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Issue: Vol. 4378 No. 2: 8 Feb. 2018
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2018-02-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4378.2.7
Page range: 273–278
Abstract views: 59
PDF downloaded: 31

An unusual new species of Canthidium (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) from Oaxaca, Mexico

Universidad EARTH, Apartado Postal 4442-1000, San José, Costa Rica.
Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigación para el Desarrollo Integral Regional-Oaxaca, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Hornos No. 1003, Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán C.P. 71230, Mexico
Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigación para el Desarrollo Integral Regional-Oaxaca, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Hornos No. 1003, Santa Cruz Xoxocotlán C.P. 71230, Mexico
Coleoptera Scarabaeidae Scarabaeinae

Abstract

In this paper we describe Canthidium quercetorum new species (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae), a species that inhabits dry oak forest in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, between 2100 and 2300 m above sea level. Photographs and an illustration of the habitus and a distribution map are provided. The unusual distribution and ecology of this species are discussed. An updated key for the genus in Mexico and the United States of America is also presented.

 

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