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Issue: Vol. 4103 No. 3: 13 Apr. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-04-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4103.3.9
Page range: 295–300
Abstract views: 79
PDF downloaded: 3

Bolboceras bilaspuricans (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae: Bolboceratinae), a new species from Chhattisgarh, India

Zoological Survey of India, ‘M’ Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053, West Bengal, India.
Zoological Survey of India, ‘M’ Block, New Alipore, Kolkata-700053, West Bengal, India.
Coleoptera diversity Oriental region new taxa diagnosis central India

Abstract

Bolboceras bilaspuricans Gupta & Chandra, new species (Coleoptera: Geotrupidae: Bolboceratinae), from the Chhattisgarh state, India is described, diagnosed, and illustrated. The new species is classified in the B. nigricans species group of the genus Bolboceras Kirby, 1819. The new species is morphological similar to Bolboceras malabaricum Krikken, 2013 from southwestern India.

 

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    Krikken, J. (2013b) Distinguishing Bolboceras inaequale Westwood, 1848 and two new relatives from India (Coleoptera, Geotrupidae, Bolboceratinae). ZooKeys, 276, 55–66.
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