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Issue: Vol. 2854 No. 1: 29 Apr. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-04-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2854.1.1
Page range: 1–73
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A multilingual key to the genera and subgenera of the subfamily Scarabaeinae of the New World (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae)

Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Instituto de Biociências, Departamento de Biologia e Zoologia, Av. Fernando Corrêa da Costa, 2367, Boa Esperança, 78060-900 - Cuiabá, MT, Brazil
P.O. Box 426, Marfa, Texas, 79843, USA
Laboratorio de Entomología, Instituto de Investigaciones de las Zonas Aridas, CCT-CONICET Mendoza, CC 507, 5500 Mendoza, Argentina
Langeveldstraat 23, B-3020 Herent, Belgium
Coleoptera Scarabaeinae Americas dung beetles keys

Abstract

Presented is a multilingual (English, Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch and French) key to the 119 currently recognized genera and subgenera of scarabaeine dung beetles (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) occurring in the New World. Also included are illustrations of representative species of all taxa included in the key as well as supplementary references to studies at the species level.

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