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Golofa Hope 1837

  • 1. Researcher Corporación Sentido Natural ,, Colombia
  • 2. Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá ,, Colombia

Description

Golofa Hope, 1837

Golofa Hope 1837: 42.

Distribution: Mexico to Argentina and Chile. Colombia: Antioquia, Boyacá, Cauca, Cundinamarca, Quindio, Tolima, Valle.

Diversity: 26 species. Colombia: 7 species; G. aegeon (Drury), G. antiqua Arrow, G. claviger (Linnaeus), G. eacus Burmeister, G. paradoxa Dechambre, G. pelagon Burmeister, G. porteri Hope (Endrődi 1985; Lauchame 1985; Morón 1995; Restrepo et al. 2003).

Notes

Published as part of Gasca-Álvarez, Héctor & Amat-García, Germán, 2010, Synopsis and key to the genera of Dynastinae (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea, Scarabaeidae) of Colombia, pp. 153-192 in ZooKeys 34 (34) on page 182, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.34.309, http://zenodo.org/record/576611

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Hope
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Dynastidae
Genus
Golofa
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Golofa Hope, 1837 sec. Gasca-Álvarez & Amat-García, 2010

References

  • Endrodi S (1985) The Dynastinae of the World. Dr W. Junk, Dordrecht, Netherlands, 800 pp.
  • Lauchame G (1985) Dynastini 1: Dynastes - Megasoma - Golofa. Les Coleopteres du Monde 5. Sciences Nat, Venette, France, 85 pp, 29 plates.
  • Moron MA (1995) Review of the Mexican species of Golofa Hope (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae: Dynastinae) Coleopterists Bulletin 49: 343 - 386.