from Brazil

Abstract

Bolbapium Boucomont, 1910 is a Neotropical genus of Geotrupidae with 22 known species. In this paper, we describe Bolbapium vazdemelloi sp. nov. in Southwestern Bahia, Brazil. This new species is distinguished from congeneric species by its unique combination of morphological characters: cephalic tubercle adjacent to each eye; pronotum with little expanded bidentate tubercle; parameres symmetric, with acute and divergent apex. The new species was incorporated into a previously published identification key for Bolbapium.

Keywords

• Bahia state; Semi-arid region; Scarabaeoidea; Bolboceratinae; Athyreini