Three new Colombian species of Passalidae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea)

Abstract

Three new species of Passalus of Colombia are described and illustrated. All of them are from mountainareas above 1 500 m asl. One species belongs to the subgenus Pertinax and the other 2 to the subgenus Passalus s.str., Petrejus species group. A key to the identification of Colombian species of Petrejus is proposed.