New Additions of the Tribe Eupariini (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Aphodiinae) for Colombia

The commonly known as small dung beetles belong to the subfamily Aphodiinae and its members are smaller in size when compared with its sister lineage Scarabaeinae. However, the subfamily is constituted by about 3300 species. Of the different tribes in America Eupariini is especially diverse with around 28 genera and 333 species. Colombia represents more than half of the species and a third of the genera of Aphodiinae reported for the country. For the first time in Colombia, four species and three genera of this tribe are recorded: Euparixoides tachirensis, Iarupea nigricans, Lomanoxia canthonopsis, and Lomanoxia costulata. Their distribution and natural history are briefly discussed. The number of genera and species of Aphodiinae for Colombia increased to 30 and 76, respectively, from which approximately three-quarters of the species and half of the genera belong to Eupariini.