Revisión del género neotropical <em>Trizogeniates</em> Ohaus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Geniatini)

Resumen

A comprehensive, systematic treatment of the poorly studied Neotropical genus Trizogeniates (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Geniatini) is provided. This revision includes a key to species, species descriptions, and distributional and temporal data. Based on this study, the genus Trizogeniates now includes 30 species. The following eight species are new: Trizogeniates ohausi Villatoro, T. venezuelensis Villatoro, T. geminatus Villatoro, T. caiporae Villatoro, T. crispospinatus Villatoro, T. catsus Villatoro, T. aphilus Villatoro, and T. eris Villatoro. Trizogeniates zischkai Martínez is a new synonym of T. temporalis Ohaus; T. grandis Ohaus is a new synonym of T. cribicollis (Lucas). T. andicola Ohaus is a new synonym of T. tibialis Ohaus; and T. navajasi Martínez is a new synonym of T. terricola Ohaus. T. vittatus subandinus Martínez is a new synonym of T. vittatus Ohaus. Bolax vittata Casey is a new synonym of T. foveicollis Ohaus and a secondary junior homonym of T. vittatus (Lucas). T. caseyi Villatoro is created as a replacement name for T. vittatus (Casey). Neotypes and lectotypes are designated and discussed in the appropriate cases.