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Issue: Vol. 2693 No. 1: 1 Dec. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-12-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2693.1.3
Page range: 35–48
Abstract views: 64
PDF downloaded: 4

A review of the Neotropical dung beetle genera Deltorhinum Harold, 1869, and Lobidion gen. nov. (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)

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Coleoptera Deltorhinum Lobidion Ateuchini myrmecophyly new genus new species Scarabaeinae

Abstract

The taxonomy of the genera Deltorhinum Bates and Lobidion gen. nov. is reviewed. A genus and seven species are described as new (Lobidion gen. nov., Deltorhinum armatum sp. nov., D. bilobatum sp. nov., D. guyanensis sp. nov., D. kempffmercadoi sp. nov., D. robustum sp. nov., D. vazdemelloi sp. nov., Lobidion punctatissimum sp. nov.). Illustrations of diagnostic characters and an identification key are provided.

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