Megasoma gyas rumbucheri Fischer, 1968 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae): first record from a Conservation Unit in Brazil

Authors

  • Wellington Emanuel dos Santos Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, CCEN, Universidade Federal da Paraíba – UFPB, 58059-900, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil
  • Ana Claudia Firmino Alves Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, CCEN, Universidade Federal da Paraíba – UFPB, 58059-900, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil
  • Rodrigo Cesar Azevedo Pereira Farias Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, CCEN, Universidade Federal da Paraíba – UFPB, 58059-900, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil
  • Antonio José Creão-Duarte Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, CCEN, Universidade Federal da Paraíba – UFPB, 58059-900, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil

Keywords:

Beetle, Caatinga, new report

Abstract

A single male of Megasoma gyas rumbucheri Fischer, 1968, an endangered subspecies, was collected during a study of insect fauna in a protected area of Caatinga, State of Paraíba, Brazil, being the first record of the subspecies collected in a Conservation Unit and the most recent record of the subspecies in latitudes above the River São Francisco.

Author Biography

Wellington Emanuel dos Santos, Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, CCEN, Universidade Federal da Paraíba – UFPB, 58059-900, João Pessoa, PB, Brazil

Bacharel e licenciado (2009) em Ciências Biológicas pela UEPB, mestre (2012) e doutorando em Ciências Biológicas (Zoologia) pela UFPB. Tem experiência na área de Entomologia Forense, Ecologia e Taxonomia de Coleoptera necrófilos (Cleridae, Dermestidae, Histeridae, Scarabaeidae e Staphylinidae).

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Published

2013-10-24

How to Cite

Santos, W. E. dos, Alves, A. C. F., Farias, R. C. A. P., & Creão-Duarte, A. J. (2013). Megasoma gyas rumbucheri Fischer, 1968 (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae): first record from a Conservation Unit in Brazil. ENTOMOTROPICA, 28(3), 233–235. Retrieved from https://saber.ucv.ve/ojs/index.php/rev_ento/article/view/7280

Issue

Vol. 28 No. 3 (2013)

Section

Comunicaciones Cortas

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