Description of a new species of Coelosis Hope from Guajira Peninsula, northern Colombia (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Oryctini)

Abstract

A new species of Coelosis is described from the Macuira Mountains range, in the Guajira Peninsula in the extreme north of Colombia. An illustrated character comparison between this new species and the previously reported Colombian species in the genus is presented. A key for the identification and a distribution map for the Colombian species of Coelosis are presented, as well as a key for the genera of the tribe Oryctini in Colombia.

Keywords

• Macuira montains
• Colombia
• Scarabaeoidea
• Coelosi