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Issue: Vol. 54 No. 2: 21 Aug. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-08-15
DOI: 10.12976/jib/2024.54.2.2
Page range: 42-47
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Description of a new species of Bothynus Hope (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Dynastinae: Pentodontini) from Bolivia with a key to the Bolivian species of Bothynus

Systematics Research Collections, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 68588-0514 USA
Indian River Research and Education Center, University of Florida, Ft. Pierce, FL 34945, USA
Coleoptera scarab beetle South America taxonomy

Abstract

Bothynus sartorei Ratcliffe & Cave sp. nov. is described as a new species from Arani, Cochabamba, Bolivia. The new species is compared with the similar B. minor Steinheil from Argentina and B. nyx Ratcliffe from Bolivia. A description, diagnosis for distinguishing the species, illustrations, and a distribution map are provided for the new species. A key to the Bolivian species of Bothynus Hope is presented.

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