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Issue: Vol. 3526 No. 1: 25 Oct. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-10-25
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3526.1.5
Page range: 53–58
Abstract views: 71
PDF downloaded: 4

New species, new synonym, and redescription of Onthophagus (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) from the Western Ghats, India

Post Graduate & Research Department of Advanced Zoology and Biotechnology, Loyola College, Chennai-600 034, Tamil Nadu, India
St. Joseph's College, Devagiri, Calicut-673008, Kerala, India
Coleoptera taxonomy dung beetle the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot

Abstract

Onthophagus tnai new species, belonging to the Onthophagus militaris species group, is described from the Western Ghats, India. Characteristics of the Onthophagus militaris species group are discussed and a modified key to the group is given. A taxonomic assessment of Onthophagus species from the montane rain forest ecoregion (MEF) in the Western Ghats, resulted in the synonymy of O. taruni Biswas & Chatterjee with O.vladimiri Frey and the reassessment of the infrageneric position of O.sahai Biswas & Chatterjee.

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