Batesiana tuberculata is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil (Acre, Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Pará, Rondônia), Colombia, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Panama, Suriname and Trinidad.
Description Adults reach a length of about . The head is strongly punctate and gibbous medially. The clypeus is not sinuate, with a glabrous band near the anterior margin. The pronotum has the lateral margins explanate, and the posterior angles right-angled. The pronotum is punctate with coarse punctures, larger and closer near the lateral margins. The elytra have tuberculate interstriae. The meso- and metatibiae, as well the tarsi, are densely setaceous ventrally, with the apical spurs sometimes hidden by the setae.
Life history Some specimens were found associated with Attalea speciosa.
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