A New Mexican Species of Orizabus Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Pentodontini), with a Key to the Species of the Genus.

ABSTRACT

A new Orizabus species is described from Chilapa de Álvarez in the state of Guerrero (Mexico). The new species is similar to Orizabus rawlinsi Dechambre Bull Soc Entomol Fr 98342, 1993, which is known from the state of Oaxaca but differs in the pygidial punctation, and the shape of the marginal pronotal bead and the parameres. A revised identification key to Orizabus species is provided.