Martínez Claudia. 2001. First record of genera
Glipodes
and
Boatia
(Coleoptera: Mordellidae) for Colombia. Entomotropica 16(3):199-201.
The tumbling flower beetles genus
Boatia (Coleoptera: Mordellidae) and the species
Glipodes sericans
(Melsheimer, 1846) (Coleoptera: Mordellidae: Conaliini), are recorded for the first time from Colombia. The tribe Conaliini is recorded for the first time from the country, and the species
G. sericans from South America. The beetles were collected in lowland dry and wet forest areas, most of them legally protected.