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Issue: Vol. 1193 No. 1: 4 May. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-05-04
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1193.1.4
Page range: 59–68
Abstract views: 58
PDF downloaded: 25

A new dung beetle genus with two new species from Chile (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae)

Instituto de Ecología A.C., Departamento de Biodiversidad y Ecología Animal, Km. 2.5 Carretera Antigua a Coatepec, 351, Congregación El Haya, 91070 Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
Instituto de Ecología A.C., Departamento de Biodiversidad y Ecología Animal, Km. 2.5 Carretera Antigua a Coatepec, 351, Congregación El Haya, 91070 Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
Coleoptera dung beetle new genus new species Gondwanaland Scarabaeinae Chile Tesserodon Aptenocanthon

Abstract

A new scarabaeine genus (Tesserodoniella n. gen.) with two new species (T. elguetai n. sp. and T. meridionalis n. sp.) from Chile are described, and provisionally included in the tribe Canthonini. Species in the new genus are most similar to species from two Australian genera and appear not to be closely related to other New World canthonines.

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